Research Databases: O

  • OAIster

    This site allows users to directly search the collection of freely available academically-oriented digital resources.

  • Ocean Instruments

    WHOI database of scientific instruments: how they work, what they do, and why they do it.

  • Oceanic Abstracts

    1981+ Marine and brackish-water environments with emphasis on non-living resources.

  • Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

    The OED is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is a  guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.