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English Language and Literature: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & More
This is a selected guide to sources on English Language and Literature in the McFarlin Library Collection.
"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." -- Oxford University Press
"The content of the Dictionary is also being comprehensively revised. ... The remedial work of revising original 19th and early 20th century editorial material is expected to take until 2010. In the interim, results of the revision programme and additions of new words will be published online every three months." -- Oxford University Press
"The Oxford Reference Library is made up of over 180 more specialized works including award-winning Oxford Companions and multi-volume Oxford Encyclopedias. These titles are fully cross-searchable with those in the Oxford Quick Reference collection, and provide longer, in-depth, academic content as well as essays and specialist definitions. Oxford Reference Library also brings a selection of scholarly titles from other prestigious publishers, such as Brewers and Continuum. " -- Oxford University Press
