Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Scholarship Online offers thousands of books from the Oxford University Press scholarly catalogue. New titles are added to the collection every month, covering topics from nearly every field of science – the collection includes both the latest works by leading contemporary authors and classic scholarly works.
We encourage you to check out the ICONOGRAPHICS, which will help you learn, among other things, which titles were most popular in 2025 and which research purposes OSO is best suited for.
Oxford Handbooks Online
Each handbook available on Oxford Handbook Online provides up-to-date and reliable coverage of the latest scientific concepts and research. Specially selected essays by international experts in their fields provide critical analysis of scientific advances and the direction of scholarly debates. Books in the Oxford Handbooks (CATALOGUE) are created in collaboration with experienced authors and advisory boards, guaranteeing high quality, accuracy and reliability of content.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Oxford Research Encyclopedias provides thorough and insightful overviews of academic topics, developed in collaboration with experts in their respective fields. Readers can refresh their knowledge, explore topics beyond their specialisations and explore connections with other disciplines.
The ICONOGRAPHICS depicts, among other things, the scientific fields included in the ORE and the most popular titles in the collection.
Oxford Bibliographies
Are you looking for sources? Oxford Bibliographies compiles a list of key scholarly sources to help you find the most important information on specific topics. While other resources cite scholarly works to support their claims, OBO explains what a given book or article is and how it fits into the literature on a given topic.
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Very Short Introductions
"Very Short Introductions” is a series that provides accessible introductions to various topics across a wide range of subject areas. Each volume in the series highlights key ideas, themes and approaches to the topic being explored.
VSIs are divided into five thematic areas:
- Arts and Humanities
- Law
- Medicine and Health
- Science and Mathematics
- Social Sciences
For more information about the collection, including the most popular VSI titles in 2025, see the ICONOGRAPHICS.
Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference offers a wide selection of concise content for quick fact-checking, as well as longer, in-depth specialist articles. Titles in the OR collection are carefully selected by Oxford University Press and peer-reviewed to ensure the highest quality.
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Oxford Intersections
Oxford Intersections explores complex social issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. This collection is particularly useful in the later stages of academic work.
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Oxford Law Pro
Powered by the AI Research Asstnt, Oxford Law Pro collects over 600 award-winning, peer-reviewed books and over 9,000 scholarly articles.
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Access to the Oxford University Press collection suite
The entire collection is available until 31 May 2026, to employees, doctoral students and students of the University of Lodz who are registered with the University of Lodz library network. A link to the collection can be found in the e-resources tab on the University of Lodz Library website.
