We have a 30 day trial to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online which offers high-quality language reference content in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Chinese.
Access from off campus is available using the VPN and you can take a tour of the product to help get you started using the service.
What can you do with Oxford Language Dictionaries Online?
- Search Oxford’s authoritative bilingual dictionaries to get accurate, up-to-date translations
- Choose the right word or phrase using contextual clues and examples
- Audio pronounciation of terms
- Use quick search box on every page to find translations fast
- Use advanced search options to search the full text of the dictionary, or restrict a search to specific parts of speech, subject area, or language register, and perform Boolean searches
- Browse the dictionary using alphabetical entry lists
- Find a list of other entries that have your search term somewhere in them
- Click from any word in an entry to look up that word in the dictionary
- Get click-through explanations of phonetic symbols and mouse-over explanations of parts of speech
- Insert accented characters (or letters from a different alphabet) using a handy virtual keyboard
- Insert Chinese characters using a helpful pop-up Radical and Character Index
- If you can’t find an exact match, the “Did you mean” feature can help you find the entry you’re looking for
- Print, email, cite, or link all entries
PLUS
- Language learning and usage tools and resources
- Access to hundreds of correspondence templates including sample letters, emails, and CVs and résumés to provide practical help with writing
- And much more
Please let me know what what you think of the service, you can leave a comment on this post or email c.m.ure@hw.ac.uk
Catherine Ure
Subject Librarian
Posted by Catherine Ure 
