Oxford University Press
Online Resources
Tracy James
Library Sales Executive
Oxford University Press
This Presentation
Introduction to Oxford University Press
Online Products From Oxford University Press
Journals E-books
Reference works Dictionaries
4
Short Introduction to the Word’s largest University Press
Oxford University Press has it origin’s in the information technology revolution in the 15
thcentury. The first book printed in Oxford was in 1478.
OUP is the oldest university press in the world
Part of the University of Oxford, OUP’s mission is to further excellence in research,
scholarship & education globally.
Each title published must be agreed by a board of 12 Oxford academics and it has been
5
Short Introduction to the Word’s largest University Press
OUP is a major provider of online information to libraries and individuals worldwide.
We publish 31 online resources & 228 Journals
Oxford Journals Collections and Archives Over 220 online journals in 2011
7 Subject Collections
Counter – 3 compliant usage stats
MARC records are available in both MARC 21 and
tab-delimited format
Available for use in course packs Data mining possible on request
Metadata supplied to discovery services i.e. EBSCO
Discovery etc.
Oxford Journals Collection and Archives
The Oxford University Press journals collection consists of six subject packages – the majority of which are
society-owned journals ;
Medicine -68 titles Life Sciences – 34 titles Mathematics – 25 titles Law – 28 titles
Social Sciences – 44 titles Humanities – 61 titles
In 2011 two journals joined our Medical collection; Clinical Infectious Diseases and The Journal of Infectious Diseases. We publish
these highly respected and influential titles in conjunction with the IDSA (Infectious Diseases Society of America)
The current journals collection includes all volumes published from 1996-onwards
Oxford Journals collection and Archives
Content from 1849-1995 Almost 4 million article pages 169 journals in 2011
Access content from Volume 1 Issue 1
Five subject archives – Medicine, Science, Social Sciences, Humanities, Law
In 2011, a further 12 journals joined the archive, including prestigious new titles in the fields of medicine,
economics and history.
Journal Content from 1849 - 2011
11
SCHOLARLY LAW MEDICINE
Oxford Scholarship Online Oxford Reports in International Law Oxford Medical Handbooks Online Oxford Handbooks Online Max Planck Encyclopedia of Int'l Law Oxford Textbook of Medicine
Oxford Bibliographies Online Investment Claims Oxford Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
Oxford Scholarly Editions (2011) Oceana Treaties & Inter'l Agreements AMA Manual of Style
ARTS Oceana Constititutions Online ESC Textbook of Intensive & Acute Cardiac Care (Dec 2010)
Grove Art Online DICTIONARIES The EAE Textbook of Echocardiography (Spring 2011)
Grove Music Online OED Online REFERENCE
Oxford History of Western Music Oxford Dictionaries Online Oxford Reference Online
Berg Fashion Library Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Oxford DRS & Continuum
BBC College of Journalism SOCIETY Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
RELIGION Electronic Enlightenment Who's Who & Who Was Who
Oxford Islamic Studies Online Social Explorer American National Biography
Oxford Biblical Studies Online Oxford African American Studies Center
SCHOLARLY – E-books
Oxford Scholarship Online
Academic Monographs: a vast and rapidly expanding fully cross-searchable library which offers access to full text of the most important scholarly books in 18 subject areas.
2. Oxford Handbooks Online
Academic Guides to a Discipline: more than 2,500 in-depth essays by the world’s leading scholars in;
Business & Management Philosophy
Political Science Religion
Oxford Scholarship Online
13
18 subjects: social sciences & science
•Full text monographs
•
The very latest titles published online at same time as print
•OUP have an excellent reputation for monograph publishing
•4,000+ high quality works
Oxford Scholarship Online – USP’s
No other site offers social science monographs fully cross-searchable with abstracts & onward research
linking:
Monographs by high quality authors
Unlimited access
HTML access allowing full cross-searching of all site
Author-written abstracts for each title & chapter
Links from references to the bibliography
Bibliography Open URL linked to library catalogue
Bibliographic links to free online sites
PDF download by chapter
(5% or 1 chapter per title legally printable) Advanced search/ bibliographic search/ citation export
15
Scholarly - Bibliographic Research
O
Online guides to the most important Scholarship for research – currently
available in the subjects below;
Atlantic History Biblical Studies Buddhism Classical Studies Criminology Islamic Studies Philosophy
Renaissance & Reformation Social Work
Coming Soon: Medieval Studies
Grove Art Online
Grove Art Online – the foremost scholarly art encyclopaedia covering all aspects of western and
non-western visual art. What’s included in a subscription?
The Oxford Companion to Western Art Encyclopaedia of Aesthetics
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Grove Art Online has an editorial board of distinguished art historians who guide the development of new content, and an advisory board of art historians, art librarians, and art experts who advise on functional
enhancements and the needs of existing and emerging users of the resource.
Grove Music Online
500 illustrations, 1,800 musical examples, over 1,700 editorially selected links
18
Law Online from Oxford University Press
1. Oxford Reports on International Law
Case reports & commentary
2. Investment Claims
A complete resource centre: case reports, instruments of law, commentary, journal articles & monographs
3. Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law
Oxford English Dictionary Online -
new 2011
19
The full text of the 20 volume OED
Combined with the Historical Thesaurus
of English; gives a semantic index to the
whole OED
The most complete dictionary of English
in the world
21
Example titles
Oxford Medical Handbooks
Online
Medicine Online from Oxford University Press
Integrated access to the very best online medical resources
Accessed via a single portal:
www.oxfordmedicine.com
Browse by series, subject and career stage
Easy navigation around the site
Links to other materials mentioned in the text/references; PubMed, ISI, CrossRef and
Oxford journals
Medicine Online from Oxford University Press
Oxford Textbook of Medicine; the foremost international textbook of medicine, unrivalled in coverage ofscientific aspects and clinical practice of medicine and sub-specialities
Oxford Medical Handbooks; market-leading series of pocket handbooks for a broad medical readership –
currently 46 titles
Oxford Handbooks in Nursing; helping nurses achieve the best results for their patients, the handbooks offer
a wealth of recommendations – currently 20 titles
Emergencies In; provides the reader with rapid and reliable information on emergencies occurring in clinical
practice – currently 11 titles
Medicine Online from Oxford University Press
Further textbooks;
The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2nd Ed – represents the core knowledge expected from
all cardiologists, and the online version includes clinical videos. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology
The ESC Textbook of Intensive and Acute Cardiac Care – a clinically focused resource for cardiologists
and trainees in the intensive and acute cardiac care setting. Provides over 25 additional high quality videos of procedures and techniques.
The EAE Textbook of Echocardiography – a comprehensive reference serving the educational
requirements of cardiologists and medical professionals in the field of Echocardiography.
Medicine Online from Oxford University Press
On-going publishing programme throughout 2011 over 200 titles – highlights are;
The
Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes (2
ndEdition) –
launching this summer and will
contain the full contents of print version.