Oxford Reference Online

The award-winning Oxford Reference Online database has recently been upgraded to include seven new titles plus four new editions of reference titles. The database contains the full text of over 200 reference books and dozens of English and bilingual dictionaries, plus 50,000 in-depth articles, hundreds of links to valuable web resources, and thousands of maps and illustrations, all produced by the authoritative Oxford University Press. ORO provides efficient one-stop-shopping for facts, definitions, biographies, and dates in one scholarly, full-text database.
The upgrade includes the following new titles:
Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists, Oxford Companion to Black British History,
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation, Oxford Companion to Irish History, Oxford Companion to Scottish History, and the Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia.
For the computer science student, Oxford Reference Online includes A Dictionary of Computing and A Dictionary of the Internet.
For the business and economics students the database contains: A Dictionary of Economics, A Dictionary of Business and Management, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, A Dictionary of Economics, A Dictionary of Finance and Banking, A Dictionary of Human Resource Management, The Handbook of International Financial Terms and A Dictionary of Statistics.
You can access Oxford Reference Online by clicking on the 0 in the alphabetical list of databases or by typing the individual title into the catalog.
We have a limited number of seats in this database, so if it’s busy when you try it, just try again later. As always, if you need further help or clarification, please let me know carol.oshel@utdallas.edu