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Access to all Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) Statistical Databases (except IEA Databases); all OECD E-books, and all OECD periodicals. Also try OECD.stat if you just want data (extracts data from across approx. 300 datasets. See User Guide). Go shortcut = go/oecd.

OECD Monthly Statistics of International Trade

1960 onward. Trends in trading patterns among OECD countries and with the rest of the world. Data are broken down by economic groupings, by country and by region.

Open Shakespeare

For information on using Open Shakespeare check out the Guide.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Opposing Viewpoints covers current controversies and hot topics. It features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Oregon Bach Festival

Includes "Exploring Bach's Goldbrg Variations" - The site features complete performances on Harpsichord (Matthew Halls) and piano (David Korevaar), synchronized with a 1741 first-edition copy of the score, once owned by Bach's first biographer, Forkel

Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present

Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present from Cambridge University Press is an electronic database designed to assist in the study women's writing in Britain. Provides entries on authors' lives and writing careers, contextual material, timelines, tags, and bibliographies.

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Overdrive eBooks & Audiobooks

A collection of downloadable ebooks and audiobooks for mp3 players, Kindles, and other e-reader devices. Mostly popular fiction, non-fiction, and memoirs. (Browse at go/books2go)

Oxford Art Online

Contains Grove Art Online, today's foremost scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art. It includes the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 volumes) - the landmark reference work containing more than 21,000 biographies and 500,000 bibliographical citations contributed by 6,700 scholars from 120 countries. Grove Art Online articles and bibliographies are regularly updated. It also includes images and provides access to The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Oxford Classical Studies

Classics reference books published by Oxford University Press including The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, edited by M.C. Howatson and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Michael Gagarin.

Oxford Dictionary of Dance (online)

This comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary provides all the information necessary for dance fans to navigate the diverse dance scene of the 21st century. It includes entries ranging from classical ballet to the cutting edge of modern dance.
note: electronic resource

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

Surveys American literature in 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing American literary history from the 1600s to the present day. Includes essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, literary movements, periods, and themes. The articles offer historical perspective and social context along with critical approaches.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome

A comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world - Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman - from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Includes brief biographies of major authors and illustrators throughout the world, paying attention to international trends. Also included are feature essays on all genres of children's literature, various individual works, and prominent themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world. Over 3,200 entries.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History

Also in print: Main Library Reference HC15 .O94 2003 (5 volumes)
note: Online and Print

Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures

Covers Pre-Hispanic (including Olmec, Aztec, and Maya peoples), colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America. Subjects include art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, history, and historiography of the region. Search just this title or with other sources in Oxford Reference Online.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance

By Dennis Kennedy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

The Oxford English Dictionary (Online)

The OED online contains the complete A to Z sequence of the Second Edition and the latest progress towards the next, Third, edition.

Oxford Handbooks Online

Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) includes in-depth articles and ebooks. Middlebury has access to the following handbook collections: Philosophy, Religion, Economics and Finance, Music, Literature, History, and Political Science.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Online access to the history and culture of Islam. Full-text access to Oxford reference and scholarly works, including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, two interpretations of the Qur'an, a Concordance of the Qur'an, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, and the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.

Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD)

"OxLAD contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000."

Oxford Music Online

The new gateway into music research and the access point for new and forthcoming Oxford music reference subscriptions and products. Includes: Grove Dictionary of Music; Encyclopedia of Popular Music; Oxford Companion to Music and Oxford Dictionary of Music.
note: Includes Grove's Music Online

Oxford Reference Online Premium

General reference resources, including encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries, chronologies, and maps and illustrations.

Oxford Reference Online: Art & Architecture

Use the link above to simultaneously search all of the titles listed below: The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms The Oxford Dictionary of Art A Dictionary of Modern Design A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art The Oxford Companion to the Garden The Oxford Companion to the Photograph The Oxford Companion to Western Art

Oxford Reference: Computing

Cross-searchable interface to Oxford's Dictionary of Computing and Dictionary of the Internet
note: a subset of Oxford Reference Online Premium