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  1. OECD iLibrary

    Description: Subscription cancelled – this resource will no longer be available from 31st March 2024

    Access to over 16,000 e-book titles as well as papers and statistics is contained with the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).


    From 1 July 2024 all OECD content will be made available for free under an open access licence.

    Publisher: OECD

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  2. Official Publications Online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'OPO'

    Description: Online access to UK Parliamentary publications, primary and secondary legislation, House and Command papers and gazettes.

    Publisher: TSO

    Subjects: Government & Official, E-books

    Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.

  3. Oxford Companion to Music

    Alternative titles: also known as 'New Oxford companion to music'

    This resource is part of: Oxford Reference

    Description: A reference work with thousands of entries covering a wide range of musical topics includings: composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, forms and genres. This resource has a concurrent user limit of 3 - please logout when you are finished.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, Music

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  4. Oxford Dictionary of Music

    This resource is part of: Oxford Reference

    Description: An online dictionary containing thousands of entries on composers, performers, conductors, musical terms and forms, instruments, works, venues and other topics. This resource has a concurrent user limit of 3 - please logout when you are finished.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, Music

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  5. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Dictionary of national biography'
    also known as 'Oxford DNB'
    also known as 'Online DNB'
    also known as 'ODNB'
    also known as 'DNB'

    Description: Over 60,000 biographies of significant individuals who helped shape British history, including 11,000 portraits.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, E-books, Biography

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  6. Oxford English Dictionary

    Alternative titles: also known as 'OED'

    Description: A full-text online dictionary, accepted as the authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium.

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    Coverage: 1000 CE onwards

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, E-books, History, Literature

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  7. Oxford Journals Online

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'OJO'

    Description: A database containing hundreds of journal titles covering life sciences, mathematics, physical sciences, medicine, social sciences, humanities, and law, from Oxford University Press.

    This resource's content is now accessed on the Oxford Academic platform

    Coverage: 1996 onwards

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, Journals, Music, History, Art & Design, Literature

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  8. Oxford Music Online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Music online'

    This resource includes: Grove Music Online

    Description: Over 50,000 articles from Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, Music, E-books

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  9. Oxford Reference

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'OROOxford Reference Online'

    This resource includes: Oxford Companion to Music
    Oxford Dictionary of Music

    Description: Over 175 premium reference e-books from Oxford University Press, with over 1.4 million entries.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, E-books

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.