About
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is a vast and rapidly-expanding research library. Launched in 2003 with four subject modules, Oxford Scholarship Online is now available in nineteen subject areas and has grown to be one of the leading academic research resources in the world. Oxford Scholarship Online offers full-text access to academic monographs from key disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, science, medicine, and law, providing quick and easy access to award-winning Oxford University Press scholarship.
Announcing an all-new user experience
In September 2011, we are proud to announce an all-new user experience for Oxford Scholarship Online, with new user functionality, a brand new look and feel (based on user feedback), and access to new content, both through the OSO Archive, and from other university presses on our new University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) platform. This ensures that Oxford Scholarship Online remains at the cutting edge of search and scholarship.
Oxford Scholarship Online currently provides instant access to the full-text of over 7,000 academic monographs in nineteen subject areas, covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine and law. With its inclusion in the wider UPSO platform, users are provided with access to further subject areas, including African American History, Asian Studies, Film Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Television Studies.
Oxford Scholarship Online allows users to:
- Cross search the full text of over 7,000 of the best Oxford scholarly books in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Medicine, and Law
- Expand their results to view those from 8 other university presses within the UPSO platform
- Filter search results with their subject specializations, to find the latest scholarship in their field, sorting and filtering the content to suit their research needs
- Save time with at-a-glance keywords and abstracts at both book and chapter level
- Consume content with their preferred method - whether on-screen, printer friendly view, download to PDF, email, or share via Social Network sites
- Save links to favourite books, chapters and commonly used searches within a personalisation area, to quickly access in future sessions
- Cut down on research time with the “most recent searches” facility
- Quickly build bibliographies with the citation export tool – either manually, or by using Export Citation formats to ProCiteTM, EndnoteTM, Reference ManagerTM, RefWorksTM, BibtexTM, and ZoteroTM
- Build OSO content into reading lists and online course packs by referencing unique digital object identifiers (DOIs) for each book and chapter
- Continue research journeys by following links from bibliographies and footnotes to available online content, such as journals from a wide range of publishers
Oxford Scholarship Online offers librarians an excellent service with:
- Flexible purchase models, with annual subscription, and purchase options available
- COUNTER-compliant statistics at subject and title level
- MARC21 records available, free of charge
- OpenURL compliance, connecting more than half a million citations to your library’s catalogue
- WCAG accessibility guidelines, 'AA' compliant.
- A clear Legal Notice and Privacy Policy, to refer to for issues such as printing and download limits
- The assurance of archiving in PORTICO, ensuring permanent access to purchased content
- RSS feeds delivering the latest OSO news and title lists straight to your desktop
Click here for a complete list of titles/authors/ISBNs/subjects/URLs in Oxford Scholarship Online (Microsoft® Excel format)
Obtaining access to Oxford Scholarship Online
If you are a Librarian, you can register for a 30 day institutional free trial.
If you are an academic or a student, you can Recommend OSO to your Librarian.
Free trials are unavailable to private individuals.
Staying in touch
Keep up-to-date with all the latest developments from Oxford Scholarship Online, including new functionality and the latest content, by signing up to our email alerts service.
You can also subscribe to our RSS feed, which delivers the latest news, straight to your desktop.
Other useful links
Get an overview of the key features and benefits of Oxford Scholarship Online by viewing our online tutorial
Have a question? See if someone else has already asked it in our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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