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WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Italian Literature in OULS Oxford University Library Services Italian Literature Resources Research Collections Taylorian Bodleian Periodicals, monographs, manuscripts, bibliographies, legal deposit material, antiquarian material, etc. Teaching Collections Modern Languages Faculty Library Multiple copies of texts and important criticism, reading list material, short-loan photocopies, film adaptations, etc. Electronic Resources OxLip WWW Bibliographic databases, e-journals, reference works, digitization projects, scholarly websites, etc.
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WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Katherine MellingOULS Subject Consultant (French & Italian)
WISER Humanities: Library and
Information Resources for Italian Literature
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Aim of the session To provide an overview of Oxford’s
library resources for the study of Italian literature and how to make the most of them How collections are organised Books and journals Manuscripts and special collections Databases and e-journals Web resources
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Italian Literature in OULSOxford University Library ServicesItalian Literature
Resources
Research Collections•Taylorian•Bodleian
Teaching Collections•Modern Languages
Faculty Library
Electronic Resources•OxLip•WWW
Periodicals, monographs, manuscripts, bibliographies,
legal deposit material,antiquarian material, etc.
Multiple copies of texts and important criticism,
reading list material, short-loan photocopies,
film adaptations, etc.
Bibliographic databases, e-journals,
reference works, digitization projects,
scholarly websites, etc.
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Finding books and journals To find an exact book or journal, search in OLIS by
author or title
To research a topic more generally, search by subject: e.g. sw=dante virgil
Extended subject searching: When you have found a record with a subject heading that
matches your interest enter “E” for “Extend search”. This will display all the relevant books and journals.
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
E-journals Some journals are available electronically
Can be accessed anytime, anywhere, searched and printed
E-access doesn’t match print E-access usually highlighted in OLIS, e.g.
Modern Languages Notes TDNet is a full list of e-journals and links to
them e.g. Italian Studies
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Databases Use bibliographic databases to find books outside
Oxford, as well as book chapters and journal articles Printed – in handout Online:
MLA Bibliography AHCI FRANCIS Iter Bibliography
Available through OxLip; you need an Athens password for remote access
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Dissertations and theses Dissertations completed in Oxford on OLIS
To find UK and US dissertations search Index to Theses and Dissertations Absracts
To find Italian dissertations, use printed Bibliografia – tesi di dottorato, or search the Biblioteca nazionale catalogue
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Italian antiquarian books OLIS Printed catalogues Hand Press Book database
Oxford University Libraries c.44,500 records, from Oxford Libraries, including the Bodleian, Taylorian, Ashmolean, and Colleges
Attend WISER session in 8th week for more information!
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Manuscripts
Bodleian Online Catalogues of Western Manuscripts Card catalogues
Taylorian Card catalogue Modern manuscripts
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University Project
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Web resources Search engines
Gateways Humbul Voice of the Shuttle
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Assessment form at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/courses/feedback/index.xsp
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