The OSW Online Library contains links to a variety of documents written, published or commissioned by OSW. All of the resources listed in the library are available to download online. In order to access some of these documents you will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. If you do not already have this installed you can download it free of charge from the Adobe website.

How to Search

You can search for items by using the following options:

1. Free text - Enter a word or phrase to match against either Title, Author or Publisher of the item (only one at a time).

2. Category - Select a category from the dropdown menu (only one at a time).

3. Geographical Coverage - Select a geographical area that the item you are looking for is most relevant to.

4. Include non-OSW documents - Include resources published/commissioned by organisations other than OSW.

You can search on any combination of Free text, Category and Geographical coverage, but bear in mind that the more selections you make for your search the less results you are likely to have returned. In general it is best to keep searches simple.

To clear your data, and start a new search, press the Reset button.

View the Results Page

When you conduct a search, you will be given a list of results that match your search criteria. For each item on the results page, you will see the:

Results are listed in blocks of 25 per page, so if your search returned more than 25 matches you will need to page through the list, using the links provided at the bottom of the page.

To view the full summary page for each individual item, click on the Title.

Summary Page

Once you have selected an item, you will see the summary page, which will include:

To view the item in full, click on the Access this resource link, which will open a new browser window containing the item you have selected.

Broken Links

If the item you have selected does not appear when you click on Access this resource, the link may be broken. To report a broken link, click on Report broken link underneath the document summary.