New Database: Oxford Historical Treaties

After a brief but successful trial period, the University Library has purchased access to the database Oxford Historical Treaties (OHT). This is the premier resource for historical treaty research and home to the full text of the Consolidated Treaty Series, the only comprehensive collection of treaties of all nations concluded from 1648 through 1919. Available via the Oxford Public International Law platform, OHT is cross-searchable with Oxford’s leading public international law resources and benefits from a modern, intuitive interface and sophisticated functionality.

Site features include:

• Access, for the first time, the complete The Consolidated Treaty Series, in an accessible, intuitive format.
• Available via the Oxford Public International Law platform, allowing users to cross-search all of Oxford’s public international law resources.
• General editor Randall Lesaffer – Professor of Legal History at Tilburg Law School – ensures accuracy and authority while overseeing the expansion of the site to include additional commentary and contextual information.
• Extend research capabilities using the Oxford Law Citator, a ground-breaking research navigation tool providing direct links between Oxford content and carefully selected third party websites.

The database can be found here and can be accessed via the Library Catalogue under ‘EJournals and Databases’.