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Peer reviewedBerg, Donna Lee – Library Hi Tech, 1991
Discusses the history and structure of the online database of the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and the software tools developed at the University of Waterloo to manipulate the unusually complex database. Four sample searches that indicate some types of problems that might be encountered are appended. (DB)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Dictionaries
