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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

     

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  Oxford Reference Online More than 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works, including the Oxford Companions Series
  Gale Virtual Reference Library Encyclopædia Judaica; Encyclopedia of Religion; Encyclopedia of Philosophy; & West's Encyclopedia of American Law
  Encyclopædia Britannica Online
   

Language Dictionaries

  Select Subject Encyclopedias
for more, also see individual Subject Guides
  Oxford English Dictionary (The OED)     Encyclopædia Judaica
  Oxford Bilingual Dictionaries     Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
  Le Trésor de la Langue Français     Encyclopedia of Bioethics
  LEO German-English Dictionary     Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  Diccionario de la lengua española     Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Middle English Dictionary

 

      Encyclopedia of Religion
Biographical Dictionaries     Grove Art Online
  American National Biography     Grove Music Online
  African American National Biography     Handbook of Psychology
  Dictionary of Canadian Biography     Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
  Oxford Dictionary of National Biography     New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  Marquis Who's Who     West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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Internet Resources

Bartleby.com: Reference Includes the Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage® Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, King James Bible, grammar and style manuals, dictionaries of quotations, and more

The Jewish Encyclopedia

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Online Translators

American Sign Language Browser

Prompt's Online Translator
High quality translations for English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.

Word Spy
"Recently coined words and phrases, old words that are being used in new ways, and existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance." Includes examples, etymology, and first known use.

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For more information, contact:
Ladd Library Reference
PHONE#: 207-786-6271
e-mail: reference AT bates.edu
AIM: refbates

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
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(207) 786-6263


Page author: Christopher P. Schiff
Date: 4/29/08


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