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Balderdash! And Piffle!
The OED's Chief Editor assesses consultation through television (June 2006)

A story from the archives: Edith and Ellen Perronet Thompson
An article by the OED archivist, Beverley Hunt (March 2006)

The contribution of women to the OED
An article by Meraud Grant Ferguson and Jemma Best (December 2005)

A brief history of Sri Lankan English
An examination of the contribution of Sri Lankan English to the OED (Richard Boyle, September 2005)

Tracking down 'tofu': library research in the US
A US Library Researcher describes her search for antedatings in the libraries of Washington, DC. (Pamela Roper Wagner, June 2005)

OED Online for A level
An investigation of the benefits of increasing the use of OED Online among A level students. (Jessica Stevens, March 2005)

Introducing the OED Archivist
The new OED Archivist relects on her first year at OUP (Beverley Hunt, December 2004)

Life as a library researcher
An insight into this crucial aspect of the OED's work (Brigid Allen, September 2004)

19 April 2004: a day in the life of the OED
A snapshot of the OED revision project

Exotic words in the OED
The OED's treatment of words of non-European origin (Sarah Ogilvie and Joanna Tulloch, September 2003)

OED: 75 years and more
A brief history of the OED (Peter Gilliver, June 2003)

Lex in the City: reflections on a year in the North American Editorial Unit
The work of two new American editors based in New York (Madeline McDonnell and Abigail Zitin, March 2003)

J. R. R. Tolkien and the OED
Waggle to warlock: Tolkien's contribution to the OED (Peter Gilliver, June 2002)

‘Doh!’ before Homer: the Appeals list and the process of continuous revision
How the OED is able to incorporate readers' contributions even after a revised entry has been published (Juliet Field, March 2002)

Varieties of English: World English and the OED
The task of increasing the OED's coverage of vocabulary from the major varieties of world English (Jennie Price, June 2001)

Some recent OED releases: a tale of two treats
The OED's treatment of marzipan and marchpane in the light of new evidence (Peter Gilliver, March 2001)

The OED and its cousins
A comparison of the progress of the OED with other historical dictionaries (Edmund Weiner, December 2000)

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