WISER courses in week 4

Bodleian Libraries will be running the following workshops during week 4:       ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning [Tuesday 15 May 14:00-16:00] – This workshops covers two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University – ARTstor and Bridgeman Education – geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science [...]

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WISER Sessions next week on RefWorks and depositing your DPhil thesis in ORA

Bodleian Libraries will be running the following workshops during week 3: WISER: Your thesis, copyright and ORA [Wednesday 9 May 12:30 – 1:30] – Oxford DPhil students are required to deposit a copy of their thesis in ORA (Oxford University Research Archive).  This session will focus on copyright and other issues that DPhil students need [...]

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Bodleian WISER training next week on ebooks and ebook readers and RefWorks – book places now

Bodleian Libraries will be running the following classes during week 7: WISER: E-Books [Wednesday 29 February 2.00 - 3.00] An overview of what is currently available and how to access them from the point of view of the student, the researcher and the academic. Presenters:  Hilla Wait and Jo Gardner >Book Now WISER: E-Book Readers [...]

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RefWorks presentation and handbook available online

Resources available online Following the Refworks for Humanities training course on Friday 3rd February 2012, the presentation and workbook used on the course are now available online. Further help available If you are using RefWorks and need further guidance, then the Refworks website has a really useful tutorial section.  One-to-one sessions can also be booked with [...]

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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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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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RefWorks for Humanities Course, Wednesday 2nd March

Booking opens today for: RefWorks for Humanities Wednesday 2 March (week 7), 14:00-17:00, OUCS – Book Here RefWorks is an online tool which allows you to manage your references, insert them into your work, automatically generate bibliographies and easily switch between citation styles. This introduction is open to all, but the section on importing references [...]

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RefWorks for Humanities

RefWorks is an online tool which allows you to manage your references, insert them into your work, automatically generate bibliographies and easily switch between citation styles. This introduction is open to all, but the section on importing references will focus on Humanities examples. Presenters: Kate Petherbridge and Shona McLean Wednesday 12 May, 14:00-17:00, OUCS  | [...]

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RefWorks: History Faculty Style updates

The History Faculty Style in RefWorks has been updated today. There are now two versions of the style:  ‘History Faculty, Oxford – Notes & bib. (beta)’ and ‘History Faculty, Oxford – Bibliography only (beta)’. The first version is the one you will need to format your footnotes and create a bibliography at the same time using Write-N-Cite. The second [...]

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RefWorks: History Faculty Style updated

The History Faculty Style in RefWorks has been updated today. It now allows you to create both your citations and bibliography at the same time using Write-N-Cite instead of having to create a separate stand-alone bibliography. Important: please remember to only put your citations in footnotes with this style as it does not support in-text [...]

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