Reviews of the OED Online
What subscribers say about OED Online:
“An absolutely essential tool, heavily and widely used across the university.”
– Patricia Killiard, Head of Electronic Services and Systems, Cambridge University
“A very popular and well used resource.”
– Russell Burke, Electronic Resources Co-ordinator, King’s College London
“Within two minutes, the OED had introduced me to more than a dozen nuggets of information spanning literature, science, folklore, and geography…like a good teacher, the new OED sets limits…”
– New Yorker, Book Bench blog
“An essential resource.”
– Kate Price, E-Strategy & Resources Manager, University of Surrey
What reviewers say about OED Online:
“…the only reason for a library to not subscribe is not having Internet access”
– Booklist
“A cathedral of words and a great British creation.”
– Robert McCrum, Observer
“The single most indispensable tool of the Internet Age.”
– Michael Shermer, Author
“Quick to access and easy to use… A browser’s paradise.”
– Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, The Times
“An incomparable monument of scholarship, one of the wonders of our age.”
– Nature
“A much-needed new-media setting for appreciating the richness and history of the English language.”
– Wall Street Journal