http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/sinister-buttocks-roget-would-blush-at-the-crafty-cheek/2015027.article
Any news story captioned 'sinister buttocks' will draw the eye! But this story of the perils of using a thesaurus is quite astonishing. Wouldn't it have been as quick to write the essay, as do all that looking up? Even if they did it online, that's a lot of clicks.
We won't withdraw our thesaurus collection though, even though it doesn't get many visitors on Level 1 of the Bedford Library. Our digital reference shelf, Credo Reference, has hundreds of dictionaries, as well as the odd thesaurus (Roget's included). One great feature is the mindmap - a great tool for quickly getting an overview of a topic like 'Jean Piaget' or 'social exclusion'.
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