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Getting started with Oxford Reference (OED) Online |
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Advanced searching
This offers full text searching of the entire dictionary text with additional
options and greater flexibility. Click on Advanced
Search at the bottom-left of the screen. Choose from the tabs whether
you want to retrieve Entries or
Quotations. The currently selected
tab appears in red.
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Choosing Entries means
that the results will consist of entries containing the term(s). |
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Choosing Quotations means
that the results will consist of quotations containing the term(s).
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Advanced searching is best when you are trying to find very specific
information about a word, or when you want use the powerful and flexible
Advanced Search form to find
words from a particular set of search criteria.
For example, you may be interested to find out: "Which nouns,
derived from Hebrew, entered the English language between 1800 and 200,
and relate to food?" You could then set up the search form to
effectively ask this question (the word Kosher would appear in the results
list for such a search).
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