New electronic resources blog

The OULS electronic resources team have just launched a blog which may be of interest to those wishing to find out more about using electronic resources.

The blog will provide information about new electronic resources available to Oxford University, as well as information for the general internet user. It may therefore be of particular interest to those who are new to using the internet.

Recent posts deal with questions such as 'How can I make the most of a Google search?', 'How can I use Google Scholar effectively?', 'What is my screen resolution and how can I change it?'

To see the blog go to http://oxforderesources.wordpress.com/

New on ARTstor - Magnum Photos

A significant photo collection has recently been added to ARTstor. The Magnum Photos collection comprises around 73,000 photographs of world events and personalities from the lates 1930s to the present day. More information can be found on the ARTstor website

ARTstor is available to all Continuing Education Library readers in the Library or on other computers on the Oxford network via SOLO. Readers with a full University card can access ARTstor remotely using their Single Sign On

On this day - Charles Darwin

Today, 12th February 2009, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.

To mark the event, a digitised version of the 1st edition of 'On the Origin of Species' using the copy held by the Plant Sciences Library has been released by Google Book Search For more information, please see the OULS website

You may also be interested in visiting the freely available Darwin Online website. Here you can find online versions of most of his works, find biographical material, listen to a reading of 'Voyage of the Beagle', view Darwin's papers and much more.

Recent additions to the Library

A list of all additions to the Library, whether purchased or donated, for January 2009 is now available on the Library website

Oxford University Library Services - have your say!

You may have received an email inviting you to take part in the OULS survey which library staff will use to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness of library services. If you haven't already responded, please consider doing so before 8th February as it is a chance to have your say.

If you haven't received an email but would like to take part, you can find the survey on the OULS website until 8th February

20,000 years of journal publishing added to OULS e-resources

Thanks to generous funding from the University in support of the Library’s academic programme, OULS has been able to acquire the largest number of e-journal backfiles in its history. Readers in Oxford now have access to an additional 20,000 years of journal publishing from their desktops which was previously only, if at all, available as physical volumes on the shelves of their libraries.

Some examples of backfiles now available include English Studies (1919-), Historian (1938-) and Nature (1869-) .

Full details can be found on the OULS website