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The Oxford University Press (OUP) is one of the oldest, largest and most reputable academic publishers in the world. They have offered one-year 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) - see full list
• 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 6 months old
• You have a minimum of 500 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;

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
• Mass scrape or mass download Oxford University Press 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.
• Violate any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the Oxford University Press website they are accessing.

Private and confidential information

• By applying to the Program, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and Oxford University Press. Wikipedia Library organizers contracted under the Wikimedia Foundation will abide by the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy and associated confidentiality agreements. Volunteer representatives of the Wikipedia Library are neither employees nor contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation (or Oxford University Press), but they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation

External video

Guide to Grove Art Online

Guide to Oxford Music Online

Guide to American National Biography

Guide to ODNB

Guide to Oxford Bibliographies

• Editors should always provide original citation information in addition to linking to Oxford University Press resources, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
• Editors should not provide bare links to restricted Oxford University Press pages
• Note (subscription required) in the citation, where appropriate
• Respect the copyright of Oxford University Press, in accordance with Wikipedia's copyright policy and their terms of use
• Cite resources in line with the citation examples provided below or with the examples provided by Oxford University Press

Note that citation styles vary by article; editors can use the style most appropriate to the articles they are working with so long as the citations are complete.

Example

{{cite ODNB|last1=Raychaudhuri|first1=Tapan|authorlink1=Tapan Raychaudhuri|title=Gopal, Sarvepalli (1923–2002)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/94961|accessdate=25 November 2015|date=Oct 2008}}

• Raychaudhuri, Tapan (Oct 2008). "Gopal, Sarvepalli (1923–2002)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 November 2015.  (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Other source-specific templates available are {{Cite ANB}}, {{GroveOnline}}.

Further participation

You can help The Wikipedia Library share this partnership:

• Add {{Wikipedia:OUP/Userbox}} to your user boxes. This helps us share our project with other experienced users.

OUP This user has access to Oxford University Press through The Wikipedia Library.

Apply

• 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. See also Not Approved

1. Hmlarson (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Will use primarily for finding older resources for wiki articles about women. Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 17:58, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

   @Hmlarson: Which of the three available streams are you requesting? Nikkimaria (talk) 00:37, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

   @Hmlarson: Are you still interested in getting access to OUP? --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 09:11, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

   @Cameron11598:Yes, interested in Scholarship and Journals. If only 1 is permitted, Journals please. Hmlarson (talk) 00:53, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

   @Hmlarson: Approved Expect an e-mail with in the next few days. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 02:10, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

2. Banjo (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Interested in the scholarship and journals streams. 59k+ edits and Sysop at gl.wikipedia. Other than admin dutires, I focus my work both in translations/adaptations and improvement of GA/FA to galician wiki and improving already created content and article referencing in galician wiki. Lately focused on history related articles, but I usually work on a vast array of topics. Access to these resources would be really helpful in these tasks and in improving the general referencing of gl.wiki articles. Banjo (talk) 09:41, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

   @Banjo: Approved expect a wikipedia e-mail shortly! --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:41, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

3. Kpalion (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Active since 2004, contributing mostly in the area of Polish history and culture. Requesting access to Scholarship, as Oxford dictionaries would certainly be useful, especially as I'm not a native English speaker. The Oxford Companion series is also a great source that can be cited in culture-related articles. — Kpalion^(talk) 15:55, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Kpalion: Approved expect an e-mail shortly --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:33, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

4. Haploidavey (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Editing since 2009, focused for the most part on social and religious history in ancient Rome and Greece, with around 30,000 edits. I concentrate on the endless task of improving existing articles, and am committed to replacement of out-of-date content, interpretation and scholarship throughout the subject area. To this end, I'm looking for access to 1) Scholarship and 2) Journals - having both would be very useful indeed. Though I'm in the UK, my library access is extremely limited. Haploidavey (talk) 09:58, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Haploidavey: Approved --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:31, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

5. Apwoolrich (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email)I research and write articles on mostly British industrial history and biography. My UK local library has just dropped access to the online Grove. I would like access to 1) Scholarship and 2) Journals, please. Apwoolrich (talk) 19:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Apwoolrich: I'm hesitant to grant you access, You haven't been very active in the last year. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:27, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

   Really?? I have researched and written from scratch 2 new articles in 2015, and 4 in 2016, and there is another about to go in my sand-box. These are all academic in nature and require a great deal of research. Please think again. Apwoolrich (talk) 09:16, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Apwoolrich: Approved Expect a wikipedia e-mail shortly. Sorry using X-Tools to look at your contributions didn't account for the work in your user space (your sandbox and such). I saw what looked like a relatively low edit count in article space that made me hesitant. After doing some digging another way I'll approve your account for Scholarships & Journals. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 02:55, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

6. TeleD (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would ask you to extend access to the ODNB. Regards, TeleD (talk) 21:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

   @TeleD: Which streams do you want access to? --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:27, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

   For Oxford Scholarship. TeleD (talk) 15:10, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

   @TeleD: Approved expect a wikipedia e-mail shortly--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 02:55, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

7. InformationvsInjustice (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been contributing more recently as part of a decision to increase my contributions to improve content in the areas in which I have something to offer. I am involved in the Ancient Rome and Greece project. Inadequate sourcing is endemic in many of the pages of interest to the project. Right now, I'm working on an overhaul of the Romulus and Remus article. I am a practicing attorney. I have high research and citing skills. I get frustrated often when I cannot access specific resources that I have located on line while editing. I'm also a very good proofreader and writer. My preferences are 1st: Journal, 2nd: Scholarship, 3rd: Law. Thanks for contributing! InformationvsInjustice (talk) 06:38, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

   Reviewing request --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:27, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

   @InformationvsInjustice: Do you need access to all three? Or Just one? or Both? Just to clarify you want access to all the streams? --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 05:21, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Cameron11598: I could make use of all three, yes.

   @InformationvsInjustice: Would you mind providing some information on what you will use the law stream for? Its a very limited resource. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 14:23, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Cameron11598: Sure. For example, right now I am trying to re-work the Romulus and Remus article as part of my involvement with the Classical Greece and Rome project. This article is in desperate need of adequate sourcing. I have (through access to the Loeb Classical Library) sufficient primary sources to do the job. What I need is reliable, peer-reviewed scholarship on the myth and it's evolution and role in Roman life. That is where I could really use access to the OUP Journals. Among the articles of interest to the CGR project (and me), a significant number of them are in desperate need of contemporary scholarly sources. OUP Scholarship similarly would be useful. It has content on many of the project's topics of interest. I do have a J.D. and would be able to make use of OUP Law as well, although I am not currently undertaking any projects that would utilize it.Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 00:21, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

   @InformationvsInjustice: Approved for Scholarships and Journal Streams, Not approved for Law stream. Feel free to reapply for law when you begin to under take some projects in the subject area. I'll approve you then without issue. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 19:47, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

8. Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am a sysop on en.wikipedia, and have worked here for more than three years now. My content work focuses on recent political history, evolutionary biology, and science-fiction literature. I would find the "journals" stream helpful, particularly with respect to the first of those areas. Regards, Vanamonde (talk) 11:31, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

   @Vanamonde93: Approved expect a wikipedia e-mail shortly --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:15, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

9. Zigzig20s (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have one of the most active Wikipedians and I have been editing Wikipedia for a decade, creating many referenced articles, often using JSTOR, Newspapers.com, etc... This resource would be extremely useful to cite more books via Oxford Handbooks Online, especially this one, which is reference only in my local library. Also, Oxford Bibliographies and the journals would be useful to add more in-line citations. Thanks.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Zigzig20s: Approved expect a Wikipedia e-mail shortly --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 05:19, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

10. Rodomonte (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email). I would like to reapply for my now expired subscription. I'm active in the German Wikipedia since 2006, > 13000 edits. I’m writing and editing articles on classical music with a focus on opera. Access to Grove Music Online (stream Scholarship) is extremely useful for background research. Please renew Scholarship and add Journals if possible. --Rodomonte (talk) 22:13, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
11. FordPrefect42 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) reapplying for OUP Scholarship (especially Grove Music online access as working primarily on (classical) music subjects). 54K contributions on de: wikipedia and 6.1K on en:. My previous account, which was of great use, has expired. --FordPrefect42 (talk) 19:40, 30 November 2016 (UTC)