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Showing posts with label SOMLAL. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Tips for using Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

A few people from School of Languages and Cultures have said they are not finding Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (OLDO) very user-friendly. Here are some top tips from your friendly librarian:

Choose which language you want to search for - you can use the arrows to switch between languages for translations e.g. French to English or vice versa. Use 'Search' tab to do a quick search - click on the dropdown keyboard to put in accents or different alphabets/characters. Choose 'Browse' tab to access alphabetical entry lists.

  • Used advanced search to search the full text of the dictionary.
  • Restrict search to specific parts of speech, subject area or language register
  • Perform Boolean searches
  • Get click-through explanations of phonetic symbols
  • Insert accented characters (letters from a different alphabet) using a handy virtual keyboard
  • Print, email, cite or link
  • Find language learning and usage tools and resources
    • Grammar notes
    • Verb tables
    • Cultural information
    • Advice on applying for jobs
    • Sample letters, emails and CVs
    • Downloadable kits to help teach and learn essential dictionary skills
  • Oxford Language Web gives you a translation of a word into 13 languages
Please do try it out and give me feedback. Thanks, Clare

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online is HERE!!

Hello Everyone,

Great News! I have managed to obtain Oxford Language Dictionaries Online for you all. The modules we have cover French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Chinese, so this should prove invaluable to everyone in SOMLAL & MLTC. The dictionaries are updated twice a year to ensure the latest words and meanings are there. A great help for translation and language learning.

Other features include:

  • Contextualized language reference help - including notes on culture and guidance on grammar, vocabulary and idiomatic usage

  • Pronunciation software and audio recordings


For a guided tour go to www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/tour

See you soon, Clare

Monday, 1 November 2010

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Trial until 30 November!

Hello,

All those of you who regularly use foreign language dictionaries - in School of Modern Language and Linguistics - in particular we now have access to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Please do make use of it and fill out the feedback form.

This is the page that links to the Trial:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/trialoxfldo.html

Here is the feedback form:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/trialfeedback.html

Do let us know what you think. Many thanks, Clare