Topic 5: Oxford Reference Online

Topic 5: Accessing Oxford Reference Online.
Purpose: A variety of full text reference materials (both general and specialized to religious studies) are available to Carroll students from Oxford Trouble with access? Please send comments and questions to me.
 * 1) Carroll Students, access the Carroll Homepage at http://www.bhcarroll.edu/ using a modern browser
 * 2) Choose My Carroll
 * 3) Choose My Current Courses (Carroll Learning Center)
 * 4) Give your Login and Password (NOTE: Students and Faculty: Your Google account associated with your Carroll ".edu" address should be the data you will use to access the CLC at this step).
 * 5) On the Left hand menu, scroll down for the "Push-Pin" icon (Student Resources)
 * 6) Choose "Library" (blue lettering) for the Library
 * 7) Choose Oxford Reference Online.

Note: Beginning August 2011, the new NexLearn prefers the Firefox browser

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Topic 5A: Searching Oxford Reference Online
Trouble with access? Please send comments or questions to me
 * 1) Recommended: Choose Advanced Search 
 * 2) Type in a search (i.e., Calvinism) and select the Search button
 * 3) Choose an entry to view full text (when available)

Topic 5B: Researching with Oxford Reference Online
Purpose: Go deeper by refining search strategies in Oxford Reference Online; like a "rerun" on TV, "research" means "look again."

Try these 3 strategies: 

Strategy 1: What are you looking for?

In NexLearn, different resources look for different types of information. Separating and combining the right resources will help you target your searching

Strategy 2: What terms describe what you're looking for?

Keep a list of search terms you'v used, and of ones you find while searching. Both "abominable snowman" and "yeti" describe the same thing, but some citations may use both terms, and some only one- or the other! Make separate searches with alternative terms; mix it up to see if you've found all there is to find.

Strategy 3: Learn more about searching

From the Oxford Reference Online login page, choose Help, then choose a topic

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