Dictionaries

The online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Contains more than 8,000 articles written by the leading figures in their fields - including 30 Nobel Prize winners - edited and illustrated with the non-specialist in mind.

Translate a block of text (up to 150 words), or translate a web page into one of 19 different languages. Use this to get the essential meaning of a paragraph or a web page.

Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language.

Using Quicktime movie software, Michigan State University has created a dictionary of thousands of ASL signs. To see an ASL sign demonstrated, choose the sign you want from a list of nearly 30 such lists, then watch the 100K movie.

Produced by Lexico Publishing Group, Dictionary.com provides access to several online dictionaries, including: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Jargon File, Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary, and Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary. If you do not remember the exact spelling of a word, type in your best guess: you can choose the word you need from a list of possible matches. Dictionary.com also links to other language resources, such as a thesaurus, grammar and style manuals, translation tools, and non-English language dictionaries.

The Dictionary of Old English electronic corpus is a complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts.

Defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600 - 1150 A.D.) of the English language, using today's most advanced technology. The DOE complements the Middle English Dictionary (which covers the period 1100 - 1500 A.D.) and the Oxford English Dictionary (which documents the development of the English language to the present), the three together providing a full description of the vocabulary of English.

Reference titles from various publishers in many subjects, including art, biography, business, cultural studies, education, the environment, history, religion, science, and social science.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online contains over 9,000 pages of material, the full text of the 10-volume print encyclopedia (more than 700 articles) with links to associated audio examples, musical illustrations, photographs, and drawings; song texts and score examples; and charts and maps of world regions.

Consists of 18 standard reference tools--encyclopedias and dictionaries--in the German language. It includes such titles as the Brockhaus Enzyklopaedia and Das Lexikon Der Psychologie.
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The largest French dictionary available. Contains all the conjugations of all the verbs, feminine and plural forms, etymology, nuances of use, quotations, and more.

Available in print and online versions.

"The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day." This is the online version of The Dictionary of Art (Grove's).

Contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.

A reference work on all aspects of the Graeco-Roman world. It provides both scholars and non-specialists with a comprehensive source of reference which aims to answer all their questions about the classical world. Written by the very best of classical scholars from all over the world, the Dictionary provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity. The approach is interdisciplinary: all areas, regions, and cultures are represented beyond the core areas of Greece and Rome. As well as providing factual information, the Dictionary contains many thematic entries on subjects relevant to the 21st century such as nationalism, race, and ecology. The text is written in an accessible style and all Latin and Greek words have been translated.

With more than 5,000 entries by an international group of eminent historians, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. Exhaustive in its coverage, entries on patriarchy and emperors coexist with entries on surgery, musical instruments, and the baking of bread, bringing to life this vastly important culture and empire, from the 4th century to the 15th.

This reference work provides 50,000 specially-written signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.

Provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe. Includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period. The text explores the influence that this intense intellectual and cultural revival continues to have on modern thought and society. Nearly half the entries are biographical, covering artists, thinkers, statesman, and reformers. A table of European ruling houses and a table showing the dates when cities and countries changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar are also included.

Full-text of the 2nd ed. The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers the best in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Prepared by J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. Also available in print.

The Oxford Language Dictionaries Online site offers essential language resources never before available online: fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Initially offering millions of words, phrases, and translations, in French, German, Spanish and Italian, the site will expand to include many other languages such as Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Polish.

This resource brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource.

The online version of Roget's II contains 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format. Features of the thesaurus include succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index, which leads you to list of antonyms for the word you select.

Paul McFedries, president of Logophilia Ltd. (a technical writing company) compiles new words, old words used in new ways and more in his glossary. Each entry lists the meaning of the word, example citation, and an earliest citation (the first time it was used in the media). Includes a mailing list. Funny, yet informative.

A compendium of language, specialty, multilingual, translation, and other dictionaries, YourDictionary.com provides links to more than 1800 dictionaries in 250 languages. You can also search thesauri, grammars, acronyms, synonyms and more using this language portal.