Each of the several hundred Cambridge Companions is a collection of introductory essays on aspects of a writer, artist, philosopher, religious thinker, cultural topic or period.
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Access to archive-2020 and 2021. Cambridge Histories is an essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas.
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Oxford Handbooks Online brings together leading scholars to discuss research and the latest thinking on a range of major topics. Each Handbook offers thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship in a particular field of study, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. The articles review the key issues and major debates, and provide an original argument for how those debates might evolve. UVa has access to all subjects.
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A large collection of basic information on many subjects drawn from reference books published by Oxford University Press.
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Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects — from Public Health to Buddhist Ethics, Soft Matter to Classics, and Art History to Globalization. Each volume provides an authoritative and engaging assessment of a concept, field, or body of work, drawing out the central ideas, themes, and approaches.
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We own many reference titles in print and electronically. Print titles located in our Reference collection must be used in the library. Other reference works located in the regular stacks may be able to be borrowed. Example print and ebook reference titles (in addition to those listed under the Home tab) include: