Oxford University Press
Hannah Dernie
Oxford University Press, Oxford Journals
April 2010

1 An Introduction to OUP
2 About the Oxford Journals Collections
3 The Journals International Law Collection
4 E-books - Online Law Resources
5 Special Offer for Delegates

Oxford University Press
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First book printed in Oxford with funding from the University in 1478 !
The book was a Commentary on the Apostles' Creed
Then in 1586 the University itself obtained a decree from the Star
Chamber confirming its privilege to print books - OUP is born!
is the largest university press in the world employs over 4000 staff worldwide publishes over
100+ years
35,000 titles of Journals publishing experience
‘not for profit’ → Profit back to education/academia

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• International scope
• Access to 222 titles from 1996 to current year (plus 6 titles freely available online during 2010)
– 11 new titles joined the Oxford Journals Collection in 2010
• Broad collection including subsets in Medicine, Life Sciences,
Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Law, Humanities, Social Sciences
• Flexible licensing options for Consortia and Individual Libraries
• Quality content with more than 25% of Oxford Journals ranking in the top 10% of their subject category and over 70% ranking in the top 50% of their subject category according to 2008 ISI citation reports

Distribution of Journals within their best JCR subject category by Publisher
Source: JCR 2008 by Thomson Reuters
Nature Publishing Group
OUP
IEEE
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Elsevier/Cell Press
Wiley-Blackwell
Sage
CUP
Biomed Central
Taylor & Francis
Springer
Karger
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
% in Top 10%
% in 10% - 25%
% in 25% - 50%
% in Bottom 50%

Oxford Journals’ prices are consistently in the lowest band and have seen the lowest increase over the period 2000-6.
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/lisu/pages/publications/oup2.html

Medicine Collection (67 journals in 2010)
International in scope this collection features high impact titles across a variety of fields from oncology, cardiology, neurology, and epidemiology to reproductive medicine, rheumatology, anaesthesia, gerontology, and public health.
Life Sciences Collection (33 journals in 2010)
The Collection spans a variety of disciplines from the rapidly growing fields of molecular and computational biology to plant science, marine biology, and behavioural ecology.

Mathematics & Physical Sciences Collection (28 journals in 2010)
Spanning both pure and applied mathematics, as well as radiation science, this collection also includes coverage of more niche areas such as biostatistics and mathematical physics, management, and medicine.
Law Collection (28 journals in 2010)
This Collection includes both general academic and practitioner law titles, and those dedicated to more niche areas such as medical and environmental law, criminology, intellectual property, and policing.

Humanities Collection (58 journals in 2010)
Encompassing history, literature, philosophy, religion, art, and music, the
Oxford Journals Humanities Collection provides a valuable resource for any library.
Social Sciences Collection (41 journals in 2010)
This collection features distinguished journals across a variety of fields from economics, business history, and global development to religion and social politics.

NEW - 25 journals in 2010
This new collection brings together our corporate law content alongside relevant journals in Economics, Business and Policy:
● International law
● Law, economics, and finance
● Industrial law
● Intellectual property
● Politics

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Over 146 years of research
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157 titles, which includes 6 titles added in 2010
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5 subject archives
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Medicine, Science, Social Sciences, Law, Humanities
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Over 3.4 million article pages
Tailored for librarians…
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Free up shelf space and staff time by replacing print copies with searchable electronic backfiles
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Preserve your collection for perpetuity by purchasing the archive outright
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Quickly locate previously hard-to-find material
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Download usage statistics to see how content is being used
Free three month trial available to the complete archive, or one or more of the subject subsets

The Oxford Open initiative expands Oxford Journals' experiments with
Open Access publishing models. It includes full and optional open access to more than 90 journals drawn from every subject area.
Fully Open Access titles:
• Bioscience Horizons: The National Undergraduate Research Journal awarded a Highly
Commended certificate by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) for publishing innovation
• DNA Research aims to publish the highest quality papers on structures and function of genes and genomes
• Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation
• Genome Biology and Evolution - evolutionary advances at the forefront of genomics
• Nucleic Acids Research – one of the SLA’s Top 100 most influential journals
Oxford Open - An optional open access Model for over 90 journals.
Oxford Journals automatically deposits open access articles in PubMed Central (PMC) for the majority of journals participating in Oxford Open.

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Downloadable usage statistics
Phase 3 COUNTER-compliant
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Hosted by HighWire
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Toll-free linking from citations to any journals hosted by HighWire
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OAI-PMH
The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for
Metadata Harvesting
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SRU federated searching - an XML and
HTTP-based protocol which allows our search engine to be queried by federated search software
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RSS Feeds
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Open URL
Inbound and Outbound Linking
 Librarian Resource Center….

Comprehensive tools to help librarians promote awareness and usage of the journal content available to their users
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Posters to display in your library
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Email templates to send to your users
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Upload your institutions branding to journal pages
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Electronic services guide (including advance access alerts, podcasts, advanced searching, RSS feeds)
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Banner adverts to download
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Training resources (including the Librarians Handbook)
Visit www.oxfordjournals.org/librarians to access these and more resources

Oxford Reports on International Law www.oxfordlawreports.com
•Brings together decisions on public international law from international law courts, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals
•New cases added within 48 hours of receipt so ORIL is the first port of call for most up-to-date information on international case law
•Contains 5 modules that are available separately or in any combination:
International Law in Domestic Courts
International Criminal Law
International Human Rights Law
International Investment Claims
International Courts of General Jurisdiction
•ORIL excels through extensive coverage, frequent updates, high-quality analysis and commentary
• Oxford Reports on International Law , Max-Planck Encyclopedia and
Investment Claims are inter-linked through the Oxford Law Citator, which is a powerful reference tool
•ORIL is offered for annual subscription

Max-Plack Encyclopedia of Public International Law www.mpepil.com
•It is a comprehensive analytical resource covering the entirety of public international law, over 1,000 articles
•It is edited under the auspices of Professor Dr. Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
(Max Planck Institute), Germany
•It appeals to a wide range of users: lecturers can set articles as reading for their students, practitioners will find concise and trustworthy guidance on the law as it stands
•EPIL is offered for annual subscription

Oxford Scholarship Online www.oxfordscholarship.com/law
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A vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of 3,772 Oxford books in 18 subject collections among which Law
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The Law collection includes 360 monographs and the number increases as 3 updates are released every year
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Wide range of legal areas covered: Company and Commercial Law,
Comparative Law, Competition Law, Constitutional and Administrative
Law, Criminal Law and Criminology, EU Law, Employment Law,
Environmental and Energy Law, Family Law, Human Rights Law,
Intellectual Property, IT, and Media Law, Law of Obligations, Legal
History, Legal Profession and Ethics, Medical Law, Philosophy of Law,
Private International Law, Public International Law
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OSO Law is available for annual subscription or outright purchase

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A two week free trial information sheet is available from me during this meeting.
Please come and visit me to collect your username and password.
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Trial content available: www.oxfordlawreports.com
www.mpepil.com
www.oxfordscholarship.com/law www.oxfordjournals.org

Journals contact:
Hannah Dernie
Library Sales Manager hannah.dernie@oxfordjournals.org
+44 1865 353858
Online Products contact:
Adina Teusan
Regional Sales Manager – online products adina.teusan@oup.com
+ 44 1865 353528