Obtaining the BNC
The ordering procedure and costs vary between the different BNC products. Please read the instructions and follow the links (to the left or below) for the product you want to order. Please note that the OUCS acts on behalf of the BNC Consortium and can only sell the corpus directly to the end user. We cannot accept orders from resellers or agents.
All BNC products are distributed under a user licence (also available in pdf-format). Please read it carefully before ordering.
We currently sell the following products:
- BNC XML Edition on DVD:
the full corpus with about 100 million words. It is available with a personal or institutional licence. The two DVD-ROMs include full documentation, the corpus itself, a set of compiled Xaira indexes for use on any platform, and a new version of the Xaira searching software customized for use with the BNC. (prices) (how to order) (more about the corpus) (explanation of licensing conditions) - BNC Baby:
the CD contains the BNC Baby, BNC Sampler, and Brown corpora in XML and a copy of the XAIRA search and retrieval program. (prices) (how to order) (more about the corpora)
The British Library offers a free Simple Search service where users can search the corpus and see how often a word/phrase occurs. Up to 50 hits are displayed.