1. Oxford Online Resources
General Introduction & Products
Overview
Presented By:
Victoria Lopez
Regional Sales Manager – North Africa & Southern Europe
Oxford University Press
3. Agenda
Introduction
Oxford University Press
Online Products Publishing
Product Overview
Online Journals (Oxford Online Collection & Oxford Online Archives)
Dictionaries (Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries Pro & Oxford
Language Dictionaries Online)
Scholarly & Reference (University Press Scholarship Online, Oxford Reference
Online & Oxford Islamic Studies Online)
More Information
Subscription & Purchasing Options
Access & Technical Information
Librarian’s Resource Centre
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4. OUP Introduction
Oxford University Press has it origin’s in the information technology revolution in
the 15th century. The first book printed in Oxford was in 1478.
Each title published must be agreed by a board of 12 Oxford academics and it has
been this way for centuries.
OUP Online Sales is part of the Academic Division of Oxford University Press
A department of the University of Oxford, OUP furthers the University's objective
of “excellence in research, scholarship, and education” by publishing worldwide
OUP publishes over 4,600 new books each year
We combine traditional values of quality and service together with innovative use
of the latest technologies
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5. OUP Online Publishing
A major provider of online information to libraries and individuals worldwide
Over 10 years’ experience in online publishing
Our collection has now grown to over 30 products, and continues to expand.
This is in addition to 228 Journals
Each online product has fully searchable content, usage statistics and many
other functions
They are suitable for all ages and abilities, and answer the needs both of the non-
specialist and the learned communities, with content ranging from dictionary
entries and short essays to scholarly articles, full book chapters and other
reference and educational tools.
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6. OUP Product Groups
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 Oceana Treaties & Inter'l Agreements AMA Manual of Style
ARTS Oceana Constitutions Online ESC Textbook of Intensive & Acute Cardiac Care
Grove Art Online DICTIONARIES The EAE Textbook of Echocardiography
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 Centre
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8. The Oxford Journals Collection
Features
• 238 titles, which includes 11 new titles
added in 2012
• 6 subject areas
• Access to backfiles staring from 1996 to
date
• Impressive online functionality with
HighWire Press
• Flexible pricing models to suit both
individual libraries and consortia
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9. The Oxford Journals Collection
Benefits
High quality content –according to the 2010 ISI Journal
Citation Reports, over ¼ of these titles are in the top 10% and
80% are in the top 50% of their subject categories
Integrated searching via PubMed and Google Scholar
Perpetual access arrangements
Downloadable usage statistics (COUNTER 3 compliant)
Preservation arrangements with CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, &
Portico
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10. The Oxford Journals Archive
Features
More than 146 years of research (1849-1995)
177 titles, which includes 8 titles added in 2012
New archive content such as the journals of the London
Mathematical Society, European Journal of Cardio-
Thoracic Surgery, Journal of Social History, Social Forces
and more
5 subject archives available: Medicine, Science, Social
Sciences, Law, & Humanities
Annual subscription or one-time purchase
New titles added each year, upgrades to purchases &
subscriptions available
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11. The Oxford Journals Archive
Benefits
Freeup shelf space, gaps in content, & staff time
Preserve your collection for perpetuity by
purchasing the archive outright
Quickly locate previously hard-to-find material
Download COUNTER-compliant usage statistics
Seamless access to journals from Volume 1, Issue 1
(where available)
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13. Oxford Online Dictionaries
1. Oxford English Dictionary Online
Historical & Comprehensive dictionary
Where I can discover how English words
and meanings have changed over time
2. Oxford Dictionaries Online
Current English definitions
Where I can get up-to-date advice on using
English correctly
3. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
6 bilingual dictionaries with English
Where I can find reliable translations and language
learning help
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14. Oxford English Dictionary Online
• 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
• Words from 1150AD to
present
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15. Oxford English Dictionary Online
You will find the OED useful if you:
• Read English literature
• Study Linguistics, Languages or History
• Love English
• Want to improve your self-education
• Are interested in the link between language and society
• Need to research words by theme, but don’t know the
terms themselves
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16. One of the world’s most
famous Dictionary. It is the
unsurpassed guide to the
English language, the
definitive resource and
completely reliable.
Higher Education / Further Education
Public Libraries and Museums 4 updates each year
Schools English Literature, Language, January, March, June,
Linguistics, Social History, Cultural Studies, September – new words,
Anthropology revised words – plus freely
Professionals including writers, editors, available articles on Aspect
lawyers (law libraries) of English and learning
Private Individuals resources, Word of the
Day
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17. Oxford Dictionaries Pro
• Online version of the full text of
the Oxford Dictionary of English
& Oxford Thesaurus of English
• The most complete dictionary of
current English in the world
• 1.9 million example real-life
English sentences
• Up to date dictionary content
based on the largest language
research programme in the
world – The Oxford English
Corpus
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18. Oxford Dictionaries Pro
It will help you with meaning, spelling,
pronunciation, grammar, and usage, writing It provides dictionary lookup,
skills whether you are writing a report for thesaurus, millions of examples of
work, or an email to your bank company, real world usage, audio
helping you to write well and choose the right pronunciations, and linked modules
words. on grammar, style, and usage;
specialist guides for legal and
technical writing.
Ideal for Higher Education / Further Education
Public Libraries and Museums
Schools
Professionals including writers and editors
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19. There are
World/British English
and US English
versions of the site.
The site is updated
with new words and
additional content
four times a year. Ideal for everyday current English language
needs, whether you are a student, teacher,
business person, writer, linguist, academic or
non-native speaker.
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20. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
• Six fully unabridged bilingual
dictionaries for native speakers of
each language.
• Each dictionary contains c. 300,000
entries and translations – regularly
updated
• Audio pronunciations available for
British English, American English,
and Latin-American Spanish, as well
as French, German, Italian, Russian
and Chinese
• Usage examples, grammar
guidance, verb tables, pronunciation
charts, sample letters, CVs, and
notes on life and culture
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21. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Audio pronunciation for all languages, verb
tables, lots of tools and resources on how to
write and use your selected language
At-a-glance translations for thousands of key
words in 13 languages, including Arabic,
Polish, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese, and
Thai
Ideal for Higher Education / Further
Education Institutions, Public Libraries and
Museums, Schools, Professionals including
writers, editors, and translators, etc.
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24. OUP Scholarly & Reference Resources
1. University Press Scholarship Online
High quality online monographs from
universities around the word.
Multi-disciplinary resource strong in social
sciences & humanities
2. Oxford Reference Online
Dictionaries & subject reference works
All of OUP’s biggest and most trusted
reference works all available in one online
database
3. Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Online database offering essential articles
written, selected and interpreted by
renowned scholars, specialised on Islamic
studies
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25. University Press Scholarship Online
• Launched in 2003, OSO is a highly respected online resource
with a lot of customers around the world (over 800
universities subscribing/purchasing globally)
• Easy to use online database offering free abstracts, PDF
format chapter downloads, plus permanent linking (DOIs)
• More content – approximately 2000 books, with more to
follow
• 19 disciplines currently available for subscription and
perpetual access
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26. University Press Scholarship Online
•Launched in 2011, UPSO delivers quick and easy access to
high quality academic monographs via one highly-
discoverable and fully cross-searchable xml database
(which includes OSO)
•Currently 5 “partner presses”, 3 more coming in early
2012, and more after that
•UPSO includes 7000+ books in 22 subject areas
•Personalization options for users to save links to
favourite searches, chapters, and books
Participating presses:
•Free abstracts for all chapters and books •The American University in
Cairo Press
•Share content via Social Media, Citation Export, DOIs, •The University Press of Florida
email •Fordham University Press
•Hong Kong University Press
•Users can print or download chapters to PDF •The University Press of
Kentucky
•Updated 3 times a year •Oxford University Press
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28. University Press Scholarship Online
Print, save,
cite, email,
Search for and share
keywords content
within a book
Jump to
Download
different
chapter to
sections of the
PDF
book
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29. Oxford Reference Online
• An online database bringing together
dictionaries and reference works published by
Oxford University Press
• Over 200 titles across 25 subjects, including an
extensive range of Oxford Companions and
English and bilingual dictionaries
• 16,000+ images including 6,000 in full colour
with searchable captions, plus over 900 full
color maps and flags
• Over 45 timelines link more than 2,000 key
events throughout history
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• Updated 3 times a year with new titles and
editions
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31. Oxford Islamic Studies Online
• Nearly 6,000 articles and chapters
from acclaimed Oxford reference
sources covering all aspects of
Islam globally
• Two translations of the Qur’an and
the first and only electronic edition
of Hanna Kassis’s A Concordance of
the Qur’an can be viewed in a side-
by-side display for effortless study
and comparison
• Expanding program of regional
updates will offer a global
perspective on the most topical
issues while providing readers with
links to supporting material such as
articles, biographies, and primary
source documents
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32. Oxford Islamic Studies Online
• 250+ primary source
documents with
accompanying
commentary
• Lesson plans by top
scholars serve as course
development tools
• Three updates per year
keep the site current
and evolving
• Focus On updated 6x
per year
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34. Subscriptions & Pricing Options
• Flexible pricing models suit a consortium of any size as
well as subscribers from individual institutions
• All resources are available for 12 month subscription and
prices and access can vary according to number of users
(access for 1 user, 3 users, 6 users, unlimited number of
users)
• Oxford Scholarship Online and University Press Scholarship
Online are available for subscription or for purchase –
Please contact us for more information
• Free 1 month trials available on request to help decision
makers assess the resource prior to a possible subscription
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35. Access & Technical Information
• Remote access enables use within and beyond your institution
via Athens & Shibboleth
• IP address authentication - The most popular method of access,
allowing your users to search OUP resources without the need
to log in to the site first. IP access will allow users to log in whilst
on site only.
• Library Card – Users can register their library cards in our
systems . Readers can then log in from anywhere by simply
entering the prefix followed by their library card number
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36. Librarian Resource Centre
• Regular updates of both content and
functionality keep resources relevant and
reliable
• Detailed usage statistics allow you to track how
often your users are accessing resources
• MARC records are available where appropriate
to download free of charge to aid cataloguing
and discoverability
• Training support – Dedicated team to provide
resource training. Available online and on-site
• Technical support by ‘phone or email from our
team of experienced and friendly staff
• Promotional material is available to help
promote resources to library users
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