Price of OED online (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Alabama has this service as well (Alabama Virtual Library), and
apparently so do:

Alaska  http://www.library.state.ak.us/index/index.html
Connecticut  http://www.cslib.org/eresourceshome.htm
Illinois
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/what_we_have/gatew
ay/alphabetical.html

State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/research-tools/access-eresources-home


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> Another middle ground: Get online access from a public library that
has a
> subscription. Once I discovered that the Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan
> Library had access to the OED, and all I needed to search it was my
library
> card number, I've been using it all the time. If your public library
doesn't
> already have access, suggest it!
>
> I'm voting for the library's tax levy tomorrow, in large part because
of all
> the online resources I'm learning they have. Maybe they'll subscribe
to some
> historical newspaper databases soon.
>
> Neal
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> > Paul is right, of course, about the XXL price of the OED's online
> > subscription. It's just too much for an independent scholar or a
language
> > professional who doesn't have the sponsorship of a university. There
> > should
> > be a special price for unaffiliated suscriptions.
> >
> > But, luckily, there's a middle ground, which I heartily recommend,
and
> > it's
> > the CD-ROM version. The latest version is called "Oxford English
> > Dictionary=
> > ,
> > 2nd Edition, Version 4.0," and it's available in Amazon for $214.57
> > (discounted from $295.00). That's the one I use, and it works
peachily. It
> > won't include the meganewest entries drafted last month, but its
search
> > tools will help you find those words that are burrowed in other
entries.
> >
> > F.
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