IWU Databases: O
Databases by Subject
Databases Beginning with O
Databases Beginning with O
|
An online catalog of free, open-access digital resources provided by the research community. Includes: journal articles, ebooks, newspapers, audio and video files, photos, data sets, manuscripts, theses and dissertations.
|
|
Access the searchable full text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, with continual updates, as well as over 7,000 art images. Topical articles cover all aspects of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, graphics, art forms, architecture, decorative arts, and photography) from prehistory to the present.
|
|
Provides ethics cases, scenarios, bibliographies, evaluation and teaching tools and guidelines.
|
|
OneLook provides a quick search of over 600 online dictionaries, including legal and foreign dictionaries. A "reverse dictionary" is also available, where the user describes a concept and retrieves a list of related words.
|
|
Offers information on the knowledge, skills, abilities, interests, preparation, environment and tasks related to 1100 occupations. Also provides instruments to help assess a student's potential fit for a career.
|
|
This catalog, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, offers access to over one million public domain books available online. Also includes limited runs of periodicals.
|
|
The mission of Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL) is to curate high-quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, scholarly societies, archives, and stable public domain collections. The OADTL uses the world’s most advanced integrated library system (ILS) for cataloging and discovery. This system, OCLC’s WorldShare, makes content easily discoverable and retrievable. The OADTL is staffed by professional librarians and curates content without regard for theological or confessional perspective. It is hoped that the increased access to high-quality religious studies content will serve scholars and students of religion.
|
|
Provides links to nearly 2 million open-access theses and dissertations from over 800 universities and research institutions.
|
|
Provides topic overviews, opinion articles, statistics, primary resources, and reference material on subjects of some controversy. A great resource for those writing or speaking persuasively on hot topics.
|
|
Access the searchable full text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, with continual updates, as well as over 7,000 art images. Topical articles cover all aspects of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, graphics, art forms, architecture, decorative arts, and photography) from prehistory to the present.
|
|
Provides a wealth of Bible text and commentary, including the New Oxford Annotated Bible and five other Oxford Study Bibles. The Bible content is supplemented by major apocryphal Old and New Testament texts in translation, as well as 5,000 A-Z entries from the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Oxford Companion to the Bible, and many other Oxford reference works.
|
|
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
|
|
With over 60,000 articles written by over 6,000 music scholars, Grove Music Online (GMO) is the authoritative resource for music research with an ongoing mission to chart the diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe.
|
|
A core foundation of 135+ academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries providing carefully vetted, trusted short-entry content.
|
|
An online catalog of free, open-access digital resources provided by the research community. Includes: journal articles, ebooks, newspapers, audio and video files, photos, data sets, manuscripts, theses and dissertations.
|
|
Access the searchable full text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, with continual updates, as well as over 7,000 art images. Topical articles cover all aspects of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, graphics, art forms, architecture, decorative arts, and photography) from prehistory to the present.
|
|
Provides ethics cases, scenarios, bibliographies, evaluation and teaching tools and guidelines.
|
|
OneLook provides a quick search of over 600 online dictionaries, including legal and foreign dictionaries. A "reverse dictionary" is also available, where the user describes a concept and retrieves a list of related words.
|
|
Offers information on the knowledge, skills, abilities, interests, preparation, environment and tasks related to 1100 occupations. Also provides instruments to help assess a student's potential fit for a career.
|
|
This catalog, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, offers access to over one million public domain books available online. Also includes limited runs of periodicals.
|
|
The mission of Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL) is to curate high-quality content in religious studies and related disciplines from publisher websites, institutional repositories, scholarly societies, archives, and stable public domain collections. The OADTL uses the world’s most advanced integrated library system (ILS) for cataloging and discovery. This system, OCLC’s WorldShare, makes content easily discoverable and retrievable. The OADTL is staffed by professional librarians and curates content without regard for theological or confessional perspective. It is hoped that the increased access to high-quality religious studies content will serve scholars and students of religion
|
|
.Provides links to nearly 2 million open-access theses and dissertations from over 800 universities and research institutions.
|
|
Provides topic overviews, opinion articles, statistics, primary resources, and reference material on subjects of some controversy. A great resource for those writing or speaking persuasively on hot topics.
|
|
Access the searchable full text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, with continual updates, as well as over 7,000 art images. Topical articles cover all aspects of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, graphics, art forms, architecture, decorative arts, and photography) from prehistory to the present.
|
|
Provides a wealth of Bible text and commentary, including the New Oxford Annotated Bible and five other Oxford Study Bibles. The Bible content is supplemented by major apocryphal Old and New Testament texts in translation, as well as 5,000 A-Z entries from the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Oxford Companion to the Bible, and many other Oxford reference works.
|
|
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
|
|
With over 60,000 articles written by over 6,000 music scholars, Grove Music Online (GMO) is the authoritative resource for music research with an ongoing mission to chart the diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe.
|
|
A core foundation of 135+ academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries providing carefully vetted, trusted short-entry content.
|
