Embedding Search Boxes and Toolbars

Search our products direct from YOUR webpages!

Oxford Reference Online, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the Oxford English Dictionary Online, Oxford Islamic Studies Online, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, Oxford Scholarship Online, Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online can all be searched direct from subscriber webpages. It's a great facility, and very easy to set up!


Search box

Choose a product below to find out how!

  • Oxford Reference Online - click here
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - click here
  • Oxford English Dictionary Online - click here
  • Oxford Islamic Studies Online - click here
  • Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - click here
  • Oxford Scholarship Online - click here
  • Grove Art Online - click here (please note that information is currently available to subscribers only)
  • Grove Music Online - click here (please note that information is currently available to subscribers only)

Look-up information in our resources direct from any website!

By adding a look-up icon to the links toolbar of your browser, your users will be able to highlight a word or phrase on ANY website, and then instantly look it up in our resources.


Look-up icon

To find out how you can easily set this icon up in seconds, simply click on the products below:


Search for famous people born in your area, direct from your website!

If you subscribe to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography you can add (and customise) a 'Where I live' box to your library website, and your users can find everyone in the Dictionary who was born in their own home town, with a single click!


Born where I live icon

Click here to find out how!

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