Information Skills Minimum Kit for graduates – repeated Wed. 30 Nov 2-4pm

Calling all Oxford history graduates: as the Information Skills Minimum Kit on 2 Nov was oversubscribed, a repeat has now been scheduled for Wed. 30 Nov., 2-4pm. This 2-hour session is designed to equip history graduates with key information skills in order to make best use of electronic information and discovery resources. A range of [...]

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Find your way through House of Commons Parliamentary Papers – 20 June, 15:30

Modern historians: Find your way through House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Monday 20 June (week 8), 15:30-16:45 – BOOK HERE This session will demonstrate the online House of Commons Parliamentary Papers database. The resource includes 200,000+ sessional papers from 1715 to the present, with some supplementary material going back to 1688. This training aims to [...]

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Read all about it!: Making the most of online Historical Newspapers

Read all about it!: Making the most of online Historical Newspapers Monday 20 June (week 8), 14:00-15:15 – BOOK HERE Join this session to get an introductory overview of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database. This course covers the content, functions, and features of, as well as tips for using, ProQuest Historical Newspapers such as The [...]

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Early modern historians: Discover Early English Books Online

Early modern historians: Discover Early English Books Online (EEBO) Friday 17 June (week 7), 14:15-15:30 – BOOK HERE EEBO is an important database of early printed books from 1475-1700. If you need tracts, texts and pamphlets written in Britain and colonial America in this time, then this hands-on session will show how to search, manipulate [...]

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WISER: Online Resources for Historians – 1 June, 9:30

WISER: Online Resources for Historians Wednesday 1 June, 09:30-10:45 A general introduction to the vast range of electronic resources which are available for all historical periods for British & W European history: bibliographical databases, biographical / reference research aids, ebooks & ejournals, web portals, and collections of online primary source materials.  Presenter: Isabel Holowaty OUCS [...]

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Thesis Fair for 2nd year History Undergraduates

Thesis Fair 2011 Thursday 19 May, 14:00-16:00 - Exam Schools The Fair aims to help 2nd year History Undergraduates: explore what source materials and information resources (archival, print and electronic) are available in Oxford libraries; meet local experts for further discussion; learn about useful tips and tools; browse among stalls to learn about Oxford’s rich collections [...]

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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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Information Skills Minimum Kit for Undergraduates, 17th June – places still available

Thursday 10 June (week 7), 14:00-16:00 – FULLY BOOKED Repeated Thursday 17 June (week 8), 14:00-16:00 – BOOK HERE This 2-hour session is designed to equip 2nd year undergraduates working on their dissertation with key information skills in order to make best use of electronic information and discovery resources. A range of databases, e-journals and web [...]

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