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Tuesday, 20th April 2010

Just Released: Oxford Bibliographies Online Goes Live; First "Online Only" Resource from Oxford Online

Note: We must say, that after reading a bunch of material, reviewing a video, etc. this new resource looks quite impressive. Actually, we've been wondering when something like this would be made available online from a well-known reference publisher. We are going to trial and will report back.

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) officially went live yesterday. What follows is an overview taken from an in-depth look at the publicly accessible "About OBO" section of the site and other sections of OBO. Of course the best way to get a handle on all of this is to review yourself and/or, take a look at the video overview (about 3 minutes), and/or request a free-trial.

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is a tool designed to help busy researchers find reliable sources of information in half the time by directing them to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive, data set they need for their research. It is a springboard for new research that allows for fluid movement between texts and databases within a given institution’s collection and beyond. It is a starting point for organizing a research plan, or for preparing a writing assignment, or syllabus.

What Does An Entry Page Look Like?
An from the Islamic Finance Entry with Annotations Pointing Out Features

A Few Fast Facts:

+ Every subject area has an Editor in Chief and Editorial Board; Each Entry Receives Multiple Peer-Reviews and Editorial Board Approval

+ A List of Bibliographies Available Now or In the Works

These are the First Seven Bibliographies Now Available. Here they are Linked to Background Info About Each One

+ Classics
+ Islamic Studies
+ Criminology
+ Social Work
+ Renaissance and Reformation
+ Philosophy
+ Atlantic History

+ Each Discipline is Updated Quarterly

+ Each Subject Launches with Over 50 Entries (Approx 400K Words)

+ All Citations are Linked Through to your Collection via OpenURL, Full-Text via DOIs, or to the web via links to OCLC WorldCat and Google Books.

Institution-wide 30 day free-trials are available. Details on this page.

News

Oxford Bibliographies offers a free newsletter and/or RSS feed.

Learn More via the Oxford Bibliographies "About Page" and the "Librarians Page."

Direct to Oxford Bibliographies Online

Source: Oxford University Press
Hat Tips: TeleRead; Jill O'Neill


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