Oxford Journals (OUP)

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Year Joined PERii
2006

Resource Name
Oxford Journals Collection for Developing Countries

Resource Type
Online journals service

Access URL
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/

Title Listing

Document 2011 (89kb)
Document 2011 (216kb)

Individual journal information can be found by selecting your chosen title from the list on the Oxford Journals homepage.

Content Overview
Oxford Journals publishes journals from science, technical, professional, medical, humanities, arts and social science disciplines.
Organisations that qualify for the free Developing Countries Oxford Online Collection offer will obtain access to over 200 titles.

Subject Strengths

  • Biological Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Public Health and Epidemiology
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences
  • Law
  • Economics, Business, and Finance
  • Mathematics, Statistics, Computing and Physics

Service Strengths

  • Website is easy to navigate and features training and support materials for librarians as well as all latest news from Oxford Journals.
  • Access to electronic backfiles from 1996 onwards for all the journals listed in the developing countries offer.
  • Simple online registration and administration.
  • Access control options allow users to access content on site via IP address or remotely via Athens.
  • Downloadable usage statistics for librarians (COUNTER-compliant) reveal how content is being used.
  • Preservation arrangements with CLOCKSS, LOCKSS and PORTICO ensure content is available for the long term.
  • Choose integrated searching via search engines such as PubMed and Google Scholar.
  • Browse by subject to find content easily.
  • Supplementary material such as video and audio clips, images, and graphics are available for many articles.
  • CiteTrack alerts users when chosen articles are cited and also when new content is available on chosen topic(s) and/or by chosen author(s).
  • Email a friend option allows you to share your search results.
  • Links to similar articles helps guide research.
  • Download references using EndNote, ProCite BibTeX and RefWorks.
  • Request permissions to reproduce Oxford Journals content quickly via Rightslink®.

Usage Guides
Training guides are available on the Oxford Journals website.

Registration Information
Each developing country institution eligible for access (Document eligibility criteria, 38kb) is required to register to use OUP Journals. If you have not used this resource before, you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the PERii registration system and select your country and institution.

After registration, you will receive an email from Oxford Journals with details of how to activate your subscription.  Once activated, all users at your IP address will have access to the full text of the journals.  This webpage explains how to do it. 

Access Information
Access by IP address recognition with username and password access for remote users.

Publisher Support/Help Contact
A full list of contact details is available on the publisher's website. 

URL to General Publisher Site
www.oup.co.uk or www.oup.com

Further Information from your Country Coordinator
The details for your country coordinator can be found on your country page. Please use the 'Country Finder on the right-hand side of this page.

Information for Librarians

Administration Information
Details are available on the OUP website.

Platform
OUP

Promotional Information/Materials
OUP can provide promotional material for display in your library to assist you in promoting Oxford Journals online collection to library users. Download a promotional poster (PDF 3.83MB) or visit the promotional support page for further information.

Publisher Newsletter Details
Visit the Oxford Journals News pages or view the quarterly OUP newsletter, Illuminea .

Usage Data Collection
Usage statistics are available for consortia and individual administrators

PERii FAQs
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about registration and access, see the Information resources FAQ page.

PERii Help Documents
Please see the online help documents for further information about INASP policy on username and password access, registration, registration record keeping, downloading from publishers websites, access issues and statistics.

Publisher FAQs
Publisher FAQs can be found on the publisher's website or download the librarian's handbook (PDF 738kb).