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Encyclopedia Britannica (ebooks) Encyclopaedia Britannica offers more than 72,000 encyclopedia articles and also articles about current events from the Britannica Books of the Year. You can also search a dictionary with 73,000 words, look at geographical and biographical sections and special features on different themes.
Nationalencyklopedin - NE (ebooks) Ne.se is the web version of the Swedish National Encyclopaedia (NE). It contains the 20 volumes of the printed version, the 3 supplementary volumes (published in spring 2000) and a dictionary. NE is Swedens largest encyclopaedia with 180 000 main entries. The supplementary volumes contains 8 500 recently written articles and new facts for many of the original entries. The NE dictionary (NEO) describes and explains 70 000 Swedish words and expressions. The printed dictionary was published in 3 volumes in 1995-96 and was prepared by Språkdata, Department of Swedish, Göteborg University. At ne.se you will also find Ask an Expert, Crossword help, Films & Animations and much more.Please note: this database is only in Swedish.Please also note that access to the NE-app isn't included in the Lund University libraries license.Nationalencyklopedin (NE) är ett uppslagsverk på vetenskaplig grund utarbetat på initiativ av Sveriges riksdag och på uppdrag av Statens kulturråd. ne.se är i första hand en stor kunskapsdatabas som innehåller Nationalencyklopedins 20 band, de tre supplementbanden (utgivna våren 2000) och ordböckerna. Hela denna kunskapsmassa finns tillgänglig i en och samma sökning. Nationalencyklopedin är Sveriges största uppslagsverk med 180 000 uppslagsord i ett brett urval. I maj 2000 kompletterades de första 20 banden med tre supplementband. De innehåller 8 500 nyskrivna artiklar samt nya fakta till många av de ursprungliga uppslagsorden. Nationalencyklopedins ordbok (NEO) beskriver och förklarar 70 000 svenska ord och uttryck. Bokversionen utgavs i tre band 1995-96 och är utarbetad av Språkdata vid Göteborgs universitet. Vid uppslagsordet får du veta bl.a. vad ordet betyder, i vilket sammanhang det kan användas, hur det skall uttalas samt dess historia. På ne.se finns även aktuella notiser och reportage i skiftande ämnen. Här finns också Fråga experten, Korsordshjälp, Filmer & Animationer, Kunskapsjakten - ett spel som testar dina kunskaper på tid m.m.OBS! I NE-artiklarna förekommer specialtecken, exempelvis matematiska formler, som normalt inte kan återges på Internet. Genom att installera NE-fonten kan artiklarna återges korrekt.Vänligen notera att tillgång till NE:s app inte ingår i Lunds Universitets biblioteks licensavtal.
Oxford English Dictionary, OED (ebooks) The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.The OED Online offers access to the complete contents of the 20-volume Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and the 3-volume Additions Series (1993-97). It covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers the best in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Handbooks, encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe av Richard C. Frucht
ISBN: 9780203801093
The Handbook of Applied Linguistics av Alan Davies (Editor); Catherine Elder (Editor)
ISBN: 9781405138093
Publikationsdatum: 2006-01-09
The Handbook of Applied Linguistics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the field of Applied Linguistics. Provides a comprehensive and current picture of the field of Applied Linguistics. Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that examine both the applications of linguistics to language data and the use of real world language to ameliorate social problems. Valuable resource for students and researchers in applied linguistics, language teaching, and second language acquisition. Presents applied linguistics as an independent discipline that unifies practical experience and theoretical understanding of language development and language in use.

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