Humanities collection
Grove Art Online is the authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day. Over 38,000 signed articles and images. Articles by over 7,000 highly respected names in the field. Access to 7,600 images as well as 40,000 editorially selected image links.
Grove Music Online is the leading resource for music research. Featuring over 51,000 articles from Bach to Beyoncé, and continual updates, reviews, and contributions from over 9,000 scholars around the globe, Grove Music Online is the go-to resource for students and scholars alike.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world.
Oxford Reference is the premier online reference product, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitised entries across Oxford University Press' Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. Provides quality, authoritative, OUP-owned content from our award-winning reference publishing programme.
The New Oxford Shakespeare Online (NOS) is a dynamic, interactive resource that presents an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works. It includes:
The Modern Critical Edition
- A complete Shakespeare for students and teachers
- Provided in modernised spelling for reading and study
The Critical Reference Edition
- Provided in original spelling from folio and quarto copy-texts
- Detailed critical apparatus supports chosen readings and emendations
The Authorship Companion
- Provides the editorial principles of the edition for literary scholars
- Will constitute a major contribution to the debates over what Shakespeare wrote
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online is a comprehensive dictionary resource to support translation and language learning in Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian. Over 1.5 million words and phrases, and over 2.4 million translations.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford DNB) is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. The Dictionary offers concise, up-to-date biographies written by named, specialist authors. Over 60,000 biographies. Over 11,000 portraits (the largest selection of national portraiture ever published). 72 million words. 300 feature essays linking biographies together. Over 200 free podcast episodes on ODNB lives.
Oxford World Classics
A continuous programme of new titles and revised editions ensures that the series retains its breadth and reflects the latest scholarship. Comprehensive introductions, clear explanatory notes, chronologies, and bibliographies support the classic texts. In addition, many Oxford World's Classics include fascinating and useful related material such as maps, glossaries, indexes, illustrations, and appendices
What Everyone Needs to Know
Written by leading authorities in their given fields, each volume in Oxford's acclaimed What Everyone Needs to Know® series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries. Popular topics include International Politics, Environmental Policies, World History, Sciences & Maths, and Religion & Spirituality. The concise question-and-answer format is ideal for college students, professionals, and inquiring minds alike.
Almost 640 concise introductions in a diverse range of subject areas, from Mathematics to The Animal Kingdom, English Literature to Global Warming, the European Union to Economics and from Climate to Politics.
The following collections are available for subscription:
- Arts & Humanities: All
- Arts & Humanities: History
- Arts & Humanities: Literature
- Arts & Humanities: Philosophy
- Arts & Humanities: Religion
- Science & Maths: All
- Science & Maths: Physics
- Science & Maths: Psychology
- Social Sciences: All
- Social Sciences: Politics
- Law: All
- Medicine & Health: All
- All VSI Titles
