Subject Bibliographies
Oxford Bibliographies Online
OBOs combine the best features of the annotated bibliography with an authoritative subject encyclopedia. They aim to help you identify some of the most important and influential scholarship on a broad social, political, cultural or interdisciplinary disciplinary topic. They're regularly updated to remain current.
Often the issue in information-seeking isn't scarcity of material but overabundance. OBO entries can help you solve the problem of knowing what or who to read or which voices in the conversation you should give some fuller attention to.
PRO TIPS
- Ignore the sign-in prompt to the left of the screen (unless you want to set up a personal account with OBO to store entries you find there). Even without signing in, your Harvard key "unlocks" full access to contents of this database.
- Titles of the books, articles, journals and other materials referenced in an OBO entry should be entered into HOLLIS to determine their availability at Harvard.
