Recent additions to the Library

The list of items added to the Library during March is now on the Library website

JSTOR - new features

The recent update to JSTOR has introduced some new features:

1. You can create a 'MyJSTOR' account where you can store your citations. You'll also need to do this to save or email citations. It's instantaneous and very easy - you just need an email address and a username and password of your own choice. More personalised functionality is promised soon.

2. Various improvements have been made to searching, full details can be found under 'Information about the new JSTOR platform' on the JSTOR home page. One rather nice feature is the ability to add '&' to a word to retrieve both singular and plural forms, even of they are completely different words, eg. mouse& will find both mouse and mice.

Searching tip: there is now a basic search box on the home page. However, you get more options enabling you to do a more precise search as well as search help, if you click the Search button at the top of the screen

3. Downloading and printing PDFs of articles has been simplified

4. Results of a search now give you the option to retrieve images from JSTOR and/or ArtSTOR where your search terms are included in the captions of the images.

JSTOR can be accessed from OxLIP

JSTOR remote access - update

The problems experienced with this last week have now been solved. You can now access JSTOR remotely using either an Athens password if you have one or your Single Sign On/Oxford username (or of course using the VPN).

This applies to Oxford University card holders only

JSTOR remote access problems

Following some changes to JSTOR at the end of last week, there are currently problems with remote access using Athens or Single Sign On passwords. These are being looked into, and I will post another message once they are resolved together with some details of the enhancements that have been added to JSTOR

Term time hours resume Sat 5th April

A reminder that the Library will be open from 9.30am - 5.30pm this Saturday, 5th April, and that term time hours apply from then.

The Library will be closed on the two Bank Holidays in May, Monday 5th and Monday 26th.

Full details of dates and opening hours can be found on the library website

Useful websites

Here are a couple of websites that I've come across recently that may be of interest.

1. Eufeeds gives access to current stories from over 300 newspapers across the EU. There is a page for each EU country; the UK page lists 19 national and regional papers together with the Spectator and Guardian. You can also click through to the home page of each publication.

2.Planet eBook provides free access to electronic copies of classics. Currently quite an isoteric collection of 40 titles ranging from the Iliad to the Merry Adventures of Robin Hood! However, it's a growing collection and you can suggest titles you would like to see included.