Would you like to become WISER?

If you are in Oxford and free during the lunchtime period there are some excellent 1 hour sessions delivered by Oxford librarians as part of the WISER (Workshops for Information Skills and Electronic Resources). Most sessions are held at Oxford University Computer Services in Banbury Road and are free, but should be booked in advance. Highlights for this term include:

• Managing Your References, Friday 8th May - looks at software available for recording and formatting your references


• The First World War Digital Poetry Archive, Tuesday 19th May


• Early English Books Online (EEBO) Friday 29th May


• Maps and Mapping, Tuesday 2nd June


• Manuscripts, Tuesday 9th June - a look at the Bodleian manuscript collections and how to locate them


• Online Resources for Historians, Monday 15th June

For further details of these and other sessions, and for information on how to book, please see the WISER website

For all Local Historians!

You can now find a collection of Oxford University's electronic resources relevant to Local History on OxLIP+ , Oxford's gateway to electronic resources. From the OXLIP+ home page, click the Subject tab, then scroll down to select History in the box on the left. You will then see Local History in the box on the right. Select and click Go to view the list of resources which have been selected by the Continuing Education Librarian in collaboration with academic colleagues.

All resources can be accessed from any computer on the Oxford University network. For remote access to most of the resources (marked with a gold padlock symbol if viewed from outside Oxford) you will need your Single Sign On, available to members of the University with a full University card. Some freely available resources such as the National Archives are also included. A fuller list of freely available resources can be found on the Continuing Education Library website

Term time hours

As from Tuesday 14th April, we're back to term time opening hours. Full details of opening hours and term dates can be found on the Library website

Advance warning: the library is closed on the two May Bank Holidays, Monday 4th May and Monday 25th May

Easter weekend closure

A reminder that the Continuing education library is closed from Friday 10th April until Monday 13th April inclusive.

Normal term hours resume on Tuesday 14th April

Full details of opening hours and term dates are available on the Library website

Recent additions to the Library

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

The list also includes new electronic resources purchased by OULS and significant content additions to existing electronic resources