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Comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 2,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
Contains over 47,000 articles from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
An online service developed to provide national and regional news combining the most popular British newspaper titles in one database.
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past.
Provides unparalleled access to the wealth of material contained in the acclaimed 20-volume Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and the 3 volumes of Additions.
For HOME USE of Oxford English Dictionary please click here.
This Premium Collection enhances the 100+ books in the Core Collection with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This means an additional 140,000 entries, including 50,000 longer, in-depth, signed entries with bibliographies.
Freely available, the NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formerly PRODIGY) are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care.
CKS provides quick answers to real-life questions that arise in the consultation, linking to detailed answers that clearly outline the evidence on which they are based.
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