Local history in the Oxford DNBThe online Oxford DNB is much more than an AZ dictionary in electronic format. It's also a historical database to find people who shared common attributesfor example, date of birth, place of residence, occupation, or religious affiliation. Online, the Oxford DNB becomes an excellent resource for local history work and new research. Here are a few ways to use the Dictionary to learn more about the men and women who've shaped your region. People searchingCreate sets of people with shared biographical details. On the subscribed homepage use Advanced Search Options: People to discover everyone in the Dictionary:
Then combine searches. For example:
Full Text searchingUse Advanced Search: Full text to find references to a county, city, town, or village in the Dictionary's 63 million words. For example:
Reference searchingUse Advanced Search: References to find local archive resources relating to people in the Oxford DNB. For example:
Image searchingWith more than 10,200 portrait images, the Oxford DNB also provides the largest published collection of British portraiture. Use Advanced Search: Images to find and view selected images. For example:
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