glow and jisc collections

Presentation Title

Presenter’s NameDateIntroduction

Glow and JISC Collections

Jim Henderson

JISC Collections

• Why• Requests for reference material • High quality & authoritative sources• Good value and ease of procurement

• How• Only through Glow• Authenticated access (IP address and then

Shibboleth)

• When• Available now or when your authority makes Glow

available to you.

Resources in Focus

Location in Glow

Demonstration Searches

• Grove Art Online• Search for information on Berthe Morisot

• Grove Music Online• Search for information on plainchant

• Oxford Language Dictionaries Online• What do you translate the word wrench

• Oxford Reference Online• Search for information on Kenya

• Keesings archive of World Events• Search for documents on Anschluss

• The Science Resource Center• Search for information on experiments with simple machines

Plan B

Contact: Jim HendersonJ.henderson@ltscotland.org.uk Tel 0141 282 5099

Learning and Teaching ScotlandThe Optima, 58 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8DU

T: Customer Services 08700 100 297www.LTScotland.org.uk www.glowscotland.org.uk

Contact: Jim HendersonJ.henderson@ltscotland.org.uk Tel 0141 282 5099

Learning and Teaching ScotlandThe Optima, 58 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8DU

T: Customer Services 08700 100 297www.LTScotland.org.uk www.glowscotland.org.uk