The Library's
subscription to the Oxford English Dictionary online is available
to all LBCC students and faculty from any web-enabled computer through
the library web page (http://lib.lbcc.edu).
(password required-obtain from the Reference Desk at LAC or PCC
Library) Now this monumental reference work has been enhanced; the
latest update provides many useful new features, including:
EXPLORE OVER 1800
NEW AND REVISED WORDS...
The latest alphabetical range to be revised is ORB to OTTROYE. Coverage
is, as ever, broad -- everything from Japanese sumo terms such as
OSHI-DASHI and OSHI-TAOSHI to OTSEGO BASS (a US whitefish) and ORZO
(a type of pasta).
THE LATEST VOCABULARY...
Have BOTOX or the ATKINS made you BOOTYLICIOUS? Do you work in SOHO
(i.e. in the small business sector)? If so you probably don't work
for a TELCO. Perhaps you are a COMMENTARIAT or a PASHMINA-owning
member of the PUNDITOCRACY? Even if a REORG is planned, it may be
best not to give up your DAY JOB even though you would have more
time to play FOOSBALL or see a THREEQUEL! These are just some of
the many new words and phrases which have been added to OED Online
as part of the latest update.
NEW FEATURES...
* AUTHOR/BIBLIOGRAPHY
LINKING...
Quick look-ups from quotations to bibliography are now possible!
Many author names are clickable hyperlinks, and when selected launch
a new window displaying the OED bibliography for that author. This
means that the names and abbreviated work titles can be more easily
seen in their full form in order to identify them for further research
or library catalogue consultation. See http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00333390
for an example.
* LOST FOR WORDS...
Random browsing of OED entries is now available with the click of
a button! Simply click the Lost for Words icon (in the top navigation
bar next to the Find Word icon) on any page and start browsing!
* COUNTER-COMPLIANT
USAGE STATISTICS
OED usage statistics are now available in COUNTER-compliant format.
This is in addition to the existing detailed format and can be accessed
by a separate link to a new display summarizing searches and sessions.
All statistics are available from the Customer Service pages of
OED Online at http://dictionary.oed.com/services/.
* OED WORD OF THE
DAY BY EMAIL
You can now sign up to receive the highly popular Oxford English
Dictionary Word of the Day by email! For today's word, and to sign
up, please go to http://www.oed.com/cgi/display/wotd.
NEW ISSUE OF OED NEWS
The September issue of OED News is now available at http://dictionary.oed.com/newsletters/2004-09
and can be downloaded as a PDF file. Read about the work of the
all-important OED library researchers and the story of when an Associate
Editor of the OED was required to give evidence in court in a trade
description case. And you see the list of words for which the latest
research has revealed an earlier origin - such as ORBIT (c1425),
ORIGINALLY (1398), and ORDINARY (1402). As usual, the issue also
includes an appeal for help with particular words and phrases: for
example, what happened to "pivot sheers" between 1398
and 2004? Did anyone wear "pirnies" after 1910? And was
the phrase to "throw one's toys out of the pram" used
before 1989? If you can help, please e-mail oed3@oup.com. This month's
newsletter also includes a supplement to celebrate the life and
work of Robert Burchfield, editor of the Supplement to the OED,
who passed away on July 5, 2004.
For more information
contact: Nenita Buenaventura, Electronic Resources Librarian, nbuena@lbcc.edu
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