Guide to the Intercontinental Dictionary Series project CD-ROMs MS.F.015

Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod

Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries

The UCI Libraries

P.O. Box 19557

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California, 92623-9557

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Title: Intercontinental Dictionary Series project CD-ROMs

Identifier/Call Number: MS.F.015

Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 0.1 linear feet (1 box)

Date (inclusive): 1994-1999

Language of Collection Materials: Collection materials are in English and Indo-European, South American Indian, Uralic, Semetic, Pacific, and other languages.

Abstract: This collection comprises three CD-ROMs and accompanying printed memoranda and advertising material prepared by Mary Ritchie Key, General Editor of the Intercontinental Dictionary Series, University of California, Irvine, Dept. of Linguistics. CD-ROMs are titled: 1. South American Indian Languages Computer Database 2. Uralic, Semitic, Pacific, and Misc. Languages CD-ROM 3. Indo-European Languages Computer Database

Creator: Intercontinental Dictionary Series.

Creator: Key, Mary Ritchie

Access

The collection is open for research. Access to archival originals is restricted.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred Citation

Intercontinental Dictionary Series project CD-ROMs. MS-F015. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mary Ritchie Key, 2001.

Processing History

Processed by Zoe MacLeod, 2012.

Historical Background

The Intercontinental Dictionary Series (IDS) is a database of vocabulary lists in different world languages. The IDS allows users to make custom tables that compare different languages side-by-side. The idea for the IDS originated in 1957 when Mary Ritchie Key, the general editor of the IDS, was on a Fulbright in Chile. After she returned from Chile she initiated different pilot projects at the University of California, Irvine. In 1982, a computer science and math major created a program they called "SYNCOG," which later became the International Dictionary Series.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection comprises three CD-ROMs and accompanying printed memoranda and advertising material prepared by Mary Ritchie Key, General Editor of the Intercontinental Dictionary Series, University of California, Irvine, Dept. of Linguistics. CD-ROMs are titled:

1. South American Indian Languages Computer Database 2. Uralic, Semitic, Pacific, and Misc. Languages CD-ROM 3. Indo-European Languages Computer Database

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Intercontinental Dictionary Series. -- Archives

Indians of South America -- Languages

Indo-European languages.

Northwest, Pacific -- Languages.

Oceanic languages.

Semitic languages.

Uralic languages.

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