Coming Next Week: Oxford University Will Offer Free Access to More than 30 Databases During National Library Week 2014
National Library Week 2014 begins in six days (Sunday, April 13, 2014) here in the United States and we’re now hearing from publishers/database providers about what freebies they’ll offer during NLW. We’ll post links throughout this week and roundup when NLW gets underway.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press will offer for free access (U.S. only) to ALL online resources (except journals) to help celebrate NLW 2014.
Free access will begin on April 13 and end on April 19 at this url:
http://global.oup.com/
Access will be disseminated via a single username and password.
Please click on any of the links below to view some of the free content that we provide:
Multi-Disciplinary
Oxford Bibliographies
Oxford Handbooks Online
University Press Scholarship Online
Oxford Reference
Very Short Introductions Online
British Academy Publications Online
Art, Music, and Fashion
Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Berg Fashion Library
Grove Art Online
Grove Music Online
Oxford History of Western Music
History, Biographical, and Social Sciences
American National Biography
Electronic Enlightenment
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Oxford African American Studies Center
Oxford Biblical Studies Center
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Social Explorer
Who’s Who & Who Was Who
Languages and Literature
Oxford Dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Oxford Scholarly Editions Online
Law
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law
Oxford Reports on International Law
Oxford Constitutions of the World
Oxford Competition Law
Investment Claims
Medical
AMA Manual of Style
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Oxford Medicine Online
Again, free access will begin (U.S. only) on April 13 and end on April 19 at this url:
http://global.oup.com/
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.