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WELCOME!
Your School can now access the extraordinary
resource that is Oxford Reference Online! The
following informational packet will tell you a
little about what it is and how to use it. First
though, a link to the site has been posted on the
Department of Defense Schools website at
Click on the link and use the following
username and password to login Username Passwor
d Faculty and students can access the site
using this information from home as well as in
school. If your particular school would prefer
instant access via IP address range
authentication for in-school access or have any
questions, please contact the following and
indicate that you are subscribing through the
Department of Defense School System. Jane
Skober Account Manager, Online Products Oxford
University Press 198 Madison Avenue New York, NY
10016 1-800-334-4249 x6129 Toll free 212-726-6129
Voice 212-726-6442 Fax skoberj_at_oup-usa.org E-mail
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ABOUT OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
History Oxford University Press had its origins
in the information technology revolution of the
late fifteenth century, which began with the
invention of printing from movable type. The
first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, only
two years after Caxton set up the first printing
press in England. Despite this early start, the
printing industry in Oxford developed in a
somewhat haphazard fashion over the next century.
It consisted of a number of short-lived private
businesses some patronized by the University.
But in 1586 the University itself obtained a
decree from the Star Chamber confirming its
privilege to print books. This was further
enhanced in the Great Charter secured by
Archbishop Laud from King Charles I, which
entitled the University to print 'all manner of
books'. The University first appointed Delegates
to oversee this privilege in 1633. Minute books
recording their deliberations date back to 1668,
and OUP as it exists today began to develop in a
recognizable form from that time. The University
established its right to print the King James
Authorized Version of the Bible in the
seventeenth century. This Bible Privilege formed
the basis of a profitable business throughout the
next two centuries and was the spur to OUP's
expansion. A Bible warehouse was set up in London
which later grew into a major publisher of books
with educational or cultural content aimed at the
general reader. Then OUP began to expand
internationally, starting with the opening of an
American office in 1896. This was established at
first simply to sell bibles published in Oxford,
but by the 1920s, the branch began to produce
books on its own. The first non-fiction work
published by OUP USA, The Life of Sir William
Osler, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1926. Six more
Pulitzers, several National Books Awards, and
over a dozen Bancroft Prizes in American history
have followed since. Today OUP USA is Oxford
University Press's second major publishing
centre, after Oxford, producing annually nearly
500 titles. Since 1896, OUP's development in all
areas has been rapid. Music, journals, and
electronic publishing have all been introduced
within the last 75 years, and ELT publishing,
which started with books to teach English in
Africa and India, has grown into a major
international business. OUP is now one of the
largest publishers in the UK, and the largest
university press in the world.
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ABOUT OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Status and structure Oxford University Press is a
department of the University of Oxford. It
furthers the University's objective of excellence
in research, scholarship, and education by
publishing worldwide. It is the world's largest
university press. It publishes more than 4,500
new books a year, has a presence in over fifty
countries, and employs some 3,700 people
worldwide. It has become familiar to millions
through a diverse publishing program that
includes scholarly works in all academic
disciplines, bibles, music, school and college
textbooks, children's books, materials for
teaching English as a foreign language, business
books, dictionaries and reference books, and
journals. The University controls the policy of
Oxford University Press through a group of
Delegates appointed from the academic staff of
the University. The Delegates meet fortnightly
during term-time under the chairmanship of the
Vice-Chancellor. They are actively involved in
the publishing program all books are referred to
them for approval and individual Delegates
maintain a dialogue with editors in their
specialist subject areas. Ten USA Delegates are
appointed from American universities to advise on
the publishing program for OUP USA. The
Delegates appoint a Finance Committee consisting
of some of their own number, the senior
executives of the Press, and outside advisers.
The Finance Committee acts much as the board of
directors of a company does. The current Chairman
of the Finance Committee, who is appointed by the
University, is Professor Susan Iversen. The
Chief Executive of the Press, currently Henry
Reece, is also known by the traditional title of
Secretary to the Delegates. He chairs the Group
Strategy Committee (GSC) which is in charge of
the day-to-day management of the business.
Financial relationship with the rest of the
University As a department of the University, and
one of its major assets, the Press has an
obligation beyond its scholarly and educational
mission to provide the rest of the University
with a financial return. The Press transfers 30
per cent of its annual post-tax surplus to the
rest of the University, with a commitment to a
minimum transfer of 9 million per annum until
2002/3. Tax-exemption The Press has no separate
legal existence from the University, which, as an
educational institution, has charitable status.
Tax exemption has been granted to the Press on
the grounds of its being an integral part of a
charity and because the Press's publishing
activities are in direct pursuit of those
charitable aims. None of the Press's surplus is
distributed. It is all applied in the pursuit of
the educational and scholarly objectives of the
University and its Press, either through
reinvesting in publishing or transferring funds
to the rest of the University.
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OUR PRODUCTS
Now, Oxford University Press continues its award
winning tradition ONLINE!
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Winner of the American Library Association's
Dartmouth Medal as the best reference work of the
year, the landmark American National Biography is
the definitive biographical resource on American
history and culture. The online edition is a
dynamic source of information -- updated
quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year
and revisions of previously published entries to
enhance their accuracy and currency. The ANB
Online also features thousands of illustrations,
more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references,
links to select web sites, and powerful search
capabilities.
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The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted
authority on the evolution of the English
language over the last millennium. It is an
unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and
pronunciation of over half a million words, both
present and past. It traces the usage of words
through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range
of international English language sources, from
classic literature and specialist periodicals to
film scripts and cookery books. The OED covers
words from across the English-speaking world,
from North America to South Africa, from
Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It
also offers the best in etymological analysis,
listings of variant spellings, and shows
pronunciation using the International Phonetic
Alphabet. Updated quarterly with at least 1000
new and revised entries, OED Online offers
unparalleled access to the greatest continuing
work of scholarship that this century has
produced (Newsweek).
--NEW!
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For the first time you can access a comprehensive
and growing collection of Oxford's acclaimed
reference titles without leaving your desk!
Oxford Reference Online The Core Collection is
a fully cross-searchable database of the complete
texts of over 100 Oxford reference titles
including dictionaries of languages, sciences,
business, art, philosophy, religion, mythology
and more! Oxfords unrivalled international
reputation for the authority and reliability of
its publishing program ensures that Oxford
Reference Online The Core Collection will
contain information you can trust. Every work
has to be approved by experts, and all undergo
quality-checking by Oxford's experienced team of
editors so you can always rely on Oxford
Reference Online to provide you with the best
information available and now its better than
ever!
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What is Oxford Reference Online...

• Over 100 key Oxford dictionaries and reference
  works in a fully indexed, cross-searchable,
  online database.
• Top quality quick reference material from
  internationally-renowned authors and editors
  brought to you by the worlds most respected
  reference publisher (Booklist)
• Comprehensive coverage of over 20 broad subject
  areas enables the user to explore words and ideas
  from a variety of different perspectives at once
• An expanding and regularly updated resource with
  new and revised titles added every year
• Extensive online Help plus technical support

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Whats included...
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How does it work...
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• Access is available by IP authentication,
  referring URL, username and password and/or
  library card login
• Once your account has been set up and activated,
  you can use the database in a variety of ways.
• A Quick Search option is available from every
  page--just type in what you are looking for and
  click GO!

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More ways to search...
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• Use Advanced Search to refine your search
• Choose Boolean Search to find all those
  references to Cubism except those featuring
  Picasso
• A Pattern Search enables you to find misspelled
  words or words with a similar spelling--for
  example liason will find liaison
• Refine your search further by using the Date or
  People Filters
• Search results can be ordered and defined by
  relevance, by size of entry, by subject, by book
  title or alphabetically

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Search just one subject...
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• Click on a Subject Category to search only the
  titles within that subject.
• Or Browse a subject
• Static URLs at subject and title level

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Search just one title...
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• You may also choose to search only within a
  specific title.
• Click on the title from the subject page or from
  the list of Subjects and Titles off the Home Page.

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What you will find...
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• A search for Huckleberry Finn in The Concise
  Oxford Companion to American Literature pulls
  this entry.
• Each entry contains
• hyperlinked cross references where applicable
• a How to cite this entry feature
• a list of adjacent entries
• an E-mail this entry feature
• a Cross-Reference button which can be used by
  highlighting any word in the entry then clicking
  the button.

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Need more information...
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For more information on a particular subject,
click on the LINKS tab located at the top of
every page The Oxford team maintains over 1000
high-quality carefully-researched web links so
that the user can find additional sources of
quality information with speed and ease.

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Reviews and Praise...
For one-stop shopping, whether for a quotation,
a biography of a Pope, a definition of a dot
chart, an overview of a romantic ballet, or a
summary of Oliver Goldsmiths The Vicar of
Wakefield, Oxford Reference Online offers a
broader and deeper variety of reference sources
than many other ready-reference sites--and here
you do not have to suffer the advertisements.
Its hard to imagine any library or user who will
not find this collection useful. Highly
recommended. --Library Journal July,
2002
Breathtaking in its scope, this is a powerful
database. The ease of navigation and a
responsive vendor further increase its
value Highly recommended for all high school and
academic libraries. -- Reference User Services
Quarterly, Summer 2002
an undeniably first-rate Web site -- The
Chicago Tribune, April, 2002
Oxford Reference Online fills big niche this
database provides excellent content with
attractive pricing options. ORO does one
thing--provide quick reference on virtually any
subject--very, very wellIts excellent pricing
increases appeal to academic, public, and school
libraries. -- Information Today, June, 2002
expansive -- The New York Times, August, 2002
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