Oxford University Press Delivering online reference: a publishers perspective

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Oxford University PressDelivering online
reference a publishers perspective

• Louise Rice, Publishing Director, Trade
  Reference
• ricel_at_oup.co.uk

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Oxford Reference Online

• a giant reference work which dwarfs any book in
  history
• The Guardian

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Introduction

• The Oxford English Dictionary gives eight
  definitions for the term 'reference (noun)'.
• A direction to a book, passage, etc., where
  certain information may be found
• and cites the first usage as 1612 John BRINSLEY
  in Ludus Literatus
• If they had but only bookes of References, it
  would be exceeding profitable.
• The second citation is dated 1716, a certain
  Myles Davies in Athenae Britannicae Not one
  Reader in a hundred takes the pains to turn
  backwards and forwards, as such appendicular
  References require.

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Oxford Reference Online

• Launched March 2002
• 2 million investment
• 100 key Oxford dictionaries and reference works
  available in a single cross-searchable database
  for the first time
• Comprehensive coverage of the full subject
  spectrum - everything from humanities and social
  sciences to science and medicine
• Also includes English and bilingual dictionaries,
  thesauri, and dictionaries of quotations

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Further information...

• Full information, and a free tour, is available
  on our website at www.oxfordreference.com
• Free network trials are available - contact
  onlineproducts_at_oup.co.uk
• Prices start at just 250 per annum for an
  unlimited user licence