OED Quarterly Update

We are pleased to announce that the latest quarterly update to OED Online is now available at www.oed.com. We also unveil a new design to the site - keeping the features that we know our users love, making them better and giving a fresh new look to the site.

EXPLORE HUNDREDS OF NEW AND REVISED WORDS...
The latest alphabetical range to be revised is PAUL- BUNNELL-PERFAY. Find out the latest definitions and quotations for everything from PEORIAN, PEN-PUSHING to PEP-TALKING, PEANUT-HEADED to PENCIL-NECKED, PAYROLLER to PENTITO, PEPPER-POTTING to PENTHOUSED, and PEPPER-NUT to PEQUI.

Please see http://dictionary.oed.com/help/updates/paulbunnell-perfay.html for a full list of new and revised words in this range.

NEW DESIGN FOR OED ONLINE....
Has it been ages since we refreshed the pages? Click onto our site to see the new design, with softer, subtle shading around different features, and improved, clearer typefaces, which open up the page and making the entries stand out. We've also made a number of usability improvements to the search forms.

NEW LEARNING RESOURCES.....
A Learning Resources area has been added to the site at http://www.oed.com/learning/ and here you will find:
* exercises for secondary school students
* fun quizzes - ideal training tools for all age groups
* fascinating word stories ? for example read the amazing story of an OED researcher's pursuit of the history and etymology of NACHOS across several US States. And from the Battle of Balaclava to the Bodleian Library, follow the hunt for the first recorded use of the THIN RED LINE.
* links to useful websites

We plan to extend the range of material on offer in forthcoming updates. Please send us your feedback on what you would like to see included.

NEW ISSUE OF OED NEWS...
The September issue of OED News is now available at http://dictionary.oed.com/newsletters/2005-09/ and can be downloaded as a PDF file. Find out more about the history of Sri Lankan English in an article by OED consultant Richard Boyle and read Anne Whear's reflection on her thirty-three year career working on Oxford English Dictionaries. The newsletter also includes a list of words for which the latest research has revealed an earlier origin - such as PEDICURE (1839), PEDALO (1941), and PAWNSHOP (1759).

ADD OED ONLINE TO YOUR BROWSER...
Did you know that you can look up words in OED Online direct from other websites? This great feature takes seconds to set up, and full details are available at http://dictionary.oed.com/services/browser-button.html.

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://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/display/wotd.

GET THE MOST OUT OF OED ONLINE...
Extensive help is available at http://dictionary.oed.com/help/, and a step-by-step tour is available at http://dictionary.oed.com/tour/. You can also download our quick reference guide from these pages. We can also send you a Powerpoint tutorial on request.