{"id":76,"date":"2021-04-15T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.org\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2021-04-15T09:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T13:48:40","slug":"welcome-to-johnsons-dictionary-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.com\/blog\/welcome-to-johnsons-dictionary-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Johnson&#8217;s Dictionary Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Today, on the 266th anniversary of the 1755 publication of Samuel Johnson\u2019s <em>A Dictionary of the English Language, <\/em>we are proud to make available this complete, searchable, online edition of Johnson\u2019s groundbreaking work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We currently provide three ways for you to search:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.org\/views\/pageview.php\">browse<\/a> full-page facsimile images, leafing through them like a book<\/li><li>You can retrieve words at <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.org\/views\/word.php\">random<\/a>, as often as you like<\/li><li>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.org\/views\/search.php\">search<\/a> for a particular word or name within the dictionary<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>What you see now is just the beginning! We are actively working behind the scenes to create<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Improved search functions<\/li><li>Facsimile images of every entry displayed alongside the transcription<\/li><li>Transcriptions of Johnson&#8217;s Preface, History of the English Language, Grammar of the English Tongue<\/li><li>User accounts (so you can save your searches)<\/li><li>Additional information about Samuel Johnson and his dictionary<\/li><li>Complete fourth (1773) folio edition<\/li><li>API to provide greater accessibility and enable interaction with other online resources<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check back often to see what is new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Johnson\u2019s Dictionary Online<\/em> was made possible in part by a major grant from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neh.gov\/\">National Endowment for the Humanities<\/a>: Democracy demands wisdom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks also to the <a href=\"http:\/\/chdr.cah.ucf.edu\/#\">Center for Humanities and Digital Research<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cah.ucf.edu\/\">College of Arts and Humanities<\/a> at the University of Central Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/leme.library.utoronto.ca\/\">Lexicons of Early Modern English (LEME)<\/a> at the University of Toronto, the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.indstate.edu\/rbsc\/cordell\/\">Warren N. and Suzanne B. 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