The Pop Up Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Is As Impressive, Erudite, Enjoyable, and Educational A Tome As You Might Expect From Oxford!
It's the sort of undertaking the press does very well. The first such dictionary, as compiled by Oxford, was published in 1953, and it's been tweaking, modifying, and updating it ever since.
Instant lookup in pop-up window.
Ready whenever you need it.
This new edition, the fifth, offers well over 20,000 quotations from more than 3,000 authors. Responding to correspondence from their readers, Oxford has restored some material from past editions, such as the proverbs and nursery-rhymes section.
There's a much more inclusive attention to sacred texts of world religions, and 2,000 quotations are brand new. Search through all the quotes with this CD.
The iFinger engine is user-friendly and unobtrusive. It runs seamlessly in the background when you start Windows.
When activated, simply point you cursor over a word in your web browser,a nd the results from the quick reference will appear instantly in a pop-up window. (You can also double-click or configure a custom hot key).
The pop-up window gives you a summary of the complete listing -- hit the Down Arrow and the rest of the information appears instantly in the Article Window. You can then copy information from the listing to any Windows application.
