The Pepperdine University Libraries have purchased the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online. This is a great resource if you are looking for authoritative, in-depth definitions for concepts such as “sovereign debt” or “arbitrage pricing theory.” The entries are detailed and written by experts in the field of economics. For example, the entry on “principal [...]
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Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary (AIAD) -new 45th edition available in Gale Virtual Reference Library
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
The forty-fifth edition of Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary (AIAD) offers increased coverage in all fields of human endeavor. Many of the new terms are from the subject areas of Arts and Entertainment Botony Business Computers Government Languages Military Natural Resources Publishing Science Of major value to researchers is the inclusion of: International Associations National [...]
Three additional titles join Project Muse
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
The following journals, previously announced as joining Project MUSE, are now online: ** From the Dictionary Society of North America: Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America Dictionaries: The Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on all aspects of lexicography, as well as from [...]
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) relaunches: same content, new look!
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
If you logged onto the OED web site on November 30, you were in for a surprise: a brand new look to a favorite resource! According to the Editor, John Simpson: “We’ve tried to tilt the site more towards the English language than towards the dictionary as an end in itself. Search results move from [...]
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