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Coming Soon - Oxford Bibliographies Online
Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is an entirely new type of online resource offering a library of discipline-focused, online guides to the essential literature in subjects across the humanities and social sciences. Each OBO module is a dynamic bibliographic tool containing a hierarchical body of interwoven entries designed to help students and scholars move through the most important scholarship, commentary, and resources in a specific area of research. Each subject has 50-100 individual entries that guide the reader through the key literature on a specialized topic, moving from the general to the specific with scholarly annotations and context providing introductions. Every subject area has an Editor in Chief and Editorial Board ensuring scholarly accuracy, relevance, and authority.
Databases
Online Law Resources
- Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online
Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online (CCW) offers access to 188 country constitutions with extensive expert commentary from leading scholars worldwide. Accurate, original English translations, plus the ability to search for topics across all nations makes Constitutions of the Countries of the World Online a must-have for anyone involved in constitutional or comparative law.
- Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories Online
Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories Online (CDT) boasts expert English translations and thoughtful commentary on the constitutions of 40 countries and their 170 dependencies and territories, as well as the federal constitutional provisions that define the relationship between a state and its dependencies or territories.
- Constitutions of the United States: National and State Online
Constitutions of the United States: National and State Online (CUS) consists of the most complete and up-to-date American constitutions: the United States Constitution, each of the 50 state constitutions; plus constitutions of fifteen U.S. territories including the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.
- Investment Claims
Investment Claims (IC) offers more than 300 full-text investment awards with authoritative commentary and regular updates to follow. Complimenting the official documents and commentaries are investment treaties and treaty sector overviews; relevant international treaties and domestic legislation from jurisdictions including the US and UK; arbitral rules; and online versions of key Oxford University Press arbitration books and journal articles.
- The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online (EPIL) is the new edition of the definitive reference work on public international law. The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Online will include search functionality and click-through cross references to other Encyclopedia entries as well as related content in the online service Oxford Reports on International Law. A print edition will become available in 2010.
- New York Code of Professional Responsibility and Ethics Opinions Online
New York Code of Professional Responsibility and Ethics Opinions Online (NYCPR) is a fully annotated online guide to the ethics guidelines that all lawyers practicing in New York State must follow. With expert commentary by legal ethics scholar Mary C. Daly (Dean, St. John's University School of Law), this searchable database enables lawyers to provide legal services that meet the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct more easily than ever before.
- Oxford Reports on International Law
Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) is the premier online service integrating important decisions on public international law from international courts and tribunals, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals. Integrating the full scope of international case law for the first time in an easy-to-navigate online environment, this new resource draws upon the expertise of leading scholars and practitioners to provide high quality, timely reports and analysis. All subscriptions include free access to the Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction content module.
At launch, Oxford Reports on International Law will consist of the following content modules.
- Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts
- Oxford Reports on International Criminal Law
- Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Laws
- Oxford Reports on International Investment Claims
- Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction*
*This content module is included with a subscription to one or more of the other Oxford Reports on International Law services.
- Treaties and International Agreements Online
Treaties and International Agreements Online (TIAO) is the fastest, most cost-effective way to get current, comprehensive and accurate text for over 17,000 treaties and international agreements in over 40 topical categories. User-friendly and updated monthly, TIAO is the most up to-date source for U.S. treaties, even more timely than official government publications.
- Click here to learn more about law databases from Oxford University Press.
Other Oxford University Press Databases
- African American Studies Center
The Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC) provides students, researchers and librarians with more than 7,500 articles by top scholars in the field. The core reference content includes the highly acclaimed Africana, the new Encyclopedia of African American History, Black Women in America, 2nd edition, and the African American National Biography. Additional content hand-selected by editors has been drawn from numerous fine Oxford University Press titles. Over 1,000 images and more than 200 charts, tables, graphs, along with over 250 primary sources with introductory essays round out this incredible resource in African American studies. The site is updated three times a year to maintain the most recent scholarship in the field.
- NEW! American Medical Association Manual of Style Online
The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have guide for those seeking to publish research findings and anyone involved in medical or scientific publishing. But more than just a style manual, it offers guidance on how to navigate the dilemmas that authors, researchers and their institutions, medical editors and publishers, and members of the news media who cover scientific research confront on a daily basis. Written by an expert committee of JAMA and Archives editors, it thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues, authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct and intellectual property, in addition to preparation of articles for publication, style, terminology, measurement, and quantitation.
- American National Biography Online
American National Biography Online presents comprehensive profiles of more than 18,000 men and women from all eras and walks of life who have influenced and shaped American history and culture.
- Dictionary of National Biography
Explore the lives of over 50,000 people worldwide who have shaped the British past over the last 2,400 years - from the 4th-century BC Greek explorer Pytheas to Princess Diana, and from the founding fathers of America to the Nawabs of Bengal. Over 50,000 biographies, 60 million words, 10,000 portrait illustrations.
- Electronic Enlightenment
Access a web of correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the 18th century and their families and friends, bankers and booksellers, patrons and publishers.
- Grove Art Online
Grove Art Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day - and the best just got even better! The re-launched Grove Art Online offers new design, content, functionality, and partnership links. Other key features of Grove Art Online include over 45,00 signed articles, over 5,000 art images and line drawings, over 21,000 biographies. Grove Art Online is regularly updated with new and revised articles. Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location.
- Grove Music Online
We are delighted to announce that Grove Music Online has been completely redesigned, and now forms the cornerstone of an important new online gateway, Oxford Music Online. Key features of Grove Music Online include over 50,000 articles that chart the diverse history and culture of music and musicians from around the world, from pre-history to the present day, over 500 Sibelius-enabled audio examples, and a multicultural scope—articles are written by over 6,000 leading international experts.
- Islamic Studies Center
Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online (OISO) offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam. This fully integrated resource features reference content and commentary by renowned scholars in areas such as global Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture, and will be regularly updated as new content is commissioned and approved under the guidance of the Editor-in-Chief, John L. Esposito.
- Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Oxford Biblical Studies Online will provide unrivalled access to six essential Oxford editions of the Bible alongside commentary and annotations from study Bibles seamlessly combined with reference material and primary texts. Oxford Biblical Studies Online will include nearly 5,000 A-Z articles, from Abel to Zion, including exclusive content from the forthcoming Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Bible (2011), integrated with chapter-based scholarly works, maps and illustrations, interactive timelines and bibliography, and will be regularly updated every six months to include new content and functionality. Trials are available upon request. For a guided tour, visit http://www.oup.com/obso/guided_tour/
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world. It is also the definitive record of English language development, tracing the evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1,500 years through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources. The Oxford English Dictionary is a vast and unique resource with unrivalled access to the full text of the 20-volume Second Edition and 3 Additions series volumes – plus over 55,000 new and revised entries only available online.
- Oxford Handbooks Online
Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) is a cross-searchable resource of more than 2,000 in-depth essays by the world’s leading scholars in four major subject areas, Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science and Religion. They are an essential reference for scholars, advanced students, and practitioners. Extensive links make the online Handbooks easy to navigate, and cross-searching with the award-winning Oxford Scholarship Online allows the user to move seamlessly from discursive introductions to original research monographs.
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Content in Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian will be accessible with this innovative website featuring essential language resources never before available online - fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages.
- Oxford Reference Online Premium
Oxford Reference Online Premium (OROP) combines rich and scholarly resources offered by acclaimed titles in the Oxford Companions series with authoritative quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. Since launch, the site has expanded to include access to over 170 ready reference dictionaries, as well as an ever-growing list of Oxford Companions titles, over 450 political and geographical maps, and timelines to key events throughout history. Updated at least three times a year, Oxford Reference Online Premium is an absolute must-have for all libraries and institutions.
Premium Collection subscribers can enhance their collection with the Literature and Western Civilization collections. Titles are listed here: http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/collections. These are fully cross-searchable with the Premium Collection, and include a comprehensive selection of acclaimed reference titles. Both are available exclusively to Premium Collection subscribers for a small additional annual fee.
Western Civilization Collection Titles:
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Literature Collection Titles:
The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
The Oxford Companion to German Literature, 3rd edition
The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States
The Oxford Dictionary of Plays
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
- Who’s Who and Who Was Who
Published every year since 1849, Who's Who (WHO) is the leading source of up-to-date information about over 33,000 influential people in British public life today. Who Was Who (WWHO) is an invaluable historical archive which collects together the entries of nearly 90,000 people, now deceased, which were included in previous editions of Who's Who.
With a single click of a mouse, online readers will be able to compare the entries captured in Who Was Who, largely supplied by the people themselves – from Winston Churchill to Barbara Cartland – with their biographies in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online (ODNB), and vice versa. Who Was Who will also provide a reference point for many not chosen for fuller biographies in the ODNB.
For more complete descriptions, please click on the product name or visit Oxford University Press on the web.
Additional Information
MCLS's group subscriptions to Oxford University Press online databases run annually July 1 to June 30. Oxford University Press Terms and Conditions Click here for information on digital book resources including Oxford Digital Reference Shelf and Oxford Scholarship Online
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