Oxford Reference Library is an online collection of in-depth, specialist content from Oxford’s award-winning Encyclopedias and Companions, as well as a critical selection of partner publishers’ scholarly works. These major reference titles are available to access online exclusively through Oxford Reference. Each title is fully cross-searchable with over 300,000 free Overview pages, 275 free Timelines, and featured topical entries available on Oxford Reference providing you with a full research pathway.
The Oxford Reference Library has titles in the following subject areas:
- Archaeology
- Art & Architecture
- Bilingual dictionaries
- Classical studies
- Encyclopedias
- English Dictionaries and Thesauri
- History
- Language reference
- Law
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Media studies
- Medicine and health
- Music
- Names studies
- Performing arts
- Philosophy
- Quotations
- Religion
- Science and technology
- Social sciences
- Society and culture
User benefits
- Navigate to content quickly and easily with a fresh design and intuitive functionality
- Quick & advanced search catering for all user levels
- 300,000 overview pages, 275 free Timelines, and online-only Quotations title
- Illustrations, including photographs, line diagrams, maps, and tables
- Thousands of high-quality and carefully researched web links
- Personalization functionality allowing users to save content, searches, and more
- Sharing is simple with integrated tools for social bookmarking, email, and citation export
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