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Offering a thorough introduction to topics across the academic spectrum, Credo provides full-text online versions of published reference works, including general and subject dictionaries and encyclopedias. Search Keywords, Subject Categories and Topic Pages.
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Considered the authority on the English language, the OED provides dictionary definitions; subject, usage, region and origin categories; timelines; and a highly sophisticated thesaurus.
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