April 10, 2008
New Portals to Oxford Music and Art Databases
Oxford University Press (OUP) has created two new portals that will take users into expanded and enhanced versions of its art and music databases, including Grove Music, Grove Art and Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
Oxford Music Online
Grove Music Online has been integrated into Oxford Music Online, OUP's new gateway to online music resources. A number of changes have been made, including:
- New structure — OUP now groups together all Grove articles on a single subject (e.g. Mozart or Paris) under one search result. The first article linked to by a search result is now the primary Grove Music Online article on the subject and is subject to a regular updating and revision program.
- Improved search functionality — OUP has grounded the new search in authority files and taxonomies developed by the Grove editorial team and tailored to research in music. Both browsing and searching can now be limited by a subject classification.
- More frequent updates — OUP is increasing the number of major updates to three per year.
- New partnerships — three new partnerships will offer subscribers links to both Grove and each of the new partner sites.
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online is the new gateway for the redesigned Grove Art Online. Through Oxford Art Online, users will now be able to cross search and browse a suite of art reference publications simultaneously with Grove Art Online. In addition to upgraded site functionality and a new graphic design, other new features include:
- The ability to search and browse for Grove images and image links in a single place. Users will find more than 5,000 images available from OUP's new image partners — the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Art Images for Collection Teaching (AICT) and the Artists Rights Society.
- Help for students and educators through the new Tools and Resources feature, including lesson plans from MoMA, new thematic guides on major topics in art history and new timelines of world art.
- More than 85 new and updated articles with death dates for distinguished contemporary artists, along with expanded articles on important artists, architects and collections based on new research.
For subscription and pricing information, please contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org).
