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Oceanic Abstracts  VCU Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
Coverage: (1981 - present)
Abstracts of information pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment.
Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists  VCU
Companion website to the print American Board of Medical Specialists Directory with more than 695,000 physician profiles.
OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) 
Database cataloging human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the Web by NCBI. The database contains textual information and references.
Oral History Online  VCU
Index to English language oral histories publicly available on the Web and/or held by repositories and archives around the world. Includes interview level records if possible, and links to multi-media if available.
OTSeeker 
Abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
Ovid Web Gateway Databases  VCU
Databases covering education, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Oxford Art Online  VCU
Integrated searchable access to Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and more.
Oxford English Dictionary  VCU Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
Searchable, browsable full-text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary. Use Find Word for definitions. Use Advanced Search for etymological searches.
Oxford Music Online  VCU
Integrated searchable access to The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and more.
Oxford Reference Online  VCU Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia (www.vivalib.org)
Provides access to more than 140 dictionaries and reference works published by Oxford University Press. The titles cover virtually all subjects in the humanities, social sciences, business, the sciences, language, and general reference.

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