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Product Update for Oxford Reference
Online: The Core Collection
October 3, 2003INFOhio relays this message from Oxford University
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Dear Subscriber,
The Oxford Reference Online: Core Collection update program
continues to ensure that you are getting access to the most reliable ready-reference
resources available from OUP.
This latest update to The Core Collection includes:
THREE NEW TITLES
Dynasties of the World, by John E. Morby
From Horus Aha, first king of Egypt, to Abd Allah II, present king of Jordan, this book
charts five millenia of kings, queens, emperors, empresses, regencies, joint reigns,
abdications, depositions, interregna, foreign rule, mandates, protectorates, and dynastic
unions. This online edition includes over 50 previously unpublished tables. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t130
Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary, edited by James Morwood With
over 60,000 entries, this practical dictionary is designed specifically to meet the needs
of students in their first years of studying Latin, as well as those with an interest in
the Latin language or the classical world. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t131b
The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Quotations, edited by Elizabeth
Knowles
This new revised fourth edition replaces the previously available Oxford Essential
Quotations Dictionary and provides extensive coverage of literary and historical
quotations and new material on slogans, catchphrases, film lines, and popular
misquotations. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t91&subject=s21
THREE NEW EDITIONS
World Encyclopedia. Major annual update, revised to reflect
events and issues from the previous 12 months.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, by Iain Mclean and
Alistair Mcmillan
Brought up to date with new and revised entries on the people, places, and events that
have shaped the political world since publication of the first edition in 1996.
A Dictionary of Astronomy, by Ian Ridpath
This revised edition contains entries on current space exploration, astrophysics, and
cosmology.
ATTENTION LIBRARIANS!
MARC records are now available! We are pleased to now provide MARC records for the titles
available in The Core Collection. The list is available at http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/1col/Marc_records__marcrecords.html
AND COMING SOON - OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE: PREMIUM COLLECTION! For users looking for a
more extensive in-depth reference resource, Oxford Reference Online: Premium
Collection will be released at the end of November 2003. The Premium
Collection will enhance a subscription to Core with fully integrated cross-researchable
access to nearly 50,00 entries from the engaging and authoritative Oxford Companions and
an additional 20,000 entries from The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. And
exclusive to Premium subscribers, improved search functions for quick and easy retrieval
of short and long subject reference entries, bilingual dictionaries, English dictionaries,
and quotations & proverbs. For a complete title listing, go to http://www.oxfordreference.com/pub/1col/Premium_Collection__premium.html.
All subscribers will be contacted soon and offered a free trial to this new exciting
online product!
FOR MORE INFO
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