Higher Education

Compact Oxford English Dictionary for Students Online Resource Centre
A resource for university and higher education students - includes materials for developing writing and research skills, a handy jargon-buster, a revision guide, examples of letters to banks, landlords, and employers, and top 10 grammar, spelling, and punctuation tips. Visit the Compact Oxford English Dictionary for Students Online Resource Centre.

Bilingual Dictionary Skills Resource Packs
Download lecture notes and excercises to help your students improve their dictionary skills. Downloadable Powerpoint slides and lecture notes can be accessed from our Companion websites for our unabridged French, German, and Spanish dictionaries.

Information on many areas of the English Language can be found on the AskOxford site, from the words that defined the twentieth century to the art of lexicography, from the correct use of punctuation to the use of English worldwide.

Emoticons and acronyms sit alongside plain English guidance, and help with classic English errors could be an essay-saver for your students!

The Ask the Experts section is also filled with advice on grammar, spelling, and usage tips and if you still need to ask something about the English language then our resident OWLS (Oxford Word and Language Service) experts will try and answer your language query.

In addition lecturers can order inspection copies of many titles from our site. If you know the title that you would like to receive you can go straight through to the inspection copy request form.