Reference Subject Guide - Dictionaries
| General Dictionaries & Thesauri |
| Subject-Specific Dictionaries |
| Indexes & Databases |
| Internet Sites |
General Dictionaries and Thesauri
Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary
--Ready Reference-- PE 1693 .G3
American Heritage College Dictionary
--Ready Reference-- PE 1628 .A6227 4th 2002
Oxford English Dictionary
--Reference Stacks-- PE 1625 .O87 1989
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
--Ready Reference-- PE 1628 .R28 1999
Roget's Super Thesaurus
--Reference Stacks-- PE 1591 .M416 1995
Roget's Thesaurus of Words & Phrases
--Ready Reference-- PE 1591 .R7 1989
Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged
--Reference Stacks-- PE 1625 .W36 1981
Webster's New Explorer Thesaurus
--Ready Reference-- PE 1591 .W424 1999
Webster's New World College Dictionary
--Ready Reference-- PE 1628 .W5629 2000
Subject-Specific Dictionaries
Consult subject-specific Research Guides for available dictionaries.
Indexes and Databases
Oxford English Dictionary-- Provides full-text definitions, pronunciations, etymology, timeline and quotations for words in current usage as well as old words.
Internet Sites
American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed. 2000) -- Includes over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online -- Contains definitions and translations from the Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact and Diccionario Cambridge Klett Compact.
Wordreference.com -- Contains definitions and translations from Collins' Spanish English Dictionary, French English Dictionary, Italian English Dictionary, German English Dictionary as well as the Collins English Dictionary.
InfoPlease -- Provides links to an almanac, atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia and thesaurus.
Internet Acronym Server - Contains a searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations.
Merriam-Webster Online -- Includes Merriam-Webster online dictionary and thesaurus.
Roget's Thesaurus (1911 edition - supplemented 1991) -- Contains short definitions as well as synonyms.
Roget's Thesaurus (1922 edition) -- Contains short definitions as well as synonyms.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (3rd edition 1995) -- Contains short definitions as well as 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 edition) -- Contains a keyword searchable version of Webster's 1913 edition.
The Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus -- Contains definitions, synonyms, pronunciation guide, and category of grammar.
YourDictionary.com -- Provides links to more than 800 dictionaries for more than 150 different languages.
