The AAR Library’s subscription to the Oxford Reference Works covers various disciplines: The Oxford Companion to Archaeology and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology cover archaeology, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization and to Classical Literature, the Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, and Who’s Who in the Classical World cover classics.
For postclassical art and architecture, there are the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, of Modern Design, and& of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists, of Architecture, of Art, and of Art and Artists; further The Oxford Companion to the Garden, to the Photograph, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and else.
For literature (including theater performance), there are, among others, reference works on world literature in general, on English-language literature in particular: The Oxford Companion to American Literature, to the American Theatre, to Theatre and Performance, to Shakespeare, to English Literature, to Modern Poetry, and to Classical Literature, The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, to American Literature, to English Literature, and to the Theatre; A Dictionary on Critical Theory, on Writers and their Works, of Literary Terms, of Plays, and of Science Fiction, and else.
History is covered by a wide range of topics, epochs, and geographic areas: The Oxford Companion to the United States History, to World War II, to Military History and to American Military History; An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age; The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium and of the Renaissance; A Dictionary of World History, of Contemporary World History, and of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000; Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment and of the Middle Ages, Who’s Who in the Twentieth Century, and else.
Religion and the history of religions are covered by The Oxford Companion to the Bible, to World Mythology; A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion; The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, of Saints; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, of World Religions; A Dictionary of Buddhism, of Hinduism, of Popes, of the Bible, of African Mythology, of Asian Mythology, of Celtic Mythology, of Creation Myths, of World Mythology, and of Superstitions; The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible and The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation.
Philosophy is covered by The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, to the Mind, and to Consciousness, and The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Furthermore, there are some reference works on social sciences and political sciences, also in a broader sense: The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, and of World Place-Names; The Oxford Guide to the United States Government; A Dictionary of Critical Theory, of Ecology, of Economy, of Education, of Geography, and of Human Geography, of Sociology, and of the Social Sciences.
Music (including opera, musicals, and dance) is covered by The Oxford Companion to Music, to the American Musical; The Oxford Dictionary of Music and of Dance, A Dictionary of Opera Characters, The Grove Book of Opera Singers and of Operas,
Dictionaries and language reference: The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin and Latin-English), The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary (English-Italian and Italian-English) and also other languages. Furthermore, there are many reference works covering the English language (etymology, abbreviations, grammar, eponyms, rhyming, idioms, proverbs, phrase and fable, reference and allusion, word origins, foreign terms, slang, American usage and style, modern English usage, and scientific writing).