| Title: | Oxford English Dictionary |
| Access: | This database is available to authorized Southeastern users (on- or off-campus). Login help |
| Producer: | Oxford University Press |
| Category: | English; Miscellaneous Reference Sources; Multidisciplinary |
| Coverage: | 2nd Edition, 1989 (20 volume) and three-volume Additions Series and draft material representing additions for the unpublished Third Edition. |
| Update: | Continuous |
| Content: | The Oxford English Dictionary is the largest dictionary of English available. It contains 290,500 entries and about two and a half million quotations, arranged chronologically. The OED includes words in current usage as well as old words. In addition to comprehensive definitions, the OED describes the history of each word in detail. |
| Notes: | Sims Memorial Library also owns the following corresponding print editions: TITLE: The Oxford English Dictionary TITLE: The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition) |
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