Net news: Oxford University Press www.oxfordreference.com - book bytes - Brief Article

Tired of thumbing through your old dictionary to look up the spelling of a word? Need to research a topic in a hurry? Oxford University Press announces its new online installment, Oxford Reference Online: The Core Collection, which brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works--containing well over 60,000 pages--into a single comprehensive cross-searchable resource. According to the website, "For the first time you can access a comprehensive and growing collection of Oxford's acclaimed reference titles without leaving your desk."

But there's a catch: you'll have to pay. Annual subscription fees start at roughly $395 to just under $3,000 for multiple-user accounts such as libraries, and $250 a year for schools. Is it worth it? You can go to the website and take a trial run to see what the service has to offer.--SE

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