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New products scheduled to be released soon by OUP:
  • Who's Who & Who Was Who
  • Oxford Art Online
  • Oxford Music Online



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    Oxford University Press Databases
    • African American Studies Center 
      This database will provide students, scholars,and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. At its core, AASC will feature the new Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, the much-anticipated African American National Biography project (estimated at 8 volumes due to be published in 2008), edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.;  the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture, and the highly acclaimed  Africana, a 5-volume history of the African and African American experience.
    • 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.
    • NEW!  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.
    • NEW!  Encyclopedia of Popular Music 
      A comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to popular music.  The 4th Edition published in 2006 offers over 27,000 entries of all genres and all times including rock and roll, jazz, blues, country, folk, rap, musicals, world music, and more! This resource will be cross-searchable with Grove Music Online and Oxford Music Online.
    • Grove Art Online
      Extensive content, search options, and links to images from galleries and museums around the world makes Grove Art Online the most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Since 1998 the entire print edition has been available online with the added benefits of a fully searchable text, thousands of image links and constant updates.

    • Grove Music Online
      This database combines the full text of the acclaimed 29-volume print edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition with sophisticated search capabilities, one-click cross-referencing, and an ever increasing network of web-links to musical sites around the world.  This database will be included in the new Oxford Music Online, anticipated to launch in September 2007.
    • International Law in Domestic Courts
      ILDC brings you a regularly updated repository of domestic cases in international law from over 60 jurisdictions. The cases are selected by local reporters in conjunction with an editorial board and feature expert commentary, full texts of judgments in their original language and translations of key passages of non-English judgments into English.
    • NEW!  Islamic Studies Center   
      This resource will feature essential articles written, selected, and interpreted by renowned scholars, including John L. Esposito, Editor in Chief of the site. Content will include the forthcoming Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (2008), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Islamic World: Past and Present, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, and two translations of the Qur'an published in the Oxford World's Classics series. In addition it will include What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, and a wealth of primary source documents.
    • Oceana Law Online
      Online products from Oceana Publications bring the best and most current legal information to those who need it at a     moment's notice. Online databases provide lawyers, legal scholars and legal researchers around the world with continuously updated legal information with expert commentary, all in a fully searchable format.

    • Oxford English Dictionary Online
      This resource offers access to the definitive record of the meaning, history, and evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1500 years. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. It offers etymological analysis, variant spellings, and pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet. OED Online is updated quarterly with at least 1000 new and revised entries.continuously updated legal information with expert commentary, all in a fully searchable format.

    • NEW! Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
      Content in 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.



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