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Enter your library membership details: BUCKS followed by your Buckinghamshire library card number omitting any spaces and omitting a letter B if your card has one in front of the number. Make sure you use capital letters eg BUCKS91314151X.

Oxford English Dictionary

Available for use from home and at all library locations.

The Oxford English Dictionary is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world. It traces the evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1,500 years through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources – from classic literature and periodicals to film scripts and pop songs.

Access to the 20-volume Second Edition and 3 Additions series volumes.
Quarterly updates
Extensive search options
A crossword solvers’ dream! Search for words with wildcards (missing letters can be denoted with a ?) and search for words on the basis of their definitions

For more information call 0845 2303132 or email lib-ref@buckscc.gov.uk