New in the library–Oxford Islamic Studies Online!
As part of a grant the library received from the American Library Association entitled Muslim Journeys, we got a year’s worth of access to Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Most of the content is from 11 different Oxford publications (largely encyclopedias as well as a dictionary and two different versions of the Qur’an and an Arabic-English concordance). You can find this resource on our ebooks page or the master database page.
It’s time to JAM!
In addition to being National Poetry Month, April is also Jazz Appreciation Month!
Celebrate by listening to Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Stan Kenton, Teddy Wilson, Bessie Smith, and many other jazz and blues greats on Naxos Music Library. (Just remember to log out when you’ve reached your maximum capacity of jazz for the day! Our license only allows 3 simultaneous users so logging out ensures others have access to the database, too.)
If you’re more interested in learning about jazz and its history, consider checking out Oxford Music Online. This database lets you access and cross-search multiple music reference resources at once. Advanced search options provide powerful tools for content navigation, including biography searching, bibliography searching, and the ability to easily search within longer, multi-section articles.
Prefer to experience jazz history in person? Considering visiting the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and the Louis Armstrong House Museum, both right here in New York City.
Six New Oxford Encyclopedias
We have six new e-encyclopedias from Oxford University Press:
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the US
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
- Encyclopedia of Human Rights
- Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th edition
- Oxford Encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome
You can find them via Oxford Digital Reference Shelf E-Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (look for the NEW designation) or by title in the online catalog.
Grove is Gone …
Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online are now part of Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online respectively.
