2. About Oxford Bibliographies
• “Oxford Bibliographies provides faculty and students alike with a
seamless pathway to the most accurate and reliable resources for a
variety of academic topics. Written and reviewed by academic experts,
every article in our database is an authoritative guide to the current
scholarship, containing original commentary and annotations.
• Offering a rapidly expanding range of subject areas and ongoing
enhancements, Oxford Bibliographies is reaching more scholars and
students than ever before, increasing productivity, saving time, and
elevating the quality of research”(Oxford Bibliographies, n.d.).
3. About Oxford Bibliographies
Key Features
• “Expert scholars share the trusted sources they use across a variety of academic disciplines.
• Sources are rigorously peer-reviewed and vetted to ensure scholarly accuracy and objectivity.
• The user-friendly interface guides users directly to the information they’re looking for and saves time
with personalized citation lists and seamless links to full-text print and online content.
• High-level overviews of scholarship help faculty and students confidently navigate new areas of
study.
• Selectively-curated, highly-credible sources offer faculty the advanced resources they need for
continued research in their area of expertise”(Oxford Bibliographies, n.d.).
4. How to Access
In the url address bar type
www.library.northwestern.edu
You will see a page that
looks like this
8. How to Access
Navigate to
Oxford
Bibliographies
Online which is
the 3rd link from
the top
9. How to Access
This source is
offered through
Northwestern
University, therefore
you must input your
login credentials
Note: Personnel
affiliated with
Northwestern or
members of the
Evanston community
can visit the
circulation desk
during open hours
for a temporary net
id and password
10. How to Access
After signing in, you
will have access to
this source
This incidents that
you are logged in via
Northwestern’s
access
11. How to Use
There are a couple
of different ways that
one can use this
source.
The first method and
most common is via
key word searches.
You may input any
phrase or
combination of
phrases to browse
the search results.
12. How to Use
Example keyword
search:
I wanted to find
information on
Lucretius an Early
modern philosopher.
I typed in the search
bar “philosophy” and
“Lucretius”
This is what the
results were
13. How to Use
You may also do an
advanced search,
which lets you
search using
different limiters.
This provides the
user with a more
accurate and
specific search.
In order to do this
click on the
Advanced search
link on the main
page as shown
14. How to Use
From here you can
navigate the
dropdown menus
and choose specific
limiters and use
Booleans to further
limit your search
results
You may also limit
the results to a
specific subject if
applicable and limit
results to citations
as well
15. How to Use
Example Advanced
Search:
I wanted to search
for Lucretius’ view
on death.
Therefore, I chose to
limit my results to
Full text documents
on “Lucretius” only
and used the
Boolean “and” to
add another limit
which I chose
Keyword in order to
add the word “death”
to my results and
selected the
Philosophy subject.
16. How to Use
Example Advanced
Search:
These were the
search results
The advanced
search method
provides users with
very specific and
precise searches
17. How to Use
Lastly, you may
search for items in
specific subjects
On the homepage
you can click on
Browse by Subject
and the subject that
you wish to view.
Then you can
browse through the
subject in
alphabetical order
18. How to Use
Example Subject
Search: I chose
Philosophy as my
subject and wanted
to see topics on
metaphysics
So I clicked on
Philosophy from the
subject area
19. How to Use
Example Subject
Search:
Then I clicked on the
“M” tab and scrolled
down to find
Metaphysics
20. How to Use
Example Subject
Search:
These were the
results
There were different
types of
metaphysics to
chose from
21. Ask a Librarian
Northwestern University has a separate webpage:
(https://www.library.northwestern.edu/research/research-support/index.html) for people
that want to contact librarians with questions and/or need help with research.
They have emails and phone numbers listed for the specific collections that they have.
You may also fill out an appointment request form for a more personal interaction or
contact subject librarians directly.
Alternatively, you may also visit the library’s circulation desk during open hours and they
will try to help as best they can.
22. Citation
Oxford Bibliographies - Your Best Research Starts Here - obo.
(n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2019, from
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com
