CDL: Unabridged paper dictionaries?

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:09:40 -0400 To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu

From:  John Abbott  abbottjp_at_appstate.edu

Is there an unabridged dictionary worthy of putting on the library
dictionary stand?  Webster's 3rd is the historic standard, but is
little changed from the 1960s.  The landscape seems to be:

New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd (2005)

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th (2006)

I have ordered one of each to examine, but wonder if I am
missing one or if there are opinions about these or
other unabridged dictionaries.

Thanks,  John

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John P. Abbott, MS MSLS
Coordinator, Collection Development
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