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October 2006 Update
The latest update to Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection includes new and exclusive content and exciting new developments in cross linking. New to the Premium Collection is the scholarly and fascinating Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, plus new content in the Oxford Companion to the Garden which is exclusive to Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection — a new entry on Czech Gardens plus over 50 new photographs included throughout the Companion.
Eight new editions of titles ranging from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary to the Dictionary of Law are included for both Core and Premium Collections.
This update also sees the first release of interlinked content. The most searched for people throughout the various titles in the Premium Collection are now interlinked, and where possible linked to articles in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, American National Biography, Grove Art Online, and Grove Music Online*, making the Premium Collection's biographical content much richer and more easy to explore. Linked biographies include:
In addition, related country-based content in the following titles has been carefully linked, enabling users to more easily browse between the geographical, political, and historical content in the Premium Collection:
*Available where the Oxford Reference Online subscription holder subscribes to these external sites.
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NEW TITLES
The Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations Edited by W.F. Bynum and Roy Porter
The original words announcing great scientific discoveries, from the first ‘Eureka!’ to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, can all be found in this dictionary. Put together over 15 years with the assistance of a distinguished team of specialist advisers, it includes full author descriptions and exact sources. Scholarly but accessible, it presents the human face of science, as scientists reflect on achievements and failures in their own lives and those of others. Darwin describes natural selection and assesses the pros and cons of marriage; James Clerk Maxwell constructs an electric but poetic Valentine as well as his ‘demon’. In this book you can find out who believed that ‘Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separate’, and who liked to ask what he would do if he were ‘a carbon atom or a sodium atom’.
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NEW CONTENT
The Oxford Companion to the Garden Edited by Patrick Taylor
New, online only content has now been added to this wonderful Companion, allowing Premium users access to content unavailable anywhere else, either in print or online. A new entry detailing Czech Gardens has been written, and over 50 new photographs have been added throughout the Companion — two of them in the new entry.
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NEW EDITIONS
The Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences Edited by Michael Allaby
This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of botany available. Drawing on the information contained in the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of Natural History, the text has been fully revised to give wide coverage on topics including biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, bio-geography, earth history, and the earth sciences. There is worldwide coverage of taxonomic groups: one-third of the entries are devoted to taxa, from bacteria and fungi to the main groups of flowering and non-flowering plants.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Edited by E. A. Livingstone
Based on the highly acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, this is an indispensable guide to every aspect of the Christian religion and life, including theology, patristic scholarship, churches and denominations, the church calendar and organization, and the Bible. There are also many entries on theologians, philosophers, painters, musicians, and writers of religious works. The revised second edition has been fully updated to reflect recent changes in the church. It includes increased coverage of the church in Latin America, Eastern Churches, issues on moral theology, and developments stemming from the Second Vatican Council, Black Churches, Christian attitudes to Jews, Feminist Theology, Holiness Movement, Liberation Theology, and ordination of women.
The Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management Edited by Jonathan Law
This dictionary is a wide-ranging and informative guide to all areas of business, covering business strategy, marketing, taxation, accounting, operations management, investment, banking and international finance. The new, fourth edition has been updated to include terms relating to human resources and management. New entries include management concepts (e.g. competence, knowledge management), named theories (Tannenbaum and Schmidt, Blake and Mouton), and new terms from current affairs (Private finance initiative, private-public partnership) and Internet business (bricks-and-clicks, viral marketing). In addition, coverage of social psychology has been expanded (incorporating, for example, group task theory and role theory).
The Oxford Dictionary of Law Edited by Elizabeth A. Martin and Jonathan Law
Written in clear, jargon-free language, this dictionary is ideal for anyone without a legal qualification who comes into contact with the law. It is a useful reference book for lawyers, students, and secretaries in the UK or any Commonwealth country where the legal system is founded on English law.
Entries define and explain the major terms, concepts, processes, and organization of the law. Coverage includes European law, the Internet, world trade, divorce law, local government, property law, consumer and data protection, and criminal law. The sixth edition has an expanded coverage of European and International law, as well as jurisprudence terms.
The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary Edited by Pat Bulhosen, Francesca Logi, and Loredana Riu
With examples carefully selected by a large team of native speakers of English and Italian, The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary clearly illustrates the full range of meanings and typical contexts of both languages. Offering wide-ranging coverage, this dictionary offers guidance on key constructions, complementation, and difficult points of grammar. Including complete coverage of contemporary idiomatic Italian and English, both written and spoken, The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary covers the vocabulary that all learners need.
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Based on the authority of the Oxford English Corpus and the ongoing research of Oxford Dictionaries, the eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary. This revised edition includes hundreds of new and up-to-date words, such as sudoku, agroterrorism, and bird flu, with a special focus on words and phrases used in business English (e.g. helicopter view, knowledge economy, and vulture fund). There are notes on grammar, punctuation, and usage.
The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus Edited by Maurice Waite
This thesaurus covers nearly one-third of a million alternative and opposite words. The most useful alternative word is given first, with words closest in meaning to the entry word given in capitals. Opposites and related terms are clearly marked, and the third edition includes even more real examples of usage to help users identify the right sense. There is clear labelling of informal, dialect, literary, and technical words.
The Oxford Dictionary of First Names Edited by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges
We all have a first name, but how many of us really know its origin and history? This dictionary covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the traditional and the very newest. It tells you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers of the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation.
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