{"id":21396,"date":"2023-07-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=21396"},"modified":"2023-11-29T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:22:20","slug":"uniskills-focus-on-oxford-academic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2023\/07\/28\/uniskills-focus-on-oxford-academic\/","title":{"rendered":"UniSkills Focus On: Oxford Academic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to another <strong><em>UniSkills Focus On<\/em>\u2026<\/strong> blog post. This month\u2019s post is the last one of the academic year and we will be looking at <a href=\"http:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordjournals.org\/\">Oxford Academic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-Oxford-Tt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-Oxford-Tt-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-Oxford-Tt-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-Oxford-Tt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-Oxford-Tt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-Oxford-Tt-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-Oxford-Tt.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Oxford Academic?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordjournals.org\/\">Oxford Academic<\/a> is the publishing platform for research that has been published by Oxford University Press (OUP). OUP are the largest university publisher in the world and the second oldest, with a history going back to the 1480s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does Oxford Academic contain?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordjournals.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxford Academic<\/a> has over 500 academic journals, covering a wide range of different subjects. These include:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arts and Humanities:&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Languages&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literature&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media Studies&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law:&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commercial and Company Law&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constitutional and Administrative Law&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employment and Labour Law&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family Law&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law and Society&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policing&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medicine and Health:&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allied Health Professions#&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clinical Medicine&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critical Care&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medical Ethics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nursing&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paediatrics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Health and Epidemiology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surgery&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science and Mathematics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biological Sciences&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computer Science and Computing&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earth Sciences and Geography&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engineering and Technology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental Science&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mathematics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychology&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Sciences:&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business and Management&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Criminology and Criminal Justice&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Geography&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Politics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Work&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sociology\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the benefits of using Oxford Academic?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see that <a href=\"http:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordjournals.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxford Academic<\/a> has journal articles on lots of different subjects and those listed here are only a selection of the subjects that are covered. This means that <a href=\"http:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordjournals.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxford Academic<\/a> will have useful content for students studying subjects across the University, including nursing, medicine, teacher training, business, geography, computer science, law and criminology, psychology and more. The reputation of Oxford University Press means that you can be sure that the journals published in Oxford Academic are of a high academic standard.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do I access Oxford Academic?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to access <a href=\"http:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordjournals.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxford Academic<\/a> is to go to the website directly. You can then search for articles using keywords or can browse journals by subject or by alphabetical order. Alternatively, you can get access by going to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/subject-resources\/media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Media<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/subject-resources\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Music<\/a> Subject Resources webpages.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further Help and Support<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need any further help or support finding, accessing, or getting the most out of your resources head over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills web pages<\/a>. From here you can access lots more information, toolkits and video tutorials, book on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehu.ac.uk\/workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills workshop<\/a> and even book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/one-to-one-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1-2-1 appointment<\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next month we will be looking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholar.google.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a>, so please join us for information and tips on how to get the most out of this useful resource.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another UniSkills Focus On\u2026 blog post. 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