Digitales Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache

Das frei verfügbare DWDS-Projekt hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den deutschen Wortschatz in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart abzubilden. Neben den Wörterbucheinträgen aus verschiedenen Quellen werden weitere nützliche Dienste wie Synonyme, Wortprofile und zahlreiche Beispiele angeboten.

Digitales Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache – DWDS
http://www.dwds.de/

Oxford Reference has relaunched

Oxford has launched a newly redesigned website that includes two collections: Oxford Quick Reference consists of 125 core subject and language dictionaries. The Oxford Reference Library is made up of over 180 more specialized works.
Furthermore Oxford Reference offer over 300,000 new overview pages including free definitions and links to the full texts in the appropriate dictionaries. A new feature is the personalisation features. Now you may save searches and favourite books.

Oxford Reference is availalbe at http://www.oxfordreference.com.

Other available dictionaries [only for subscribers] are:

Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print

The Encyclopaedia Britannica has announced that they will discontinue their 32-volume printed edition when the current inventory is gone. The 2010 edition is the last print version. But the encyclopedia will live on in digital forms.

The Max Planck Society already has access to the platform Britannica online:
http://www.search.eb.com/

The Guardian asks:

“The paper edition of the encyclopedia ends its centuries-long run, but is it a victim or beneficiary of the digital age?”

Springer’s MyCopy Books

We already provide access to Springer eBooks. Now you can order your
personal printed copy of an eBook for € 24,95 (including shipping and handling but exclusive of VAT).

Details

  • More than 20,000 eBooks starting with publication date 2005 are included in the MyCopy feature.
  • Each MyCopy book has a colour soft cover, with all internal pages being black and white.
  • MyCopy titles could have up to 832 pages.
  • The MyCopy service does not apply to German titles.

How to order a MyCopy book?

Go to springerlink.com and open up the Springer eBook you are interested in and watch out for the orange MyCopy button. Add the book of your choice to the shopping cart and follow the instructions. Payment is only possible by credit card. You will receive your print copy within 8-10 business days.