In order to carry out essential maintenance, SOLO will be temporarily unavailable between 6am on Saturday 12 July and around 6am Sunday 13 July. This maintenance will allow us to improve our services and provide you with a better experience.
During this time, you will not be able to search for items, request items from offsite storage or Scan and Deliver, or access online reading lists.
If you are visiting a Bodleian Library this weekend and need help finding an item on the shelf or borrowing an item, please ask a member of staff. You can search our records and find location information in the JISC Library Hub.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. This maintenance will allow us to improve our services.
June was Pride Month. Did you catch our display in the SSL? This display contained books on Pride, the history of Pride and books on the LGBTQ+ community.
Some of these items were on loan to the Social Science Library from the Collections Storage Facility (CSF). However, most items in this display were from the SSLs own collection.
We also included several eBooks in this display. Here are a few examples.
Do you have any recommendations of LGBTQ+ books? Please let us know by emailing ssl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Security Issues Online considers conflicts, policies, and relationships that have impacted the global arena throughout modern history. It is organised around key international events and includes themes such as terrorism, insurgency, cybersecurity, ethnic conflicts and resolution, and nuclear threats. It includes video content as well personal papers, documents, speeches, journals and monographs.
The SSL ‘Book of the Month’ feature highlights a book in our collection that has been chosen by one of our Subject Consultants. This may be a recent addition to our stock or an existing item that we would like to share with you.
July’s Book of the Month was selected by Sarah Rhodes, Subject Consultant for International Development and Forced Migration.
Guilt by location: forced displacement and population sorting in civil war
It was chosen to highlight the increasingly prevalent issue of insurgent groups forcing civilians to relocate to determine their political loyalties.
Book Overview
Population displacement is a devastating feature of contemporary conflict with far-reaching political and humanitarian consequences. This book demonstrates the extent to which displacement is a deliberate strategy of war, not just a consequence of it.
Reviews
‘In this gripping book, Adam Lichtenheld gives us new tools to understand forced migration. Armed groups displace civilians not only to remove rival sympathizers, but also to identify them to begin with. This insight shows why displacement is such a prevalent form of wartime violence.’
Abby Steele, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam
How can I access it?
We have one lending copy of this book, which is located on our New Books Display Area (around the corner from our Issue Desk). Its shelfmark is HV 640.LIC 2025. It is also available as an eBook which can be accessed from a Bodleian Library computer or use it remotely, by logging on to SOLO with your SSO.
What would your SSL Book of the Month be? Do you have a favourite book in our collection? If so, we would love to know what it is. Add a comment below or email us.
PPE Open Day Tours (part of the wider Oxford University Undergraduate Open Days) will be taking place in the library throughout the day this week on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd July:
10.45am
11.45am
3.30pm
Prospective students can also choose to do a self-guided tour outside of these times.
Bodleian iSkills workshops aim to develop your skills in information discovery and scholarly communications, covering a variety of resources across a wide range of disciplines. They are primarily aimed at University of Oxford students and staff. Some workshops take place face-to-face, whilst others are run online.
The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.
Are you preparing a poster presentation for an upcoming conference, meeting or symposium? This interactive session, or ‘poster clinic’, will include a group discussion of different examples of poster presentations, as well as an opportunity to present your own draft of your poster presentation to your fellow attendees. It is expected that the small group of peers in attendance will provide feedback and respectful comments on each other’s work. By the end of this classroom-based session you will be able to:
evaluate the effectiveness of your poster presentation and others; and
summarise the content of your poster concisely in preparation for a conference.
This will NOT be a taught session on how to use image processing software.
Format: Group discussion and individual poster presentations.
Location: Knowledge Centre Group Study Room. Ground Floor, Old Road Campus Research Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxon, OX3 7DQ.
The second in a duo of courses (attendees should attend the Fundamentals course prior to Logistics) that will cover the logistics of researching, publishing, and locating open scholarship resources and tools at the University of Oxford. Subjects include:
What is the Oxford University Research Archive?
Depositing work into ORA via Symplectic Elements
Depositing data into ORA-data
Applying for one of Oxford’s APC block grants
Registering or connecting your ORCID
How to be included in the rights retention pilot
Locating and checking funder policies
Ideally the ‘Fundamentals of Open Access’ course will have been attended. If you’re not in a position to attend this course you can find similar information in the e-learning package to work through prior to attending Logistics.
Format: Online presentation with time to get answers to your questions.
During this forum speakers from Bodleian Open Scholarship Support and across Oxford will discuss current changes in the field of open scholarship. Including subjects like data, open access, open monographs, copyright and more. It is advised that attendees of the forum have previously attended the Fundamentals and Logistics courses to improve understanding.
Format: An online presentation with time to get answers to your questions.
Bodleian iSkills workshops aim to develop your skills in information discovery and scholarly communications, covering a variety of resources across a wide range of disciplines. They are primarily aimed at University of Oxford students and staff. Some workshops take place face-to-face, whilst others are run online.
The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.
Are you looking to learn about the ways in which to transmit scientific ideas and make your research accessible to a non-specialist audience through a variety of mediums? This session will serve as an introduction to science communication and how it can be successfully incorporated into our roles. By the end of this session you will be able to:
define science communication and provide a list of examples;
explain why science communication is important for both our CPD and the public;
list ways in which we can all get involved in science communication.
Please note that this workshop is also run in-person. Please check the iSkills course listing for availability.
Format: Online teacher-led presentation with opportunities for questions.
Join Chris Morrison (Copyright & Licensing Specialist) and Georgina Kiddy (Digital Services Librarian) to play Copyright the Card Game. This interactive, games-based session introduces you to the key concepts of copyright law and allows you to apply them in practice. No prior knowledge is required, and the session caters for all whatever their level of experience with copyright. At the end of the session participants will be able to:
Explore how copyright really works in practice
Interpret the legislation and apply the relevant legal concepts to their own work
Practice using the exceptions and licences in sector-specific examples
Discuss the role of risk management in making decisions about the ethical creation and use of copyright material
Format: The workshop is highly interactive with multiple opportunities for discussion about copyright, underpinned by a clear framework.
Location: Radcliffe Science Library, Seminar Room. Parks Road, OX2 3QP
If you are an Oxford University student or staff member and need to access library resources while you are away from Oxford, follow our tips below:
Remote access via SOLO
Access e-books, e-journals and databases remotely by logging in to SOLO with your Single Sign On (SSO) Take a look at the Bodleian Libraries SOLO Guide for further information.
Live Chat
For help with finding and using items on SOLO, you can also get assistance via SOLO Live Chat.
This service is staffed from Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm (apart from the August Bank Holiday Monday 25th August)
Look for the chat box to the right of the SOLO webpage.
Most postgraduate reading lists are available on Oxford Reading Lists Online ORLO and scans, online articles and e-books can be accessed there. Take a look at the ORLO reading lists webpage for further information.
Scan & Deliver
Scan & Deliver is a free electronic document delivery service which enables you to obtain scans of book chapters or journal articles via email from the Bodleian Libraries’ print collections.
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