Welcome back to all those who went away for the vacation and Happy New Year to everyone. Below are some updates from databases.
There will be some changes this year to Justis for all those that use the database. The bad news is that The Law Reports, Weekly Law Reports and Industrial Cases Reports will no longer be available through the database due to ICLR withdrawing the licence. The good news is that these are available electronically elsewhere. We will be publishing another blog nearer the time to let you know how to access these in the future but if you have any questions then don’t hesitate to contact Kate Jackson at katharine.jackson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
A reminder that Westlaw now has a ‘My Westlaw UK’ function which allows you to set up a profile, create alerts and save searches. If you want to know more about it then take a look at our previous blog or go to the Westlaw information page.
Lexis Library will be changing the way the results page will look. At the moment this is scheduled around Easter but we will blog with further details nearer the time. They have also changed the default when you search using the journals tab. It will now default to the journals index and not ‘all subscribed journals’ and so be aware that if you want to search as you did before you need to choose the ‘journals’ link on the left hand side.
The SOLO interface has changed slightly in design, although you will still find all the functions in the same place. There are added guides on the right hand side. The SOLO live help is now a pop up window so if you need help with SOLO then click on the link and look out for the box (it should pop up on your screen but check your tool bar!) This means you will not lose your conversation with the member of staff if you do a search on SOLO.
If you have any questions about the databases or want any training then contact Kate Jackson at katharine.jackson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Classes and drop in sessions
We are running a number of classes and drop in sessions throughout Hilary – take a look at the classes page for details. We also run the Book a Librarian Service.
