Tarver Library is pleased to announce the addition of Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online to our database listing. Access is available from our own database list and from GALILEO Scholar (on 10/6/09). The premier dictionary of our time, the OED:
- provides authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words
- traces the usage of words from their first recorded occurrence to the modern period through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international language sources
- offers the best in etymological analysis and detailed listings of variant spellings
- uses the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation
These features make OED Online the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work of its kind for any language.
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