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Title: Oxford English Dictionary Online


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OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE ??????? OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS ???? A guided tour through the
resources of the worlds most respected
reference publisher
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The Core Collection (????)
  • Winner of Internet Magazines web site of the
    year award 2002 (2002????)
  • 100 titles (4 metres of shelf space????)
  • New and revised titles added each quarter
  • 20 broad subject areas (20??????)
  • 1.5 million individual entries (150????)
  • Over 3000 illustrations and diagrams in the text
    plus thousands more in the web links
  • At least 10 researched and monitored web links
    for every book for even more information

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The Oxford Reference Online welcome page(??)
internet
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The search results page (?????)
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Static URLs at subject and title level make it
possible to add links from library catalogues and
teaching materials(?????????????????????????,????
????????????)
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Book home page provides full bibliographical
information(????????????????????)
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Click on a result to move to the
entry?????????,???????????????????
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And thousands more illustrations and maps from
the selected web sites, using the Links button
for each book (?????????????????,?????????????????
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Affordable Excellence????????????
  • Low cost access to high quality and trusted
    reference resources (??????????????)
  • 100 titles published by the worlds most
    respected reference publisher (Booklist)
  • Making resources go further (?????????????)
  • no limit on the number of users that can use the
    service, or titles within it, simultaneously
  • remote access by library membership
    card(????????????????????)

www.oxfordreference.com
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Accessibility (???????? )
  • Something for everyone
  • comprehensive coverage of all subjects from
    astrology to zoology, food and fitness, business
    and computing, history, law, ecology...(??????????
    ,??????)
  • English and bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, and
    dictionaries of quotations (???????????)
  • Breaking down the barriers to knowledge
  • intuitive to use so minimal training required
  • search and browse options to suit all users
  • innovative cross-referencing options and web
    look-up facility (?????????????????)

www.oxfordreference.com
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Constantly Evolving (????,????)
  • Updated quarterly with new titles and new
    editions (??????????????????)
  • The World Encyclopaedia is just one of the new
    titles!
  • Carefully-researched web links for each title
  • Entries can be cut and pasted into other
    applications, printed off and emailed(???????????
    ??????????Email???)
  • Static URLs at subject and title level mean that
    you can link from your library catalogue with
    confidence(?????????????????????????,????????????
    ?????)

www.oxfordreference.com
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Oxford University Press
  • The worlds largest university press (??????????)
    - 3700 staff, 4500 new titles each year, 200
    journals
  • Long and distinguished publishing history
  • first book printed in 1478!
  • A department of the University of Oxford
  • No shareholders(?????,????????????)
  • profits go to the University and to support the
    revision of the Oxford English Dictionary and
    the Dictionary of National Biography
  • Rigorous quality control - all titles must be
    approved University-appointed panel of experts

www.oxfordreference.com
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