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Reviews
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'The content is excellent, the platform first-rate, and the points of entry as usefully numerous as any user would want to find ... Scholars looking for anything better will be very hard-pressed to find even a close second.' Review in History, September 2009
'...this does something very different from ordinary e-books.' JISC inform, Winter 2005
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'The Bottom Line: For ease of use, user-friendly design, and quality texts, Oxford Scholarship Online is among the best I have ever used. Academic libraries should think seriously about acquiring it. Highly recommended.' Ed Tallent, Library Journal
'Oxford Scholarship Online is a superior e-book implementation. It joins the ranks of other successful Oxford products, such as OED Online, the ANB Online, and Oxford Reference Online. Highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries.' Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
'well-designed and easy-to-navigate environment... [the]flexible pricing scheme and module selection model should entice many institutions to subscribe. The quality features, sophisticated search functionality, and additional online content that OUP is providing are numerous, and the content speaks for itself. It's a combination that works well.' Library Journal's netConnect, January 2004
'the Holy Grail of online resources.' Information Services Manager, London School of Economics and Political Science
'a great resource for academics and information professionals... an easily-manageable way for librarians to give their users access to a growing OUP list.
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is an archive of the four key areas of philosophy, political science, religion, and economics and finance books. Aimed at researchers and academics globally, OSO features the full texts of... [920] academic books published by the OUP.
...this is a well-designed, powerful interface for OUP's printed scholarship. Librarians will find it an excellent alternative for managing... essential texts in these major disciplines.' Information World Review
'The content is excellent, the platform first-rate, and the points of entry as usefully numerous as any user would want to find ... Scholars looking for anything better will be very hard-pressed to find even a close second.' Review in History, September 2009
'...this does something very different from ordinary e-books.' JISC inform, Winter 2005
Read the full article here (PDF)
'The Bottom Line: For ease of use, user-friendly design, and quality texts, Oxford Scholarship Online is among the best I have ever used. Academic libraries should think seriously about acquiring it. Highly recommended.' Ed Tallent, Library Journal
'Oxford Scholarship Online is a superior e-book implementation. It joins the ranks of other successful Oxford products, such as OED Online, the ANB Online, and Oxford Reference Online. Highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries.' Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
'well-designed and easy-to-navigate environment... [the]flexible pricing scheme and module selection model should entice many institutions to subscribe. The quality features, sophisticated search functionality, and additional online content that OUP is providing are numerous, and the content speaks for itself. It's a combination that works well.' Library Journal's netConnect, January 2004
'the Holy Grail of online resources.' Information Services Manager, London School of Economics and Political Science
'a great resource for academics and information professionals... an easily-manageable way for librarians to give their users access to a growing OUP list.
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is an archive of the four key areas of philosophy, political science, religion, and economics and finance books. Aimed at researchers and academics globally, OSO features the full texts of... [920] academic books published by the OUP.
...this is a well-designed, powerful interface for OUP's printed scholarship. Librarians will find it an excellent alternative for managing... essential texts in these major disciplines.' Information World Review
Awards
Oxford Scholarship Online wins 'Best Interface' in the Charleston Advisor Seventh Annual Readers’ Choice Awards, November 2007
"Searching is easy, intuitive, and loaded with special features. Both beginning and advanced searchers will find the interface powerful but easy to use"
The Charleston Advisor publishes critical reviews of online resources for libraries. To maintain a high level of accuracy and integrity, all reviews are peer-reviewed by experienced librarians. Reviewers come from all areas of librarianship and from all types of libraries, ensuring that products are rerviewed by people who actually use them. www.charlstonco.com
Finalist, Best Online Reference Service - SIIA Codie Awards 2005
SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. The Codie Awards holds the distinction of being the only peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the industry.
Honorable Mention for Best Electronic Product 2003 - Humanities Association of American Publishers, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division (AAP PSP)
The PSP Awards are given annually by AAP's Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division to acknowledge excellence in book, journal, and electronic publishing in all the disciplines represented by professional, scholarly and reference publishing. The 2003 Press Release and a complete list of recipients, including honourable mentions, can be found on the AAP PSP website at www.pspcentral.org.
"Searching is easy, intuitive, and loaded with special features. Both beginning and advanced searchers will find the interface powerful but easy to use"
The Charleston Advisor publishes critical reviews of online resources for libraries. To maintain a high level of accuracy and integrity, all reviews are peer-reviewed by experienced librarians. Reviewers come from all areas of librarianship and from all types of libraries, ensuring that products are rerviewed by people who actually use them. www.charlstonco.com
Finalist, Best Online Reference Service - SIIA Codie Awards 2005
SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. The Codie Awards holds the distinction of being the only peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the industry.
Honorable Mention for Best Electronic Product 2003 - Humanities Association of American Publishers, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division (AAP PSP)
The PSP Awards are given annually by AAP's Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division to acknowledge excellence in book, journal, and electronic publishing in all the disciplines represented by professional, scholarly and reference publishing. The 2003 Press Release and a complete list of recipients, including honourable mentions, can be found on the AAP PSP website at www.pspcentral.org.