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American National Biography
American National Biography
contains biographies of more than 18,700 men and women from all eras and walks of
life who have influenced American history and culture. Users will find biographies
of well-known and obscure people as well as the famous and infamous.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography website provides access to
57,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary
For more than a century the Oxford English Dictionary
has been the undisputed last word on the history and development of the English language. But language is
constantly evolving, and there has been an explosion of new words, forms of usage
and meanings in English throughout the world since the original publication of the
OED in 1928.
- Searches all 20 volumes of the print edition plus the three-volume Additions Series.
- Find a term when you know the meaning but have forgotten the word.
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- Access to at least 1,000 new and revised words each quarter.
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Compare revised entries with entries from the Second Edition to see how language
has changed and how new scholarship has increased understanding of our linguistic
and cultural heritage.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
The innovative Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
site offers essential language resources
never before available online: fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries,
and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages.
Oxford Reference Online: The Premium Collection
The Premium Collection will enhance a subscription to Core with fully integrated
cross-researchable access to nearly 50,00 entries from the engaging and authoritative
Oxford Companions and an additional 20,000 entries from the Oxford Dictionary of
Quotations. And exclusive to Premium subscribers, improved search functions for quick
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Oxford Reference Online: The Premium Collection Western Civilization Subject Cluster
Enhance your collection of online history reference materials by adding the Western
Civilization Subject Cluster to your Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
subscription. Available by annual subscription only to Premium Collection customers, the
Western Civilization Subject Cluster includes these award-winning titles:
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
- Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
- The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
- The Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
- The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf
Strengthen your reference collection and reach out to patrons who rely on web-based
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Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Scholarship Online
consists of four modules covering the following disciplines:
Philosophy, Religion, Political Science and Economics & Finance. Each module
contains the full texts of approximately 250 carefully selected titles from the core
backlist in that discipline. The selected titles have been chosen, reviewed and
approved by scholars widely acknowledged as experts in the respective disciplines.
The Grove Dictionary of Art Online
The Grove Dictionary of Art Online provides web access to the entire text
of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with constant additions of new
material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated
search advantages possible with an online reference source.
The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Grove Music Online offers a dynamic research tool combining the full
text of the 29-volume print edition with the added benefit of sophisticated search
capabilities, one-click cross-referencing and an ever increasing network of web-links
to musical sites around the world.
Grovemusic.com now includes the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of
Opera, (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition (2002), as well as numerous subsequent updates and emendations.
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