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We are pleased to announce to the MRU community that Oxford University Press is offering a 3-month trial for the following databases: Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO), Oxford Research Encyclopedias, University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO), Very Short Introductions, Oxford Handbooks Online and Oxford Bibliographies.
Trial access will be available until February 4, 2025
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO)
Oxford Scholarship Online provides easy access to thousands of books from the world-renowned scholarly list of Oxford University Press. New books are added to the collection every month, spanning subjects across almost every area of academia, which means you can read new publications from pioneering authors alongside classic scholarship. Online tutorial.
With today’s overabundance of information, and misinformation, students and researchers alike can be overwhelmed in identifying what’s trustworthy, what’s up-to-date, and what’s accurate. Oxford University Press has invested in the Oxford Research Encyclopedias to meet this challenge. Working with international communities of scholars across all fields of study, we are developing new comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics. Online tutorial.
University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO)
Read and cross-search books from Oxford University Press and dozens of partner presses via Oxford Academic. Online tutorial.
Short approach a new or challenging topic quickly with Very Short Introductions. In no more than 250 pages, experts combine facts, analysis, new insights, and enthusiasm to make complex subjects highly readable. Online tutorial.
From economics and politics to literature and philosophy, you can discover more than 1,000 Oxford Handbooks on a wide range of subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and law. Online tutorial.
Oxford Bibliographies provides faculty and students alike with a seamless pathway to the most accurate and reliable resources for a variety of academic topics. Written and reviewed by academic experts, every article in our database is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, containing original commentary and annotations. Online tutorial.