OAIster describes itself as "a union catalog of millions of records representing open access resources that was built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)". It is effectively a meta-search service for ePrint or institutional archives, which "harvests" descriptive metadata (records) from a number of archives and includes links to the archived documents.

Since 2009, OAIster has been managed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center – a non-profit computer library service and research organization), and now includes more than 25 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,100 contributors.

Most of the records from OAIster lead to online materials. Many of these cannot be found through Google as they are part of the "Deep Web".

The range of open access digital materials that are available via OAIster includes:

• Digitized (scanned) books, journal articles, newspapers, and manuscripts
• Digital text
• Theses and research papers
• Audio files (wav, mp3)
• Video files (mp4, QuickTime)
• Photographic images (jpeg, tiff, gif)
• Data sets (downloadable statistical information)

Please note that some of the archives that OAIster searches are discipline-based and some are institution-based. One significant discipline-based archive that is available in OAIster is arXiv, an open access archive of electronic preprints of scientific papers in the subject fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear sciences, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics. ArXiv is owned and operated by Cornell University and can be accessed and searched as a resource in its own right.

Meanwhile, OAIster is also available within WorldCat, OCLC’s free network of library content and services, where search results will include OAIster records along with records from thousands of libraries worldwide.

OMN Training Resources Database (OMN), produced by OMN Productions, lists training resources available in Australia from commercial distributors, educational institutions and government departments, on management (human resources, production, financial), industrial relations, occupational health and safety (OH&S), trade, technology and technological change, and technical skills including computer operation techniques.

Resources listed include films, videos, audio cassettes, computer based training, CD-ROM, CDI (computer disk), games, books, manuals, databases and test instruments. Resource listings include full production details, format, long descriptions, price and supplier. Distributor listings include contact details and a profile. Resources and distributors are listed in two separate files:

1. OMN Training Resources Database, Resources (OMNRES)
2. OMN Training Resources Database, Distributors (OMNDIST)

Subject coverage includes training, human resource management (behaviour management, communication skills, personal development), production management (production process to marketing and sales), industrial relations, occupational health and safety (OH&S), trade, technology and technological change, and technical skills (both trade skills and computer operation techniques). Coverage 1966-January 2000.

OMN Training Resources Database (OMN), produced by OMN Productions, lists training resources available in Australia from commercial distributors, educational institutions and government departments, on management (human resources, production, financial), industrial relations, occupational health and safety (OH&S), trade, technology and technological change, and technical skills including computer operation techniques.

Resources listed include films, videos, audio cassettes, computer based training, CD-ROM, CDI (computer disk), games, books, manuals, databases and test instruments. Resource listings include full production details, format, long descriptions, price and supplier. Distributor listings include contact details and a profile. Resources and distributors are listed in two separate files:

1. OMN Training Resources Database, Resources (OMNRES)
2. OMN Training Resources Database, Distributors (OMNDIST)

Subject coverage includes training, human resource management (behaviour management, communication skills, personal development), production management (production process to marketing and sales), industrial relations, occupational health and safety (OH&S), trade, technology and technological change, and technical skills (both trade skills and computer operation techniques). Coverage 1966-January 2000.

OTseeker is a free, Australian web-based database that contains citations and abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, and other resources relevant to Occupational Therapy. Most of the trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist in the evaluation of their validity and interpretability.

The trials in OTSeeker have been sourced by:

• systematic searches of MEDLINE, CINAHL, ERIC, EMBASE Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, AMED, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, CancerLit, and Ageline.
• auto-alert strategies in MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, AMED and PsycINFO
• hand-searching of selected journals.

Some of the records have links to the full-text of the item. If there is no link to the full-text, you can search for it using the Library's main search tool, Primo Search.

OTSeeker is similar to three other databases, all developed in Australia: PEDro (covering physiotherapy), speechBITE (speech therapy) and psycBITE (acquired brain injury).

OVID provides access to a number of indexing databases and other resources, in a wide range of subjects, including Business, Science, Health, Social sciences, Computing, Education, Sport, and Psychology.

Most of these resources can be searched in combination, as well as individually.

Some of the resources include links to full text content via the Journals@Ovid collection.

There is also access here to a collection of journals which CSU subscribes to in full-text – CSU Full Text Journals@Ovid (this is a subset of the Journals@Ovid collection) – and to a collection of eBooks – Books@Ovid.

Oxford Art Online is the gateway to the content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference publications in one location. It includes full text access to:

• Grove Art Online
• The Oxford Companion to Western Art
• Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art.

Oxford Biblical Studies Online provides a comprehensive online resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history. It provides access to six Oxford editions of the Bible alongside commentary and annotations from study Bibles, and combines these with reference material and primary texts.

Content includes:

Bible texts and commentary:

• New Oxford Annotated Bible, Augmented Third Edition [NRSV]
• Oxford Study Bible [REB]
• Jewish Study Bible [TANAKH]
• Catholic Study Bible, Second Edition [NAB]
• Access Bible [NRSV]
• The Bible: Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha [KJV]
• Apocryphal Old Testament
• Apocryphal New Testament
• Oxford Bible Commentary
• Concise Concordance to New Revised Standard Version
• New American Bible Concise Concordance.

Reference content:

• How to Read the Bible
• The Oxford Companion to the Bible
• The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
• The Oxford History of the Biblical World
• The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
• Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition
• The Oxford Dictionary of the Bible
• [The Oxford] Encyclopedia of the Bible
• Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East.

Images and maps: over 1,000 searchable images and maps.

Timelines: 2 timelines - the Biblical World and Biblical Rulers.

Tools and resources: lesson plans; thematic guides to topics in biblical studies; informative tables; charts; links to Internet resources; quick references to weights and measures and calendars used in the biblical world; an online version of the lectionary from the Catholic Study Bible; and suggested reading lists for further research.

A Bible Verse Look-up feature, and sophisticated search and browse capabilities, allow for navigation through the site.

Oxford Biblical Studies Online is updated every 6 months.

This is the online version of the famous authoritative historical dictionary of the English language. The OED describes itself as “the definitive record of the English language”. It’s a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words – current and historical - from across the English-speaking world.

Dictionaries of current English focus on present-day meanings, but the OED, while still including current meanings, has the history of individual words and of the language, traced through millions of quotations.

This online version has a Quick Search and Advanced Search, or you can browse the whole dictionary, categories, timelines, sources, or a historical thesaurus.

Word entries have a wealth of information including: pronunciation; forms; frequency of use; etymology; historical meanings (with quotations); and thesaurus terms. Word meanings are ordered chronologically, starting with their first recorded use.

The OED is updated every three months but is also currently undergoing a major and comprehensive revision, the first since the original publication of the print version in 1928.

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford University. As such, it "prides itself on being both a part of and a partner in the academic community" and claims to publish "the highest quality journals". Two thirds of the journals published by Oxford University Press are published in partnership with learned and professional societies.

In Oxford Journals you can search using basic or advanced search, or browse the journals by title or by subject area. The subject areas are:

• Arts & Humanities
• Law
• Medicine & Health
• Science & Mathematics
• Social Sciences.

You should have access to all post-1996 material in full-text.

Oxford Music Online is a gateway to the content of Grove Music Online and Oxford music reference publications.

The two Oxford reference publications included in this resource are The Oxford Companion to Music (2002), which offers more than 8,000 articles on composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, forms and genres, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, Revised (2006).

Oxford Reference is an online collection of dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, companions, and encyclopaedias spanning 25 subject areas including history, law, literature, medicine and health, performing arts, science & technology, and social sciences. CSU's subscription includes hundreds of reference works.

It’s a great one-stop shop for all types of dictionary- and encyclopaedia-type information.

Material varies from short-entry general reference items to in-depth articles on specialised subjects.

You can browse and search for entries, or browse and search for books. You can choose to search within subject specialisations.

Your search results will default to those with full-text access. Results appear in a tabbed format with tabs for entries and for books.

New titles and editions are added regularly throughout the year.