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The latest update to Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection includes a wealth of new and updated science-based content ranging from nursing to cosmology, plus a host of new and updated entries on literary terms.
The new, long-entry title is The Oxford Companion to Cosmology, by Andrew Liddle and Jon Loveday, a comprehensive but accessible overview of the structure of the universe, including detailed information on cold dark matter, galaxy clusters, the evolution of galaxies, alternative cosmologies, redshift surveys, and cosmic microwave background radiation.
Subscribers also benefit from the new and updated content in five new editions — A Dictionary of Nursing, A Dictionary of Earth Sciences, A Dictionary of Biology, A Dictionary of Chemistry, and The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. All these new editions have carefully selected entry-level web links to guide you to the best of the rest of the web.
In addition, there is a new Victorian Britain Timeline, a chronology of the 64 years of the rule of Queen Victoria, together with links to related entries in the Premium Collection.
The new, long-entry title is The Oxford Companion to Cosmology, by Andrew Liddle and Jon Loveday, a comprehensive but accessible overview of the structure of the universe, including detailed information on cold dark matter, galaxy clusters, the evolution of galaxies, alternative cosmologies, redshift surveys, and cosmic microwave background radiation.
Subscribers also benefit from the new and updated content in five new editions — A Dictionary of Nursing, A Dictionary of Earth Sciences, A Dictionary of Biology, A Dictionary of Chemistry, and The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. All these new editions have carefully selected entry-level web links to guide you to the best of the rest of the web.
In addition, there is a new Victorian Britain Timeline, a chronology of the 64 years of the rule of Queen Victoria, together with links to related entries in the Premium Collection.
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Also part of this update are over 50,000 links between biographical entries in the Premium Collection and to entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the American National Biography, Grove Music Online, and Grove Art Online* — that's virtually every linkable biographical entry. Browsing and exploring people included in the Premium Collection is now even easier and more satisfying — seen through all their different contexts, the wealth of biographical content on offer can now be truly appreciated.Look out for new, exciting linking enhancements coming soon!
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The Oxford Companion to CosmologyAndrew Liddle and Jon Loveday
Over 350 entries
The Oxford Companion to Cosmologyis a comprehensive, yet highly accessible, encyclopedic overview of this enduringly popular subject. Its 350+ in-depth entries — ranging from cosmic inflation and dark energy to Higgs boson and neutrinos — both illuminate the ideas behind the current understanding of the universe and outline the fundamental physics from which those ideas emerge. Subjects covered include the structure of the universe, the evolution of galaxies, galaxy clusters, and cold dark matter. It deals with both theoretical ideas, such as alternative cosmologies, as well as the various types of observational evidence, including redshift surveys and cosmic microwave background radiation. Appearing at a time when there is a growing consensus about the origins and development of the universe, centred on the hot Big Bang and the emerging Standard Cosmological Model, it offers an introductory overview of this fundamental issue that brings the reader up to date on current thinking.
Extensive cross-referencing and a glossary allow the reader to unravel the ideas behind the terminology, while selected illustrations bring the subject to life. Entry-level web links direct the reader to recommended online resources. Written by established experts in theoretical and observational cosmology, the Companion is an invaluable and authoritative reference resource for students, teachers, science writers, and anyone with a serious interest in cosmology.
Andrew Liddle is Professor Astrophysics at the University of Sussex
Jon Loveday is a Senior Lecturer in the Astronomy Centre within the Department of Physics at the University of Sussex
Print edition ISBN: 9780198608585
Publishing history: First published 2008
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 2008
NEW EDITIONS
A Dictionary of NursingEdited by Elizabeth Martin and Tanya McFerran
Over 10,000 entries
This latest edition of the best-selling, comprehensive and authoritative Dictionary of Nursing has been fully updated and revised to take account of recent developments in nursing practice and related fields. Coverage of advances in the field includes general nursing, statistics, common scales and indexes, religion and spirituality, and commonly used abbreviations. The Dictionary provides readers with a comprehensive treatment of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions. In addition to specific nursing terms, there are many entries in the fields of medicine, anatomy, physiology, psychiatry, nutrition, and pharmacology (including new drugs recently introduced into medical practice).
With over 10,000 clear and concise entries, written by medical and nursing specialists, this trusted dictionary covers the theory and practice of nursing, and even includes entry-level web links. The text is enhanced by 100 helpful illustrations and tables. This is an invaluable reference tool for all nursing students, recently qualified and practising nurses, and people training and working in related fields such as midwifery and health visiting.
Elizabeth Martin is Managing Editor for Market House Books Ltd.
Tanya McFerran is Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University
Print edition ISBN: 9780199211777
Publishing history: First edition 1990; second edition 1994; third edition 1998; fourth edition 2003; fifth edition 2008
Copyright: © Market House Books Ltd 1990, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2008
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Edited by Michael Allaby
Over 6250 entries
"I marvel at how the editors have compressed so much so clearly" — Nature
The third edition of this leading dictionary offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics, including geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatology, geochemistry, and petrology. The fully updated dictionary also provides additional coverage of process geomorphology and physical geography, as well as around 130 line drawings — of which more than 50 are new — to accompany descriptions of forms and processes. A new feature is the inclusion of entry-level web links.
Cross referencing of the 6,250+ clear and accessible entries has been checked and improved, making this comprehensive dictionary an easy-to-use and essential reference for students of geography, geology, and earth sciences and related disciplines.
Michael Allaby is a well-known writer on science and the environment. He is General Editor of the Oxford Dictionaries of Ecology, Zoology, and Plant Sciences.
Print edition ISBN: 9780199211944
Publishing history: First published 1990; second edition, 1999; reissued with new covers and corrections 2003; third edition 2008
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 1990, 1999, 2003, 2008
A Dictionary of Biology
Elizabeth Martin and Robert Hine
Over 5500 entries
Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition of this dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, as well as key terms from medicine and palaeontology. It includes biographies of key scientists, and feature articles on important topics, such as bioinformatics, genetically modified organisms, microarray technology, and RNA interference. The dictionary’s chronologies chart developments in major fields including cell biology, genetics, microscopy, and vitamins. A new feature is the inclusion of entry-level web links.
With over 5,500 clear and concise entries, over 400 of them new to this edition, this market-leading dictionary is the perfect guide for anyone studying biology, either at school or university.
Elizabeth Martin is Managing Editor of Market House Books Ltd.
Print edition ISBN: 9780199204625
Publishing history: First published 1985 as A Concise Dictionary of Biology; second edition 1990; third edition 1996; fourth edition 2000; fifth edition 2004; sixth edition 2008
Copyright: © Market House Books Ltd., 1985, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
A Dictionary of Chemistry
Sixth edition
Edited by John Daintith
Over 4700 entries
"a favourite. It should be in every classroom and library ... the reader is drawn inevitably from one entry to the next merely to satisfy curiosity" — School Science Review
The sixth edition of this popular dictionary covers all aspects of chemistry, from physical chemistry to biochemistry. Fully revised and updated, it boasts broader coverage in subject areas such as forensics, metallurgy, materials science, and geology, increasing the dictionary's appeal to students in these related fields. There are also biographical entries on key figures, highlighted entries on major topics such as polymers and crystal defects, and chronologies charting the main discoveries in atomic theory, biochemistry, explosives, and plastics. A new feature is the inclusion of entry-level web links.
With over 4,700 entries, including over 200 new terms for this edition, this is the ideal reference resource for students of chemistry at all levels, either at school or at university, undergraduate lecturers, and students and lecturers in related disciplines such as biology. Thanks to its greater breadth of content, this latest edition of the Dictionary of Chemistry also appeals to students in related disciplines such as medicine, forensics, and metallurgy.
John Daintith is an editor at Market House Books Ltd.
Print edition ISBN: 9780199204632
Publishing history: First published 1985 as A Concise Dictionary of Chemistry; second edition 1990; third edition 1996; fourth edition 2000; fifth edition 2004; sixth edition, 2008
Copyright: © Market House Books Ltd 1985, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Third edition
Chris Baldick
Over 1200 entries
"This dictionary's virtues and its plain-spokenness make it ... as apt to the bedside table as to the desk: Dr Baldick is a Brewer for specialized tastes" — Times Literary Supplement
The best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (formerly the Concise dictionary) provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. Now available in a new, fully updated and expanded edition, it offers readers increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, and schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction.
It includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. New to this fully revised edition are recommended entry-level web links. Boasting over 1,200 entries, it is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language.
Chris Baldickis Professor of English at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. He has written widely on nineteenth-century literature and is the editor of The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales.
Print edition ISBN: 9780199208272
Publishing history: First published 1990; second edition published 1996; third edition 2008
Copyright: © Chris Baldick 2001, 2004, 2008
