Action for Libraries
New African American Database Highlights Oxford Renewal
By Laura Chittivej
BCR Oxford University Press (OUP) group subscribers may begin renewing access for 2006-2007. Subscription pricing
has increased an average of 5 percent. The subscription period for Oxford University Press is July 1 through June 30. Renewing libraries
are encouraged to fill out the BCR Oxford order/renewal form prior to the June 30 subscription deadline.
Now available from OUP is Oxford African American Studies Center. Oxford African American Studies Center, at its core, will feature the new Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, due to be published by Oxford later in 2006; the African American National Biography edited by Henry Louis Gates, scheduled for publication in 2008; and the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture, due for publication in 2007; and Black Women in America, Second Edition, published in March 2005; and Africana. Beyond the core content and primary sources, AASC includes biographies, interactive time lines, maps, photo essays and image collections to enhance research and encourage further exploration in African American studies.
New and renewing Oxford subscribers may view pricing for Oxford African American Studies Center or request a free trial by visiting www.bcr.org/reference/OUP/OUP-Menu.html.
Renewing libraries may also enhance their Oxford Reference Online: Premium subscriptions with Oxford University Press' impressive new addition, The Literature Collection, a comprehensive set of distinguished reference works detailing literature from eighth century Germany, to Edwardian England to 20th century America. The collection provides unrivaled coverage of literary periods, genres and writers, all cross referenced and fully searchable. Written by leading scholars, the collection also covers literary movements, literary theories, themes and character types. Multiple contextual entries place writers and works in their wider social, historical, artistic and political environments, enabling subscribers to move easily between related entries.
To begin a new subscription, transfer a direct account or to renew your existing subscription, go to: www.bcr.org/reference/OUP/OUP-Form.html. The form also functions as a cost calculator, allowing libraries to try out different database purchasing plans, without any subscription obligation. For more information please contact BCR's Laura Chittivej (lchittiv@bcr.org).