Coverage of journals is also provided by numerous subject-based databases. FirstSearch is available to all members of the University of Oxford. Obtain authorization and a password from your local librarian. Online help screens provide assistance. The Oxford Library Information System, OLIS, is a union catalogue which contains bibliographic information for books, journals and other items catalogued onto OLIS by member libraries.
Online help is available.
These can be found in all OLIS libraries. OLIS contains records for 3.2 million items representing 2.2 million different titles. Although conversion of card catalogues is complete in some OLIS libraries, there are many which have not yet entered all their holdings on OLIS so you may need to check more than one catalogue to find the book you need. Many CD-ROMs are networked so they are accessible by a number of machines simultaneously from several different locations. OUCS The Oxford University Computing Services, located at 13 Banbury Road has its own 'Introductory Pack' which will give you full details of its services including computer courses, use of printers and microcomputers, the OUCS shop and advisory desk hours.