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Oxford English Dictionary Information
| Database title: | Oxford English Dictionary |
| Database URL: | http://0-www.oed.com.lrc.cod.edu |
| Database description: | The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
OED ONLINE offers unprecedented access to the 20-volume Second Edition and the three Additions Series volumes, plus between one and two thousand new and revised entries every quarter |
| Coverage start year: | None specified |
| Fulltext: | Yes |
| Abstracts: | Yes |
| Citations: | Yes |
| Available off-campus: | Yes (with valid C.O.D. Library card) |
| Usage limit: | None |
| Vendor: | Oxford University Press |
