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Oxford University Press Research journeys online Aviva Weinstein International Sales Manager
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Oxford University Press (OUP) has its origins in the information technology revolution of late 15 th century. First book was printed in Oxford in 1478 Part of the University of Oxford, it furthers the University's objective of “excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide” OUP is a major provider of online information to libraries and individuals worldwide. First online resource to be published online was Oxford English Dictionary in 2000 Currently 25+ products online OUP publishes 4,600+ new books each year Short introduction to the world’s largest University Press
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Offer students and lecturers a complete research experience with OUP Online Products OUP’s mission to further ‘excellence in research’ Embark on a research journey from September 2009-launched Oxford Handbooks Online to related content and editors/authors in the monographs in Oxford Scholarship Online, the reference and Bible texts in Oxford Biblical Studies Online, the reference and Qu’ran texts in Oxford Islamic Studies Online, the biographies in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and other resources Read Carl Linnaeus’s correspondence to Carl Christoffer Gjorwell and Jean Jacques Rousseau in Electronic Enlightenment and then listen to his biography in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Specially commissioned essays offering in-depth introductions to topics in each discipline and original scholarly arguments, with extensive referencing to further reading Distinguished international contributors - specialists in their respective fields An essential resource for scholars, advanced students, and practitioners, the Oxford Handbooks are now available online in an accessible, cross- searchable format Oxford Handbooks Online – new September 2009
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Subject areas Complete text of 65 Oxford Handbooks in four subject areas: Political Science Philosophy Religion Business & Management Over 2,000 original essays by internationally renowned scholars Clear and logical structure - each handbook has a home page with abstracts and keywords and full bibliographic information. The homepages also contain onward links to related content Scholarly accreditation - all Oxford Handbooks are extensively peer reviewed and approved for publication by a board of leading academics from Oxford University Updated with new titles 3 times a year
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Some of the titles the editor recommends
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Links to Oxford Scholarship Online and Oxford Journals articles by the same author Quick search, sort results, advance search options Bibliography Search Export citations automatically to ProCite™, EndNote™, RefWorks™, and ReferenceManager™ DOIs and static URLs Extensive cross-references More about OHO
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From Homepage: This area contains links to useful information about Oxford Handbooks Online The Quick Search box is available throughout the site. Search a term just in OHO or in both OHO and OSO
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From Subject Homepage: Access rights indicator will tell if you have access to full text All titles in the module are listed here and you can navigate to the homepage of each of them
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Title landing page: ‘More about the editors’ Links to Oxford Scholarship Online Link to other handbooks See the contents of the book at a glance… … or click on each essay title to access the content
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Links to Oxford Scholarship Online: All titles indexed by author in Religion and Literature sub- discipline Even without OSO subscription, one can see the titles and read the abstracts
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Links to Oxford Scholarship Online: You can choose to search both Oxford Handbooks and monographs in Oxford Scholarship Online at the same time Search results can be reordered by relevance, title, author or publication date
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Links at chapter level to Oxford Biblical Studies Online:
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Links to Oxford Journals: One can link to articles by the same author in OUP Journals Or link to the author’s official website
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Link from Bibliographies and Reading Lists: To add handbooks or essays to your reading list COPY and PASTE the DOI to the end of the standard URL prefix eg. http://dx.doi.org/ doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/ 9780199284238.003.000 9 Users who click on this URL will be taken straight to the handbook or essay DOIs are unique, unchanging numbers on the internet
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Oxford Scholarship Online Academic monographs: e-books in HTML format, cross-searchable, readable as a conventional book, latest titles in publishing 18 subjects: Biology, Physics, Mathematics Economics & Finance, Business & Management Psychology, Social Work, Neuroscience, Public Health and Epidemiology, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Classics, Law, Music Updated 3 times a year, 400+ books added, 80% most recent publishing COUNTER stats, Marc records (free of charge), abstracts and keywords, DOIs at book and chapter level, OpenURL compliance, reference links to Online Journals Subscribe/buy by database or by subject
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New modules in Oxford Scholarship Online in 2009: Law, Social Work, Neuroscience, Public Health and Epidemiology All premium content that Universities can now own in perpetuity with a one-off purchase
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An example of a quick search on ‘Sweden’ in OSO
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An instance of book homepage in OSO
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Unparalleled research access to long 18 th century primary documents – Electronic Enlightenment Over 6,400 correspondents and their biographies Over 55,000 letters and documents from 50 best critical editions Information on over 87,000 document sources Nearly 238,000 scholarly annotations Many languages — English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Swedish A network of external links to other online resources Monthly content updates (may include letters, documents, biographies)
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Correspondents from Sweden in EE
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Please join Matthew and I at the Oxford University Press Stand to get the login details for a 2 weeks free trial to Electronic Enlightenment Thank you for your attention! For more information on online resources from Oxford University Press, please contact Adina Teusan at adina.teusan@oup.com
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