Training and Workshops

This page is constantly updated throughout the academic year, please keep checking back to see what other courses we have on offer.

Undergraduate programme for Hilary 2010

For Mods and FHS students:

How to Find Reading List Material Online

Thursday, 3rd week, 11.00-12.00, 4th February, IT Training Room, St Cross Building

Need to find resources from your reading list but the library shelves are bare?
No room left on your card? Have you tried searching online?

This interactive session will cover:

  • Finding material using SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) and OLIS;
  • Accessing electronic journals;
  • Checking references using resources such as the MLA Bibliography (an index of articles from over 4,000 journals covering literature, language and linguistics);
  • Using peer-reviewed and full-text web resources, e.g. LION, Old English Literature: A Hypertext Course Pack, and Cambridge Collections Online.

To book a place on this session, please email: sonya.adams@bodleian.ox.ac.uk


 

For FHS Paper 1:

OED QED: Using online resources for Paper 1

Monday, 6th week, 22nd February, 11.00-12.30, OR Thursday, 7th week, 4th March, 11.00-12.30, IT Training Room, St Cross Building

An interactive session on using electronic resources in support of your Paper 1 work, to assist you with:

  • Useful online resources for Paper 1, e.g. text analysis software, corpora, OED;
  • Using full-text electronic resources:
    - to find original texts,
    - as concordances;
  • Advanced searching techniques on SOLO.

To book a place on ONE of these sessions, please email: sonya.adams@bodleian.ox.ac.uk


 

For FHS Paper 2:

iBard: Using online resources for Shakespeare studies

Thursday 2nd week, 28th January, 10.00-11.00, OR Tuesday, 8th week, 9th March, 11.00-12.00, IT Training Room, St Cross Building

An interactive session to help you get the most out of electronic full-text and critical resources for Shakespeare, including:

  • Using electronic editions of Shakespeare to check quotations quickly, to perform thematic searches, and to research use of source material;
  • Finding useful (and high-demand) critical texts and journal articles online.

To book a place on ONE of these session, please email: sonya.adams@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

 

Postgraduate programme for Hilary 2010

 

TBC




Other relevant training


WISER Humanities
These practical workshops are designed to help you find your way around the key resources offered by the Library Services. The workshops are free and will usually take place each lunchtime on Fridays, 12.30-1.30 at OUCS. Book online via the OUCS Course website. Please cancel your place if you cannot attend.

If you would like further information or advice as to which session would be most useful for you, please email usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Making the most of the Bodleian
All sessions are general ones, providing a practical introduction to the Bodleian within the context of the Bodleian Libraries, with hands-on guidance in the use of the OLIS catalogue, the automated stack request system, and the electronic resources accessed through OxLIP+. Undergraduates and visiting students do not need to attend these sessions, as their timetabled library inductions (even if not held at the Bodleian) will cover the same skills and knowledge.


Online tutorials

To learn more about using our electronic resources, try working through the Informs online tutorials:

OLIS: getting started on the web online tutorial  (created by the Radcliffe Science Library) 

OxLIP+: introduction online tutorial (created by the eResources Team)
OxLIP+: Exploring further online tutorial