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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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: Sources for Medievalists – 15 June, 13:45

WISER: Sources for Medievalists Wednesday 15 June, 13:45-15:15  General overview to a range of e-resources relevant for British & Western European medieval studies: bibliographical databases, biographical/reference tools, web portals & collections of online primary source materials of Anglo-Saxon sources, Greek/Latin texts, chronicles, charters & literary works.  Presenters: Charlotte Goodall, Isabel Holowaty, Susan Usher, Hilla Wait [...]

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WISER sessions: Getting information to come to you and Reference Management

WISER: Getting information to come to you  (Wednesday 15 June 3.30 – 5.00pm) Keeping up to date with the latest research, publications, announcements and other news is an essential but time consuming task.   This session will cover setting up RSS and/or email alerts to  journals, databases and websites so that new information comes to you [...]

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WISER: Sources for US History – 8 June, 15:30

WISER: Sources for US History Wednesday 8 June, 15:30-17:00 Introduction to key information sources for the study of colonial America & US history. Starting with finding tools to locate material, examples of source materials will then be shown including archival, microform, printed/online collections & useful web portals & audiovisual collections.  Presenter: Jane Rawson OUCS – [...]

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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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