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Contains 58,000+ biographies (many illustrated) of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2006. Excludes living people.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press

Coverage 4th century BC - 2000 AD

Update Frquency Three times a year: January, May, and October

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Research Guides Biographical Information, British History, English Literature & Language, History, Reference Sources

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Collection of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. Includes Topic Overviews and access to the Information Plus reference series of statistics, government data, information on legislation and other data. Draws on the social issues series published by Greenhaven Press as well as core reference content from other Thomson Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources.

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Uses your UK (linkblue) email address to provide mobile access to Gale Cengage Learning resources to which UK subscribes. For Android and iPhone.

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Vendor Name Thomson Gale Cengage

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Research Guides Reference Sources,

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Collection of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. Includes Topic Overviews and access to the Information Plus reference series of statistics, government data, information on legislation and other data. Draws on the social issues series published by Greenhaven Press as well as core reference content from other Thomson Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources.

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Vendor Name Thomson Gale Cengage

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Research Guides Reference Sources,

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Over 6,200 entries covering the Classical Graeco-Roman world, including Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press (Oxford Reference Online)

Coverage 3rd edition revised, 2003, 2005

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Research Guides Classical Studies, Reference Sources,

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Contains 58,000+ biographies (many illustrated) of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2006. Excludes living people.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press

Coverage 4th century BC - 2000 AD

Update Frquency Three times a year: January, May, and October

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Research Guides Biographical Information, British History, English Literature & Language, History, Reference Sources,

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Explores the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. Provides the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past, and traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press

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For information on searching the OED, consult its Quick Reference Guide.

Research Guides English Literature & Language, History, Linguistics, Reference Sources,

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Quick-reference coverage of a broad range of subjects. Brings together language and subject reference works from Oxford University Press into a single cross-searchable resource. Includes over 130 subject dictionaries covering everything from art to accountancy, politics to physics, and computing to classics as well as English dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Quotations, 500+ full-color maps and flags, 12,000 images.

Oxford Reference Online is updated at least three times a year with new titles, new editions, and additional features.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press

Update Frquency at least three times annually

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Research Guides Guide to E-Books, Reference Sources,

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Ready-reference book collection. Search or browse the Philosophy subject. Search within a book or search the whole database of Oxford Reference.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press

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Research Guides Guide to E-Books, Philosophy & Religion,

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Ready-reference book collection. Search or browse the Religion subject section. Search within a book or search the whole database of Oxford Reference.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press

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Research Guides Guide to E-Books, Philosophy & Religion,

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