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Wikipedia:OUP/Nav The Oxford University Press (OUP) is one of the oldest, largest and most reputable academic publishers in the world. They have offered access to three different streams of content:

  • Scholarship: Grove Music Online; Grove Art Online; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; American National Biography; Oxford Bibliographies; Oxford Handbooks Online; Oxford Scholarship Online; Oxford Reference (150 accounts)
  • Journals: All of OUP's digital journals (100 accounts)
  • Law: Oxford Public International Law; Oxford Reports on International Law; Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law; Oxford Historical Treaties; Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law (50 accounts)

Requirements

  • You do not have free online access to these OUP products through your local library, university, or alumni programme (most if not all UK residents will have local library access)
  • You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia or on your home wiki linked from your application; (see Special:Preferences)
  • You have an account that is a minimum of 1 year old
  • You have a minimum of 1000 edits to the encyclopedia
  • You are active in content generation, research, and/or verification work

If you don't quite meet the experience requirements but think you would still be a strong candidate for access, feel free to apply and you may be considered.

Expectations

Approved editors may

  • Search, view, retrieve, and display portions of restricted content
  • Electronically save portions of restricted content
  • Print out single copies of portions of restricted content
  • Comply with any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the OUP website they are accessing

Approved editors will not

  • Share their account logins or passwords with others
  • Mass scrape or mass download OUP content
  • Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose
  • Datamine metadata without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles
  • Use the access provided through the Pilot for any commercial purpose

Private and confidential information

  • You will need to have a confirmed email address to participate. You understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia Library, and Oxford University Press. While Wikipedia Library coordinators are volunteers (not employees or contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation or Oxford University Press), they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation

External videos
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  • Editors should always provide original citation information, in addition to linking an OUP article, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT
  • Editors should not provide bare links to non-free OUP pages
  • Editors should note "(subscription required)" in the citation, where appropriate

Example

<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Spencer|first=Robin|authorlink=|title=Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903)|encyclopedia=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36855|subscription=yes}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref>
  • Spencer, Robin (2004). "Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36855. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

Apply

Wikipedia:TWL/Expect

  • Add your username here with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}). Tell us what area you are active in and how you'll use the OUP resources. Please specify which stream(s) you want. You can apply for more than one but this is subject to demand so you may wish to rank your choices.
  1. Justlettersandnumbers (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email). Help! My subscription seems to have expired. I am well stuck without it, most particularly without GroveArt and GroveMusic, which I use constantly. Scholarship stream, please, and if possible also the Journals. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:28, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Melly42 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'm very interested in Scholarship (in particular the Oxford dictionary of National Biography) and Oxford Journals (e.g. Molecular Biology and Evolution).--Melly42 (talk) 23:36, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Ealdgyth (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) (Scholarship) Had access through this program, now lost, would like a renewal if possible. If I could get journals access also, that would be great because I'm constantly using English Historical Review (which I get through JSTOR but only up to a point - current issues would be wonderful) Several other Oxford journals in the humanities are of use also. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Ylee (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would appreciate Scholarship access (I already have access to JSTOR). I am active in many historical fields. Ylee (talk) 00:02, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Miniapolis (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'd like to renew Scholarship and Journals, since I verify and add citations. Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 00:23, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Aw1805 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) (Scholarship access and Journals access requested) Edits and new article creation in English and Japanese Wikipedia, mainly focused on UK - Japan relations as well as Anglican Church, architecture, naval and industrial history. Prior access under this program to ODNB has been of great value; no current access through local library resources. Aw1805 (talk) 00:51, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Peripatetic (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Scholarship and journal access please. I've created over a thousand articles and would like to create many thousands more! Thanks. --Peripatetic (talk) 01:06, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Tony1 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email)—Grove D of Music would be very helpful. Tony (talk) 01:21, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Gaijin (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I will be glad to have access to Scholarship and Journal. I created more than 1000 articles in Spanish wiki, and I want to keep that pace. --Gaijin (talk) 01:31, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. SMcCandlish (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Access expired. I especially could use Journals (mostly I work on biology, anthropology, and linguistics material, as well as plenty of literature, history, and media studies). The Scholarship material have also been useful. I would not have much (or at least not frequent) use for the Law section.  — SMcCandlish ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ʌ≼  01:34, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Robert.Allen (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My account expired. I am interested in renewing at the scholarship level. I had access to Oxford Music and Oxford Art and used both, often adding Oxford citations to Wikipedia articles and links to the Oxford articles. I am unfamiliar with the other databases, but imagine I will find them useful as well.
  12. Seduisant (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Editor since 2005, prior access was welcomed and appreciated. Requesting Scholarship access. Have written several biographical articles about artists, and improved several others, so Grove Art and DNB access (for general biographical work) would be extremely helpful. --Seduisant (talk) 02:00, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  13. PKM (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) and commons:Special:Contributions/PKM. access is about to expire. Would like Oxford Art and DNB to continue work on 16th century portraiture etc. in En, Wikidata, and Commons.
  14. SarekOfVulcan (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Scholarship, mostly for the Grove Music resources.
  15. Carrite (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) - Scholarship mostly, for the National Biography material. I'd be interested in the journals stream also if you can't get to 100 — access to more sources is always better than no such access. I think I'm 60K edits, 40K to mainspace these days, definitely a content writer... Carrite (talk) 03:21, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Xover (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Oxford Scholarship Online and Journals would both be highly relevant for maintaining and verifying references, and creating and expanding articles, within the scope of WikiProject Shakespeare (e.g. my current long term project: Edmond Malone). --Xover (talk) 04:02, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  17. User:jefferyseow History and Economics/Business especially Penang, Malaya (now Malaysia), British East India Company, Colonial Britain etc. jefferyseow (talk) p.s. #Jefferyseow (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I edit entries related to 19th Century British Malaya (the Federated Malay States, Unfederated Malay States, and the Straits Settlements, especially Penang and Singapore). Sources are hard to find and access to this would help. jefferyseow (talk) 05:44, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jefferyseow: Which of the three streams are you interested in accessing? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:05, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Rodomonte (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email), active in the German Wikipedia since 2006, > 6000 edits. I’m writing and editing articles on classical music with a focus on opera. Access to Grove Music Online (stream Scholarship) would be extremely useful for background research.--Rodomonte (talk) 06:12, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Continua Evoluzione (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I edit mainly on the Italian Wikipedia, especially about ancient Greece. Access to Scholarship would be very useful, also to verify pages on different subjects; access to Journals would be very appreciated too (but that's my second choice), in case accounts were still available. Currently I have no access to OUP resources. Continua Evoluzione (talk) 06:32, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Gripweed (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Working in the fields of history, music and movies. More than 1,000 articles so far and still working. --Gripweed (talk) 07:35, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gripweed: Which of the three streams are you interested in accessing? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:05, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Bmcln1 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'd like to renew my access to Scholarship, which I have used in the last year for making nine new pages (see User page) and expanding about 15 stubs. Journals would also be useful. With best wishes. Bmcln1 (talk) 07:56, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Yoav Nachtailer (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) The Oxford Scholarship helped me to create several articles and to improve others, so I would like to renew my subscription. Thank you, Yoav Nachtailer (talk) 09:12, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  23. SchroCat (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Scholarship access, please; my current account has expired. This has been invaluable to me this last year, and I've taken several articles to FA standard as a result. More are planned for this coming year. – SchroCat (talk) 09:53, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Homoatrox (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Over 20,000 edits and 13 FAs on Ancient Rome on ru-wiki. It would be great to have both Scholarship and Journals subscriptions, if possible. — Homoatrox (talk). 12:19, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  25. ca$e (talk · contribs), mostly active in german wikipedia, coordinating and contributing mostly in areas of philosophy and religious studies, >40.000 edits to date, OUP access would help gravely, as my university does not provide it (recopied from discussion page) Ca$e (talk) 13:39, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ca$e: Which of the three streams are you interested in accessing? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:05, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  26. LeftAire (talk · contribs) My access is expired. My edits in the past have been related to science articles (ornithology; Northern Mockingbird, Brown thrasher, Carolina wren, etc.) and history (Portuguese Empire, Alexander Hamilton, etc.), but I'll be focusing in more in Latin America as I'm back in school and have to work on my thesis in the upcoming months. Access to OUP will certainly save money for travel. LeftAire (talk) 15:01, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @LeftAire: Which of the three streams are you interested in accessing? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:05, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Sir Gawain (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Active editor on de Wikipedia since 2004; mainly focused on articles with history related subjects. As the OUP access was of great use for me during the last year I would appreciate another year of OUP access. -- Sir Gawain (talk) 15:46, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sir Gawain: Which of the three streams are you interested in accessing? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:05, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, I forgot. I'm interested in the journals stream. -- Sir Gawain (talk) 14:48, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Suvray (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email). My subscription seems to be expired. The Oxford Scholarship helped me to create several articles and to build up better WIKI like as bn.wiki. So I would like to renew my subscription. Have a nice day. Suvray (talk) 16:04, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Tim riley (talk · contribs). I already have access to the Scholarship titles via my local library, but access to Journals would be a boon and a blessing, and most gratefully received. Tim riley talk 19:14, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  30. TeleD (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email). I create and improve English and British biographies and ask for access to the Oxford DNB. --TeleD (talk) 20:37, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  31. SPECIFICO (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My access is expiring. I edit in the areas of economics, social science, music, visual arts, architecture, and history. Access to Journals and Scholarship would help greatly with sourcing good references on somewhat obscure topic areas. Thanks. SPECIFICO talk 23:08, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Biblioworm (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would like access to the Scholarship stream. I'm currently working on articles about Anglo-Saxon England, and I would find access to Oxford resources to be very useful. (In particular, the ODNB and Handbooks, but I might also find a good use for Scholarship Online and Reference.) I might also edit history articles of a broader spectrum in the future, so perhaps there are good Oxford resources for that, as well. --Biblioworm 23:59, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Ruby2010 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'd like to renew my membership, as I find the ODNB invaluable for my expansion of English biographies, particularly those of women in the 18th and 19th centuries. Both Scholarship and Journals would be appreciated, but if nothing else, just Scholarship is fine. Thank you! Ruby 2010/2013 06:00, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  34. Aurinia (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I provide the German Wikipedia with articles on British and American history as well as biographies. So the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the American National Biography Online are invaluable sources for me. I would like to have my access to them renewed. Thank you. :) --Aurinia (talk) 13:13, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  35. JoJan (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My previous subscription has expired, which was of great use. I'm interested in Scholarship, in particular Oxford Art Online (and if possible the Benezit) and ODNB for my contributions about art and biographies of artists. I've been an active contributor since 2004 and have more than 125,000 contributions in wikipedias in several languages and the Commons. JoJan (talk) 13:35, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Daniele.tampieri (talk · contribs) I mainly contribute to entries on engineering, mathematics and physics, and access to the OUP Journals resource will help me writing new entries and improving the contents of existing ones. I think I meet all the requirements needed to apply. Best regards, Daniele.tampieri (talk) 14:16, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]