Default sort order within clustered search results in SOLO is now by “relevancy”

We have implemented the first stage of a plan to improve the display of records in SOLO with clusters of versions (where SOLO has grouped together ‘versions’ of the same work). To achieve this, the default sort order for search results within clusters will be changed to relevance rather than date-newest. If you prefer to [...]

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New in SOLO: Limit your search to open shelf locations in Bodleian

With thanks to BodWiser for the text: It is now possible to limit your SOLO search to open shelf materials in the central Bodleian Library.  This should be useful to those of you looking for materials that you can access  immediately in the Bodleian without the need to place a hold request from the remote [...]

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RefWorks switching to RefWorks 2.0 this Sat 29 October

When you log on to RefWorks from this Saturday onwards you will see the new RefWorks 2.0 interface.  If you’re in a rush and you don’t have time to get to grips with the new interface you can switch back by clicking “RefWorks Classic” at the top of the screen. However, you’ll need to find time [...]

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Digital Microfilm – new from National Archives – DocumentsOnline

You may be interested in a new TNA initiative: Digital Microfilm. It allows you to search and download some of The National Archives’ most popular records, which were previously available on microfilm. Many of the records are indexes and these may be helpful in locating other relevant records. These records have not been indexed and [...]

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AHA Today: Five Ways for Historians to Use Twitter

Here is a really useful blog how historians can make use of Twitter. It summarises well those 5 tools and gives examples. The 5 tools are: 1. Follow organisations: get updates & research tips, highlights or additions to collections, get in touch with staff. These could be museums, libraries / archives, research instutions, history organisations, [...]

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SOLO video tutorials now available

The online SOLO LibGuide has now been enhanced with some short video tutorials to help illustrate the new features of SOLO and to help you to get to grips with using it. You can take a look at these videos below: How to search SOLO: Signing into SOLO:

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Reminder of forthcoming SOLO workshops

If you are not sure you are using SOLO effectively and want to learn how to do so, here are details of forthcoming SOLO workshops: WISER:  Finding Stuff on SOLO –  This hands on workshop will focus on search techniques for finding books, journals and other Library materials in print and online using SOLO. The [...]

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Struggling with SOLO? – details of forthcoming workshops

If you are not sure you are using SOLO effectively and want to learn how to do so, here are details of forthcoming SOLO workshops: WISER:  Finding Stuff on SOLO –  This hands on workshop will focus on search techniques for finding books, journals and other Library materials in print and online using SOLO. The [...]

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Trinity Term Information Skills Programme

The programme of Information Skills courses for this term is now available to view on our website. The programme includes courses on: RefWorks WISER sessions on Manuscripts Sources for African studies Online resources for historians  US history sources Sources for Medievalists  Sessions from ProQuest on Early English Books Online (EEBO) Historical Newspapers House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [...]

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Connected Histories: Sources for British History, 1500-1900

Launched on 1 April Connected Histories: Sources for Building British History, 1500-1900 is a federated search engine to search in a single search a wide range of distributed digital resources relating to early modern and nineteenth-century British history. The following 11 resources are included: British History Online: The digital library of primary and secondary sources [...]

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