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Title	Oxford English dictionary online [electronic resource].
Publication Info.	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Summary	This is the online edition of the 20-volume OED, widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language and an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words—past and present—from across the English-speaking world. Each word entry includes: etymology, definition, part of speech, date of origination, pronunciation, quotation, and cross-references.
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
	System requirements: Internet connectivity, WWW browser.
Note	Title from database search screen (viewed on Apr. 27, 2004).
	Updated quarterly.
Access	Remote access limited to New York Society Library members with a username and password.
Note	Electronic version of: Oxford English dictionary, 2nd ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Subject	English language -- Dictionaries -- Databases.
Added Author	Oxford University Press.
Note	Also known as: OED2
Added Title	OED Online
	Oxford English dictionary
	OED
Related To	Oxford English dictionary (OCoLC)17648714
	Oxford English dictionary on compact disc (OCoLC)30155210

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