English 416

Fall 2003

Books about the Oxford English Dictionary

• Winchester, Simon. The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary. 2003. Main Collection 423.028 W759M ~ by the author of The Professor and the Madman
• Murray, Katharine Maud Elisabeth. Caught in the Web of Words: James A. H. Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary. 1977. Main Collection 423 M982C

Versions of the OED Available in the Library

• Compact Oxford English Dictionary: Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically, 2nd ed. 1991. Reference R 423 O981991 ~ this edition comes with a micropirnt magnifier
• Oxford English Dictionary. Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary. 1972. Reference R 423 O98SUPP ~ Four volumes published from 1972 to 1986
• The Oxford English Dictionary: Being a Corrected Reissue... 1978. Reference R 423 O98 ~ a reprint of the 1933 edition
• OED Online ~ this electronic version contains the text from the Second Edition and its Additions volumes, as well as draft entries from the New (Third) Edition; each entry notes which edition the entry comes from

Help!

• A User's Guide to the Oxford English Dictionary. 1991. Reference R 423 O981991 User's Guide ~ Ask for this at the Reference Desk
• Help with Using OED Online ~ information on the bibliography, abbreviations, and symbols
• About the Oxford English Dictionary ~ includes links to the History, information on the editors, and dictionary facts

Created 22 September, 2003
Last revised 1 October, 2003 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College