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Online Resources

Online Resources. From Oxford University Press. This presentation gives a brief description of the Oxford English Dictionary Online It tells you what the Oxford English Dictionary is how it can help you how to look for information in it The presentation will take about 4 minutes.

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Online Resources

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  1. Online Resources From Oxford University Press

  2. This presentation gives a brief description of the Oxford English Dictionary Online • It tells you • what the Oxford English Dictionary is • how it can help you • how to look for information in it • The presentation will take about 4 minutes

  3. The dictionary consists of 20 volumes in print. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world. You can access the full content of the 20 volumes online! It traces the history of individual words, and of the language through more than 3 million quotations from more than 1000 years of English.

  4. The new Oxford English Dictionary site, launched in December 2010, contains a lot of new content and functionality, including: …the Historical Thesaurus of the OED, first published in 2009 after a 25-year project by the English Language Department of the University of Glasgow,… …a table showing the most popular sources of quotations,… …and lots of hyperlinks to other resources to aid research. …timelines showing the development of the language in a particular field,… …the My OED area where individuals can save words & searches and set site preferences,…

  5. The basic functionality of the site – looking up a word – is still perfectly straightforward… …type the word into the Quick search box and click on GO. whitesmith

  6. You can find information and links relating to the works featured in the quotations, and their authors. You can also follow a link to Oxford Dictionaries Online to find out about the current usage of the word.

  7. You can generate a timeline showing, for example, when words in a particular subject field entered the language.

  8. More than 30,000 words related to medicine, ranging from these which entered the language before 1049… ..to these which came in over the last half century.

  9. This presentation shows only a small part of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary online. If you want to find out more you can: • click here for the full product tour • read the FAQs • look for a live online demo • email us at onlinemarketing@oup.com

  10. You can see similar presentations on: • the Oxford English Dictionary • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography • Oxford Islamic Studies Online • Oxford Law Resources • Oxford Music Online • Oxford Art Online • Oxford Reference Online • Who’s Who • Oxford Language Dictionaries Online • African American Studies Center • American National Biography • Electronic Enlightenment • Oxford Scholarship Online • Click here to open these presentations

  11. For further information about all online resources from Oxford, and to request institutional free trials and price quotations please contact your library supplier or Oxford University Press: Online Products, Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP onlineproducts@oup.com +44 (0) 1865 353705 +44 (0) 1865 353308

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