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Oxford Reference Books Online

Link to Oxford Reference Online

Access subjects from Aardvarks to Zurich using the world's most trusted reference collection at Oxford Reference Online.

 

Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference books from Oxford University Press, including:

  • bilingual dictionaries
  • quotations
  • encyclopedias
  • English dictionaries and thesauruses
  • maps and illustrations
  • timelines.

You can search across all 175 reference books or browse individual titles such as:  

  • the Oxford Companion to the Garden
  • a Guide to Countries of the World
  • a Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
  • Oxford Dictionary of Law
  • an A-Z of Medicinal Drugs
  • a Dictionary of First Names.

You will need to be a member of the library to use this service at home.

 

When you access the service from home you need to enter your library card number. Please add NSC at the beginning of your 10 digit library card number.

 

If you don't have internet access at home come and use one of our computers in your local library.

 

For more information or if you are having difficulties using Oxford Reference Online contact Weston Library.