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Legal Dictionaries
January 11, 2022

Finding Legal Dictionaries

Legal dictionaries can be especially useful when conducting legal research. Jenkins has a number of legal dictionaries available in the library for visitor use. Black's Law Dictionary is probably the most recognizable legal dictionary. Currently in its 11th edition (2019), this dictionary was first...
Legal Dictionaries
March 9, 2018
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Women's History Month and the Oxford English Dictionary

March is Women's History Month, and the Oxford Dictionaries blog is celebrating with a quiz about "the words of womenkind". Jenkins' members can find the definitions of words like gynarchy , herstory , philogyny , Queen Bee , suffragette , and superwoman on the Oxford English Dictionary database, a...
Legal Dictionaries
March 31, 2017

Oxford English Dictionary

This is no April Fool's joke! The Oxford English Dictionary is now available to all Jenkins' members. Find the meaning and history of phrases like, " April fool " which originated in the 17th century, or a modern phrase such as " cloud computing ."
Legal Dictionaries
March 10, 2015

Dictionaries Resource Guide Available Now!

Use our new resource guide to see what dictionaries, thesauri, and more are available at Jenkins.