Oxford Research Encyclopedias Available for Students

Are your students researching social issues and current events? Do they require background information on their topic before searching databases for academic journal articles? If so, please check out the Oxford Research Encyclopedias database that we have trial access to through Oct. 15. Modules included in the trial include Linguistics, International Studies, Environmental Science, Climate Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Religion, Literature, Communication, Latin American History, American History, Oxford Classical Dictionary, Social Work and Politics.

Great for instructors: OREs feature peer-reviewed long-form research articles.
Great for students: OREs are updated regularly and include multi-media features embedded into articles.

Access is automatically authenticated on campus, look for “College of Central Florida” to appear in the upper left quadrant of the page (above ‘Sign in’). Please write to us at library@cf.edu and let us know what you think and if you can see students using this resource for foundational research. 

For more information contact Faithe Ruiz at ext. 1749 or ruizf@cf.edu