Xavier University: Library: O Databases

OAIster (updated weekly; much full-text and other digital content; RefWorks help) serves as a portal for more than 19 million digital resources from over 1,000 organizations developed by the University of Michigan and harvested using OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). It includes digital items such as books and articles, audio files, images, videos, and datasets (downloadable statistics files). Users can search by keyword, title, creator, subject or resource type (audio, dataset, image, text, or video). Searches yield a detailed and well-organized description of the resource and a persistent/stable link to the resource itself. Indexed content includes the Library of Congress' American Memory Project, various pre-print and e-print servers, and digital thesis and dissertation collections. It is produced by University of Michigan Digital Library Production Services and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Ohio Administrative Code (updated regularly; all full-text) contains all rules, including full appendices, certified to the Legislative Service Commission and the Secretary of State. It is produced by the State of Ohio and the user interface is provided by Anderson Publishing, Inc.

Ohio Capitol Connection (replaces Gongwer News Service) provides one site for comprehensive Ohio legislative and governmental information. Users can gather information from current and previous general assemblies. Users can also view the status of bills and the text of amendments, fiscal impact statements, and opinions. It includes calendar and events, resource center, freshmen biographies, breaking news, find a bill, documents, the budget corner, and week in review. Special features include legislation, 50 state search, meetings, committees, legislators, politics, government information links, and audio files.

Ohio's Newspapers (most from 1990s-present; all full-text, although none in PDF; RefWorks help) provides access to 5 Ohio newspapers: The Toledo Blade (1/1/1996-present), The Cincinnati Post (4/1/1980-12/31/2007), The Columbus Dispatch (7/16/1985-present), The Dayton Daily News (1/1/1990-present), and The Cleveland Plain Dealer (6/1/1981-present). Users can search all newspapers at once or individual titles. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by NewsBank.

American Poetry 1600-1900 & Bernd Rehm's Alginates: Biology and Applications

OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (Using this resource; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains thousands of scholarly and reference e-books covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Users can search the collection by keyword or phrase or browse the collection by author, title or subject area. The individual collections that have links can be searched separately. The collections come from multiple publishers (ABC-CLIO, Gale, Oxford University Press, Sage & Springer) and the user interface for the combined collections is provided by OhioLINK. No reader is required to use these electronic books. The best way to find ebooks is in the XPLORE Library Catalog. Just look for the ebook icon:

OhioLINK Library Catalog (updated daily; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides access to more than 48 million items located at 89 college, university, public, and state libraries in Ohio. Users may request items online (printable instructions; video tutorial) and pick them up in 3 business days at an OhioLINK library of their choosing. When available there are links to Read (full-text available) and Limited Preview (limited full-text available) at Google Books. It is produced by OhioLINK and the user interface is provided by Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

OhioLINK Music Center (OMC) (audio files; XLinks) contains more than 78,000 tracks and 21,000 works of digital music, all available for educational use to students, faculty, and staff of OhioLINK member institutions. Users can search for tracks or albums by keyword or they can browse by genre, composer, performer, track title, work title, or date of composition. Genres include Chinese, classical, contemporary jazz, spoken word, and the world. A Flash player is required to listen to the music. Catalog records for the albums are available in the OhioLINK Library Catalog. It is produced by Naxos Music Library and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Old Testament Abstracts (1978-present; some full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Content from over 450 international journals is covered. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the language of the original work. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and more. An alphabetical list of scriptures permits users to search for references based on selected scriptures. It is produced by the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) and the Catholic Biblical Association. The user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) (all full-text) currently includes 1.5 million theses and dissertations. OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Information about the theses and dissertations comes from over 600 colleges, universities and research institutions.

Origins Online (all full-text; XLinks) provides texts from the Vatican, pope, bishops, Congress, Senate, Supreme Court and church leaders around the world. It features This Week and Hot Docs. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Catholic News Service (CNS). Click the Search button and then Full Access.

OT Search (some 1890-present; no full-text; RefWorks help; Advanced searching) provides indexing and abstracts for journal articles, books and other materials. It covers occupational therapy, rehabilitation, education, psychiatry, psychology, health care delivery and health care administration. Note: if you export citations into RefWorks, the FindIt@XU button is also exported for each reference, providing you with your full-text options. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Click the OT Search button. In the resulting search window click Power Search. Type your topic in the textboxes provided. Type quantitative or qualitative or empirical or case stud* or evidence based or method* in the next available textbox. Click the down arrow adjacent to this textbox and select words or phrase.

Oxford Art Online (prehistory-1990's; updated monthly; all full-text; XLinks) is the online version of the 1996 edition of Dictionary of Art and the 2001 edition of the Oxford Companion to Western Art. It also contains Grove Art Online, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and direct links from articles in Oxford Art Online to ARTstor and Art Resources. It contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts, photography) and contains biographical information on over 20,000 artists, patrons, collectors, and dealers with bibliographic citations at the end of each article. It also contains many embedded images and links to external images. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Biblical Studies Online (prehistory-1990's; updated monthly; all full-text; XLinks) is a comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history directed toward college students, scholars, clergy, and anyone in need of an authoritative, ecumenical and up-to-date resource. There is a Bible verse look-up feature as well as search and browse capabilities. Texts from selected Oxford Bibles can be viewed in a side-by-side display with the user's choice of commentary and annotation for the Study Bibles, the stand-alone Oxford Bible Commentary, and A to Z concordances for the NRSV and NAB translations. Bible content is supplemented by collections of major apocryphal Old and New Testament texts in translation, as well as Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, Oxford History of the Biblical World, Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible, Oxford Bible Atlas, and other works. Also included is quick access to over 5,000 A to Z entries from the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Oxford Companion to the Bible. There are hundreds of topical essays and images, timelines, tables and charts, Internet resources, a lectionary calendar, and suggested reading lists. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (4th century BC-2001; updated regularly; all full-text; images; XLinks) is based on the print version of the dictionary in 60 volumes. It contains 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles by 10,000 contributers. It includes 10,000 images and references. It features Today's life... and themes such as Political Refugees in Britain and Ask a Woman. It is produced in association with the British Academy and the National Portrait Gallery, London. The user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (middle ages-present; all full-text; XLinks), an historical dictionary of the English language, is the online version of the 2nd print edition of the dictionary. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Music Online (updated quarterly and annually; all full-text; XLinks) is the online version of New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition in 29 volumes). It also contains Grove Music Online, New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes), New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition; 3 volumes), Oxford Dictionary of Music (2nd ed.), and the Oxford Companion to Music. It contains more than 25 million words and 29,000 articles by 6,000 contributors. It provides an integrated music resource that covers all aspects of music. It contains sophisticated search capabilities; cross-referencing; links from articles in Oxford Music Online to RLIM, DRAM and Classical Music Library sites (click the Related Content tab). It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Oxford Reference Online (Using this resource; all full-text; XLinks) is a cross-searchable database of more than 125 quick reference dictionaries and 189 in-depth encyclopedias. It covers general reference as well as specific subject categories: archaeology, art and architecture, bilingual dictionaries, classical studies, encyclopedias, English dictionaries and thesauri, history, language reference, law, linguistics, literature, media studies, medicine and health, music, names studies, performing arts, philosophy, quotations, religion, science and technology, social sciences, and society and culture. All subject categories can be searched separately. Reference types include overview pages, subject reference, timelines, quotations, English dictionaries, and bilingual dictionaries. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users. No reader is required to use these electronic books. The best way to find ebooks is in the XPLORE Library Catalog. Just look for the ebook icon:

Thomas Banchoff's Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism

Oxford Scholarship Online (Using this resource; all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable collection of about 1,150 electronic books covering biology, business & management, classical studies, economics & finance, history, law, linguistics, literature, mathematics, music, neuroscience, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, public health & epidemiology, religion, and social work. Subject areas can also be searched individually. The cross reference feature allows users to highlight a word or phrase in a book and retrieve other books containing that word or phrase. Features incude PDF chapter downloading, citation export and social bookmarking. About 200 new books are added each year. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. No reader is required to use these electronic books. The best way to find ebooks is in the XPLORE Library Catalog. Just look for the ebook icon:

Oxford Scholarship Online: Economics & Finance (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable collection of electronic books covering economics and finance. Worldwide authors include classic thinkers to modern masters, including twentieth century winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics and authors of the Clarendon series. Subject areas include economic development, growth and systems; history of economics and economic thought; econometrics; environmental, financial, international, monetary, public, and South & East Asian economics; international finance; macroeconomics & microeconomics; and welfare. The cross reference feature allows users to highlight a word or phrase in a book and retrieve other books containing that word or phrase. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable collection of electronic books covering philosophy from the twentieth century to the present. Subject areas include aesthetics; ancient, general, moral, and political philosophy; history of philosophy; logic; philosophy of mathematics, language, the mind, religion, and science; metaphysics; and epistemology. The cross reference feature allows users to highlight a word or phrase in a book and retrieve other books containing that word or phrase. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable collection of electronic books covering political science. Subject areas include American, comparative, environmental, Russian and UK politics; political economy and theory; democratization; European Union studies; and international relations. The cross reference feature allows users to highlight a word or phrase in a book and retrieve other books containing that word or phrase. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Religion (all full-text; XLinks; RefWorks help) is a cross-searchable collection of electronic books covering religion and theology. Subject areas include biblical studies, Buddhism, church history, early Christian studies, Hinduism, history of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, philosophy of religion, religion & literature, religion & society, religion & the ancient world, Sikhism, and worlds religions. The cross reference feature allows users to highlight a word or phrase in a book and retrieve other books containing that word or phrase. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press.