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Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection combines rich and scholarly resources offered by acclaimed titles in the Oxford Companions series with authoritative quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. It also offers excellent functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations, and timelines.

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NEW! Search Oxford Reference Online's literature titles direct from CSA/Proquest's Literature Online!
Over thirty prestigious literary reference titles from the Premium and Literature Collections of Oxford Reference Online can now be cross-searched from CSA/ProQuest's Literature Online interface, bringing together two of the most authoritative and respected electronic resources for literary study. Read the press release...

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A vast online reference library - open 24/7...

  • Over 185 subject dictionaries offer unrivalled coverage of everything from art to accountancy, politics to physics, and computing to classics


  • Explore 1.5 million entries across 25 subjects, including an extensive range of Oxford Companions, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations


  • Includes English dictionaries, and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish, and Italian


  • Updated 3 times a year with new titles and new editions. Find out more about recent updates!


  • Access 15,000 images - including 6,000 in fullcolour with fully-searchable captions PLUS over 900 full-colour country, state and city maps, and flags


  • Over 30 timelines link more than 2,000 key events throughout history in the fields of Art and Architecture; Literature; Performing Arts; Politics and Government; Science, Technology and Medicine; Society; and War


Enhance the Premium Collection with long-entry content...
Purchase electronic editions from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf - Oxford's expanding range of award-winning scholarly reference titles in the Arts, Literature and Language, History and Culture, and Science. Each title is available for purchase and can be seamlessly integrated in the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection with full cross-searching functionality or accessed as a stand-alone resource with its own URL. Please visit www.oxford-digitalreference.com for further information.

Special Collections for Premium Collection Subscribers!
Premium Collection subscribers can now enhance their collection with the new Western Civilization and Literature Collections. These are fully cross-searchable with the Premium Collection, and include a comprehensive selection of acclaimed reference titles. Both are available exclusively to Premium Collection subscribers for a small additional annual fee. More info...

Excellent functionality and an invaluable learning resource...

  • Quick search by word or phrase is available from every web page, PLUS the ability to sort results alphabetically, and by category


  • Advanced search options enable users to search the database as a whole, restrict a search to subjects or individual books, specify date or people filters, and perform Boolean, extended and pattern searching


  • Users can browse the entire database, a particular subject area, or a specific book


  • Extensive cross-references allow users to highlight a word or phrase, and search for it across the entire database in an instant, providing an alternative way to browse the full text


  • Entries and search results can be emailed to colleagues and friends


  • Over 2,500 carefully-selected links to external websites are great for follow-up research


  • Links can be made to individual articles and books direct from course packs and reading lists


  • Citation information is available for all entries


Subscriber services include...

  • Extensive online help and excellent customer and technical support


  • Detailed usage statistics allow you to track how often your users are accessing Oxford Reference Online


  • OpenURL compliance enables users to query the library catalogue with bibliographic information


  • MARC21 records are available free of charge to aid cataloguing



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How to subscribe

Oxford Reference Online is available by subscription to institutions and individuals worldwide.

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