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Oxford University Press publishes an invaluable range of online resources for schools, allowing students easy access to a vast wealth of knowledge at their fingertips.
Click here to view the Australian Schools Flier.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
NOW AVAILABLE through
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AUSTRALIA!
"Entirely suitable for all subject areas ... an essential purchase for any school ... an indispensable resource."
TEEM (Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia)
- an independent teachers evaluation service
Fast access to top quality, authoritative information on every subject - from
Art to Zoology!
The Premium Collection offers unlimited access to:
- Over 1 million in-depth articles and quick definitions
- The full text of over 180 dictionaries and reference books covering every subject
- English dictionaries, thesauri and usage guides
- Bilingual dictionaries in French, Spanish, Italian, and German
- 12,500 images - including 6,000 in full colour with fully searchable captions - (sample illustrations)
- 900+ full-colour maps and flags
- NEW! Timelines linking over 2,000 key events in 20th-century history - (sample timelines)
The Premium Collection also includes The Oxford Companion to Australian History, the new Australian Oxford Dictionary, and a timeline linking key events in 20th-century Australian history!
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils.
For information about the Electronic Resources Australia agreement, discounted pricing for schools, and free trials, please click here...
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
"Reliable, authoritative, flexible and full of fascinating detail." SCHOOLZONE - an independent teachers evaluation service
"How good is it? A perfect ten!" Library Journal
Explore the lives of over 55,000 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, from the Maori King Te Wherowhero to the Aboriginal leader William Barak, and from Ned Kelly to Leigh Bowery. 55,000 specially-written biographies, 10,000 illustrations, and state of the art search and browse options, make the online edition of the 60-volume Oxford DNB an indispensable resource for your school!
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils
Just AU$620 per year
For a free trial or to subscribe, simply email schools@oxfordonline.com
Grove Music Online
"...a fantastic and easy to use resource..."
SCHOOLZONE - an independent teachers evaluation service
"This is an invaluable resource for both teacher and student. The site is particularly outstanding because it provides valuable links to related articles both within the site and on other websites."
Education Guardian
The ultimate authority on all aspects of music worldwide - from Bach to the Blues, and Richard Divall to didgeridoos! Including 50,000 articles, 28,000 biographies, and thousands of links to images, sounds, and related websites, Grove Music Online covers everything you need to know about composers, performers, styles, works, traditions, instruments and much, much more.
Includes extensive information about traditional and modern music, and musical styles, in Australia and New Zealand.
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils
Just AU$620 per year
For a free trial or to subscribe, simply email schools@oxfordonline.com
Grove Art Online
"All in all...a wonderful resource...The information is very well written, with exhaustive cross-referencing..."
SCHOOLZONE - an independent teachers evaluation service
"The site is quite simply an exhaustive online visual arts resource centre ... a veritable Aladdin's Cave of goodies." TEEM (Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia) - an independent teachers evaluation service
Grove Art Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of the visual arts worldwide - from Maori art to installation art in Australia. Including over 40,000 articles, 20,000 biographies and 45,000 image links, Grove Art Online covers everything you need to know about artists, architecture, sculptors, genres, cultures, techniques, museums and much, much more.
New! Over 60 additional articles on art in Australia and New Zealand.
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils
Just AU$620 per year
For a free trial or to subscribe, simply email schools@oxfordonline.com
Oxford English Dictionary Online
"I genuinely enjoyed the evaluation, primarily because it took me into areas of learning that created interest and curiosity in a significant number of the students. We began to look at Language as an ever-growing and powerful part of the English heritage." SCHOOLZONE - an independent teachers evaluation service
"A wonderful addition to any Upper School's learning resources" TEEM (Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia) - an independent teachers evaluation service
Explore the history of the English language over the last 1,500 years! Find out the meaning, origin and evolution of over 500,000 words - including many originating in Australia and New Zealand - in the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of English in the world...fair dinkum! See how words have been used through over 2 million quotations, and discover just how much words have changed their meaning over time.
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils
Just AU$620 per year
For a free trial or to subscribe, simply email schools@oxfordonline.com
Oxford African American Studies Center
"...a great subject-specific resource that, for years, has been lacking in many school libraries...this database provides students with a new depth of historical, biographical, and scholarly materials on African Americans." School Library Journal
The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully-edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Learning resources are available to aid research at any level, and to help education professionals incorporate the Oxford African American Studies Center into their teaching.
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils
Just AU$620 per year
For a free trial or to subscribe, simply email schools@oxfordonline.com
American National Biography Online
"...this stellar scholarly undertaking is for anyone from the informed general reader to students from middle school on up. Academic users...should warmly welcome it." Library Journal
The American National Biography Online is the premier source of information about over 19,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. With sophisticated search capabilities, lively and detailed articles, internal cross-references, up-to-date bibliographies, thousands of photographs and illustrations, and links to external web resources, ANB Online is "likely to induce compulsive browsing". (Wall Street Journal)
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils
Just AU$620 per year
For a free trial or to subscribe, simply email schools@oxfordonline.com
Oxford Scholarship Online
"The Holy Grail of online resources." KATE SLOSS, Information Services Manager, London School of Economics and Political Science
Oxford Scholarship Online is a cross-searchable library containing the full text of over 1,200 research level Oxford books across 4 modules: Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Specially-commissioned abstracts and keywords are available at book and chapter level, making it an ideal resource for scholars and students.
Unlimited access for all school staff and pupils
1 module - AU$620 per year
2 modules - AU$920 year
3 modules - AU$1078 per year
4 modules - AU$1220 per year
For a free trial or to subscribe, simply email schools@oxfordonline.com
Contact information...
For further details, including whiteboard training, institutional free trials
information, and for price quotations and special package deals, please contact Vicky Jackson:
E: vicky.jackson@oup.com
T: +44(0)1865 354276
F: +44(0)1865 353308
Free trials and discounted subscriptions are also available via UQL Cyberschool. The University of Queensland Cyberschool project provides a range of support to schools including teaching resources, how-to guides, training sessions, advice, support and the Cyberschool Community member services.
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