American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, to be Embedded in netLibrary eBooks; Online Dictionary Features Definitions, Notes, Images, and Sound Files.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Book Expo 2000 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2000 By providing an extensive collection of eBooks that is fully searchable and available 24 hours a day over the Internet, netLibrary(TM) offers a powerful tool to students, researchers, and professionals. Starting Sept. 14, 2000, netLibrary will make it easier for people to gain knowledge and meaning from its eBooks by offering access to The American Heritage American Heritage can refer to:
The American Heritage(R) Dictionary will be embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in all netLibrary eBooks, including textbooks and titles designated for sale to netLibrary's academic, corporate, K-12, and special library customers. netLibrary also will offer access to The American Heritage(R) Student Dictionary and The American Heritage(R) Children's Dictionary. "By embedding 1. (mathematics) embedding - One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup. 2. (theory) embedding - (domain theory) A complete partial order F in [X -> Y] is an embedding if this preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae reference on American usage of the English language in our eBooks, we are adding a multi-dimensional component to our publisher's titles," said netLibrary Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Nancy Talmey. "By offering versions of the American Heritage(R) Dictionary designed for children, students, and adults, we are able to offer level-appropriate reference resources to readers in all of our markets." To find terms from the electronic dictionary Noun 1. electronic dictionary - a machine-readable version of a standard dictionary; organized alphabetically machine readable dictionary, MRD lexical database - a database of information about words , users simply highlight a word in the eBook. A definition from the American Heritage(R) Dictionary will appear instantly by way of Houghton Mifflin Company's look-up technology. This word-search technology enables users to quickly search for word definitions word histories, and guidance on usage. Electronic dictionary entries can be searched, browsed, and used as a spell-checking tool. All of the new features available in the print edition of the American Heritage(R) Dictionary, Fourth Edition -- usage notes, regional notes, geographical and biographical entries, and appendixes of Indo-European and Semitic roots -- will be available in the version embedded in netLibrary's eBooks. The embedded dictionary also will include10,000 new words reflecting the changes in technology and American culture that have taken place since the dictionary's third edition was released in 1992. Houghton Mifflin Company's editors have selected more than 4,000 photos, drawings, maps, and other graphic elements to illustrate the print version of the dictionary. netLibrary will provide 900 of these images in digital form, and users can enlarge the images on their computer screens according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their needs. The embedded dictionary also will feature 70,000 audio pronunciation files. "The editors of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary have always sought to fully capture the essence of the English language as it is used in our times," said Houghton Mifflin Company Executive Vice President and Publisher of the Trade & Reference Division Wendy J. Strothman. "An essential aspect of contemporary language is that of connectivity, particularly through the Internet. That is why we are proud to be working with a firm such as netLibrary to offer online access to this wealth of lexical knowledge Lexical knowledge is a term used for knowledge in the form mainly facts, figures, data and information in general taken from reliable sources, such as published documents, etc. ." About Houghton Mifflin Company Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading publisher of textbooks, instructional technology There are two types of instructional technology: those with a systems approach, and those focusing on sensory technologies. The definition of instructional technology prepared by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and Terminology for the elementary (School Division), secondary (McDougal Littell), and college markets (College Division), as well as supplementary materials (Great Source). The Company publishes assessments (Riverside) and provides test administration technology and services for the academic, clinical, professional, and corporate markets (CAT). The Company also publishes reference works, fiction, and non-fiction for adults and young readers (Trade & Reference Division), and educational software and video (Sunburst Technology). About netLibrary netLibrary (www.netLibrary.com) is a leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content/collection management services. netLibrary has established relationships with more than 300 publishers of trade, academic, reference, and scholarly books, and has created digital versions of more than 21,000 titles. netLibrary hosts and manages eBook collections for numerous public, academic, corporate, and special libraries. |
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