| On-Campus Access: |
http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl |
Off-Campus Access: |
http://voyager.ship.edu/remote/validate.cgi?db=OED |
| Description: |
Regarded as the most authoritative & comprehensive English language dictionary in the world. Includes information on the English language, its history, & the social, cultural, and political influences that have shaped the language through the centuries. |
| Coverage |
| Dates Covered: |
1928-present |
| Types of Coverage: |
Full Text |
| Source List: |
Not Available |
| Frequency of Updates: |
Varies |
| Subjects Covered: |
All subjects, dictionaries, English, literature, general indexes (all subjects), languages, literature, multidisciplinary, databases (all subjects); renaissance studies |
| Types of Items: |
Definitions, word origins, and quotations showing their range of meanings from the time they entered the language to the present |
| Number of Items: |
As of 01/01/04: over half a million words, and over 2.5 million quotations |
| Source |
| Vendor: |
Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us/ |
| Publisher: |
Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us/ |
| Other Information |
| Related Resources: |
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| Additional Assistance/Help: |
Help button located in the bottom right of the interface screen. |
| Number of Users: |
1 |
| What's New: |
Provided to the right of the interface screen |
| Special Features: |
Advance Search link at the bottom of the interface screen, allows you to search for words in a specific section (quotation,subject, full text, etc) along with setting limitations such as: order of operations, part of speech, and case sensitve |
| Library Location: |
1st Floor: Reference
Call Number: PE1625 .O87 1989
Multiple Listings |
| Other: |
|
Print
Close