Anthropological Fieldwork Online brings the fieldwork underpinning the great ethnographies of the early 20th century into the digital world. This fully indexed, primary source database unfolds the historical development of anthropology from a global perspective, bringing together the work of early scholars who shaped the theories and methods students learn about, critique and re-shape today.
Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.
March’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Andy Kernot, Subject Consultant for Geography, Social Policy & Intervention, Public Policy, and Internet Studies.
Andy’s choice is Policy Commons. It was chosen as a comprehensive source of grey literature that brings together in one site access to 17 million reports from over 41,000 different sources. It is currently available on trial until end of the March.
Overview
Policy Commons, provided by Coherent Digital, offers access in one uniform site to millions of reports and grey literature from NGOs, research centres, think tanks, and government agencies. Content is both multi-disciplinary and international in scope with coverage spanning 160 countries. Grey literature is often more current than traditional publications and Policy Commons adds thousands of new documents weekly to its platform. It also works to offset vulnerabilities grey literature faces by preserving it with permanent identifiers when it is harvested.
Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.
February’s Resource of the Month has been selected by John Southall, Bodleian Data Librarian and Subject Consultant for Economics and Sociology.
John’s choice is TDM Studio, a text and data mining platform that enables researchers to extract new value from the library’s ProQuest collections and its coverage of dissertations, newspapers, and journals. All text and data mining rights are cleared for immediate access.
Overview
TDM Studio a web-based, collaborative text and data mining platform that allows you to access and analyse large amounts of text data from ProQuest databases in a Jupyter Notebook environment.
Researchers can work either individually or collaboratively and are assigned a coding workbench. They can then build a corpus based on potentially millions of articles or other content and conduct data analysis, text mining, and visualization to uncover new relationships, patterns, and connections. Proficiency in R or Python programming languages is useful but not necessary. For those who prefer to explore the data without writing code, there are visualization tools that allow them to interact with data using a graphical interface.
A Bodleian Subject and Research Guide has been published to support this and other resources as well as outline the principles of Text and Data Mining.
Anyone with a valid University of Oxford email address can request access to TDM Studio. To request an account and workbench, please fill out this form. By default, each workbench can support 1-5 users.
Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.
January’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Sarah Rhodes, Subject Consultant for International Development and Forced Migration.
Sarah’s choice is Cite Them Right. It was chosen as a comprehensive yet easy to use tool which provides online support for students requiring assistance in referencing essay and dissertation sources correctly.
Overview
The Cite Them Right platform contains articles, tutorials and videos to guide students into common queries around referencing. Support includes choosing referencing styles; learning how to reference different formats including books, articles, digital, governmental and legal materials; and understanding why referencing is important. Students will also find sections on avoiding plagiarism; finding, evaluating and using source material; and the impact of Artificial Intelligence on academia.
Each month we choose an electronic resource which we feel will be of interest to you.
Our Resource of the Month for December is a database from East View, Russian Military and Security Periodicals. Use this database to read and cross-search dozens of Russian military journals, whether privately owned or government-sponsored. Some journal holdings contain issues from the 1990s, affording longitudinal analyses.
Resource Overview
Journals and newspapers on Russia’s military industries, sciences and infrastructures may not sound like appealing reading – but sadly the Russian Federation’s aggression in Ukraine makes them a source analysts cannot afford to ignore. Periodicals like Kryl’ia Rodiny [Wings of the motherland] and Voprosy Zashchity Informatsii [Questions of the Defence of Information] offer crucial insights into Russia’s extensive military establishments. Readers may find their content distressing and disturbing: please approach this database with caution and self-care.
Where can you access the resource
This resource can be accessed via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access the titles remotely, as they are restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.
Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.
November’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Jo Gardner, Bodleian Social Science Librarian and Subject Consultant for Politics and International Relations.
Jo’s choice is the Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940. It was chosen because it is a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.
Overview
These archives enable researchers to draw new connections across the development of LGBTQ culture and activism in twentieth century US and Canada and beyond.
Where can you access the resource
These archives are available to access via SOLO in two parts:
Founded in 1949 at Yale University, the eHRAF World Cultures database allows cross-cultural comparison of global societies. Using the Murdock’s ”Outline of Cultural Materials’ ethnographic data is indexed at the paragraph level. Over 360 cultures are included, from over 1 million pages of source material.
The Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) is an internationally recognized organization in the field of cultural anthropology. The mission of HRAF is to encourage and facilitate worldwide comparative studies of human behaviour, society, and culture. HRAF is a financially autonomous research agency of Yale University
Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.
September’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Andy Kernot, Subject Consultant for Geography, Social Policy & Intervention, Public Policy, and Internet Studies.
Andy’s choice is the Cochrane Library. It was chosen because it provides access to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) which is the leading resource for systematic reviews in health care and is a useful resource for students of Social Policy.
Overview
The CDSR includes Cochrane Reviews (systematic reviews) and protocols for Cochrane Reviews as well as editorials and supplements. A Cochrane Review is a systematic review that attempts to identify, appraise and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a specific research question. Researchers conducting systematic reviews use explicit, systematic methods that are selected with a view aimed at minimizing bias, to produce more reliable findings to inform decision-making. Cochrane Reviews may be updated to reflect the findings of new evidence when it becomes available because the results of new studies can change the conclusions of a review. Cochrane Reviews are therefore valuable sources of information for those receiving and providing care, as well as for decision-makers and researchers.
Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.
August’s Resource of the Month has been selected by John Southall, Bodleian Data Librarian and Subject Consultant for Economics and Sociology.
John’s choice is FitchRatings PRO which provides financial data on banks, insurance firms, corporates and sovereigns. It includes the world’s leading bank fundamental data set, and ratings and research covering the fixed-income universe.
Overview
Fitch Ratings Inc. is one of three leading American credit rating agencies (the other two being Moody’s and Standard & Poor). FitchRatings Pro (formerly part of a product called Fitch Connect) is a platform that includes:
Standardised financial data on over 33,000 private and public banks across 200 countries, along with up to 30 years of history
Annual and interim financial data for the largest 3,200 banks
Economic data and 3-year forecasts on 110 sovereigns
Accurate and timely financials on thousands of institutions globally
Where can you access the resource
FitchRatings PRO is available to access via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access this database, as it is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.
After logging into SOLO with your SSO, this resource requires you to log in with your SSO again at the homepage. From the login screen choose the SSO tab. Enter UniversityofOxford into the Organization ID box, then click Continue.
Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.
July’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Sarah Rhodes, Subject Consultant for African Studies.
Sarah’s chocie is Oxford Bibliographies. It was selected as an excellent starting point and authoritative research guide for students and researchers, directing them to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects. It combines the features of an annotated bibliography (with links through to SOLO and Oxford holdings) and a high-level encyclopedia. Each bibliography, written and reviewed by academic experts is focussed on current scholarship, with original commentary and annotations.
Where can you access the resource
Oxford Bibliographies is available to access via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access this database, so is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.
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