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About Oxford Reference Online Premium

Oxford Reference Online Premium provides high quality, in-depth information on a variety of different subjects including history, science, names and places, religion and philosophy, mythology and folklore, and literature.

This resource is made up of well over 100 core titles, 50,000 articles from Oxford companions from Oxford University Press, and many thousands more from the Western Civilisation and Literature collections of specialised encyclopaedias and the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf, a growing collection of major online encyclopaedias.It can be invaluable to students, researchers, those seeking answers to both simple and more complex questions, but also those simply interested in a particular subject area. Images are included in many of the search results and articles can vary between being concise and more in-depth depending on the publication they originate from.

Types of search include quick search, advanced search, search by subject or within a particular publication, or you can choose to browse the publications. For more information on Oxford Reference Online, and the various search methods you can go to the introductory pages.

You can access this resource in any Westminster Library or from elsewhere using your Westminster library card. Not a member? Join now.

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