Monday 8 September 2008

Full Text Online Access to the Oxford Reference Collection

The Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection are available for online searching via the DIT library website at
http://0www.oxfordreference.com.ditlib.dit.ie/views/GLOBAL.html?authstatuscode=202

Contents Include:

Bilingual dictionaries: (French, Spanish, German, Irish, Welsh, Latin).
Dictionaries of quotations
Dictionaries of maps and illustrations
Timelines of notable events:
arranged by theme, country and time period.
Encyclopaedias: including the world encyclopaedia and a guide to countries of the world.
Subject Reference Dictionaries: This collection includes 186 Full Text Subject Reference Books covering 21 subject areas which include Art & Architecture, Economics & Business, Law, Politics and the Social Sciences.

If you’d like advice on searching these please contact the Library at 4023068 or ainfo.library@dit.ie and we would be happy to assist you.