The Oxford English Dictionary on CD ROM, 2nd ed., version 3.0

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words and traces their usage through 2.5 million illustrative quotations from a wide range of literary and other sources.

It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language.

The new version of the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition) on CD-ROM thus offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material.

New features and benefits of the OED (Second Edition) on CD-ROM version 3.0
The powerful Advanced search makes it possible to exploit the potential of the OED to the full. Complex search expressions can be built through the use of Boolean operators, case-sensitive searching, exact character searching, restricting searches to previous search results, searching in pronunciations, and an extended range of wildcard options
A new installation option makes it possible to run the Dictionary from the hard disk
The automatic Look-up feature enables fast access to OED headwords from any Microsoft Office^® 97 or 2000 application. This feature can be used within the OED CD-ROM itself to look up words in the definition or quotation text