Online Publishing

Welcome to Oxford Online!

Oxford University Press is the world's largest university press, and has an international reputation for the quality and diversity of its publishing program.

In addition to publishing over 4,600 new books each year, Oxford is a major provider of online information to libraries worldwide. More than 190 Oxford journals are now available online, as well as acclaimed databases such as the Oxford English Dictionary Online, the American National Biography Online, Oxford Reference Online, and the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. All are available by annual subscription.

Grove Dictionaries now published by Oxford - click here for the press release. Oxford is proud to be the new publisher of Grove Dictionaries and is delighted to add Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online to the Oxford Online portfolio.

Oxford Scholarship Online is now available, and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online has just released!

Available Now!
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [www.oxforddnb.com]

Rejoice, rejoice...the great publishing event of 2004.’
The Times

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 – now available online, and in a 60-volume print edition. More...

Now Available!
Oxford Scholarship Online [www.oxfordscholarship.com]

The very best scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences are now online and cross-searchable. The full text of over 700 key Oxford titles in Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science and Religion will be available - together with specially-commissioned book and chapter abstracts and keywords - opening up exciting new research opportunities for students and scholars. More...

Premium Collection - Now Available!
Oxford Reference Online [www.oxfordreference.com]

"It's hard to imagine any library or user who will not find this collection useful. Highly recommended."
--Library Journal

Winner of Internet Magazine's Site of the Year Award. An expanding collection of key Oxford dictionaries and reference works across the full subject spectrum now available in a single cross-searchable online database. More...

Grove Art Online [www.groveart.com]

"A remarkable step in the development of online research material."
--Choice

Offering unrivalled breadth and depth of content, a wide range of search options, and extensive links to images from galleries and museums around the world, Grove Art Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day. More...

Grove Music Online [www.grovemusic.com]

"The definitive music reference source."
-- Booklist

This invaluable research tool combines the full text of the acclaimed 29-volume print edition with the added benefit of sophisticated search capabilities, one-click cross-referencing, and an ever increasing network of web-links to musical sites around the world. More...

Oxford English Dictionary Online [www.oed.com]

"The ultimate authority on the English language"
-- The Times

This unique and powerful resource offers unprecedented access to the definitive record of the meaning, history and evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1500 years. More...

American National Biography Online [www.anb.org]

"One of the best reference sources of the millennium"
-- Library Journal

Comprehensive profiles of more than 18,000 people who have influenced every aspect of American history and culture. More...

Oxford Journals [www.oupjournals.org]

OUP publishes almost 190 journals, most of which are now available online. The Oxford Journals Online Collection includes some of the world's most highly cited and prestigious journals, in a broad range of subject disciplines, with enhanced searching, linking and alerting features.

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