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• Dictionnaire des synonymes
  
  This French dictionary, sponsored by Universite de Caen, contains about 49,000 entries drawn from seven published dictionaries.
• Merriam-Webster
  
  Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
• OED : Oxford English dictionary
  
  A complete text of the 2nd. ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with quarterly updates, including revisions not available in any other form. ... []
• Oxford language dictionaries online
  
  Fully searchable bilingual (with English) dictionaries for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Look up words and phrases and get translations. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users. ... []
• Roget's Thesaurus
  
  Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index. ... []
• Webster's third new international dictionary, unabridged
  
  Text published in 1961 with later updates.

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• Abbreviationes
  
  An electronic dictionary of medieval Latin abbreviations.
• AllWords.com
  
  An English Dictionary with Multi-Lingual Search capabilities including English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
• Anchor Bible dictionary on CD-ROM
  
  Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room. Software has been installed on the "Windows XP -- CD Station" computer.
  Call Number: HESB RES Electronic BS 440 .A538 1997
  Includes all entries in all six volumes of the Anchor Bible Dictionary as well as photos, drawings and bibliographies, plus the King James and the New Revised Standard Versions of the Bible. ... []
• Anglo-Norman on-line hub
  
• Babel Fish Translator (see Bing translator)
  
  Translates short passages to and from English.
• Bartleby.com: Great books online
  
  Provides a free-of-charge, full-text collection of selected literature, reference and verse. Includes works such as the Oxford Shakespeare, Columbia encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, the Harvard classics, Bartlett's familiar quotations, and Columbia gazetteer. ... []
• Biology Online Dictionary
  
  Online dictionary of biology terms
• BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
  
  Definitions for over 8300 terms associated with genetics, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, chemistry, and more.
• Blackwell reference online. Philosophy
  
  A collection of full-text e-book reference titles covering sub-disciplines of philosophy: aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, history of philosophy, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and more. Includes many titles from Blackwell companions to ... ... []
• Blackwell reference online. Religion
  
  A collection of full-text e-book reference titles covering topics in religion: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and more. Includes many titles from Blackwell companions to ... ... []
• Brockhaus Musik :
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 100 .B76 2001
  A superb and comprehensive dictionary of music (in German). It also includes biographies of both major and some minor composers.
• Continuum companion to twentieth century theatre
  
  Coverage: Description based on print version record.
• Database of Latin dictionaries
  
  Integrates different types of Latin dictionaries, whether modern, medieval or early-modern and links between these different tools. The database will comprise three kinds of dictionaries: dictionaries to assist translation from Latin into modern languages, dictionaries providing semantic and etymological explanations in Latin of Latin words, and historical Latin dictionaries. Access info: Click on "Enter databases", then select Database of Latin dictionaries. ... []
• DHGE : Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques
  
  Contains 70,000+ entries on church history, covering people, the Church's geographic history, and main ecclesiastical institutions from antiquity to the present day. The online version of the reference work published by Letouzey et Ané. Access info: Click on "Enter databases" then select Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques ... []
• Diccionario de la lengua española
  
  Updating online version of 22nd edition of this dictionary, published in 2001 by Real Academia Española, the institution responsible for "regulating" the Spanish languages. ... []
• Dictionary of Animal Behaviour
  
  Part of the Oxford Reference Online Premium collection, this dictionary covers every aspect of animal behaviour and includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology. Clear, concise entries are backed up by specific examples where appropriate, covering all aspects of behaviour from aggression to courtship. ... []
• Dictionary of Asian mythology /
  
  Call Number: REF GEN BL 1005 .L46 2001
• Dictionary of literary symbols
  
• Dictionary of Old English
  
  The Dictionary of Old English: A to G online includes the first release of the letter G, containing some 1319 headwords, as well as revised versions of the seven previously published fascicles (1986-2003). ... []
• Dictionary of Psychology
  
  Available through Oxford reference online premium, this dictionary covers all branches of psychology, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience, and statistics. ... []
• Dictionary of Statistics
  
  Part of the Oxford Reference Online Premium collection, this volume provides wide-ranging, jargon-free entries on all aspects of statistics including terms used in computing, mathematics, operational research, and probability, as well as biographical information on over 200 key figures in the field. ... []
• Dictionnaire d'histoire et de geographie ecclesiastiques (see DHGE : Dictionnaire d'histoire et de geographie ecclesiastiques)
  
  Contains 70,000+ entries on church history, covering people, the Church's geographic history, and main ecclesiastical institutions from antiquity to the present day. The online version of the reference work published by Letouzey et Ané. Click on "Enter databases" then select Dictionnaire d'histoire et de geographie ecclesiastiques ... []
• Dictionnaire des mythologies et des religions des sociétés traditionnelles et du monde antique /
  
  Call Number: HESB GEN BL 311 .D5 1981
  Coverage: v.1-v.2
  A survey of mythological and religious traditions, excluding Judaism and Christianity.
• Dictionnaire des synonymes
  
  This French dictionary, sponsored by Universite de Caen, contains about 49,000 entries drawn from seven published dictionaries.
• Digital dictionary of Buddhism
  
  A compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temples, schools, persons, etc. that are found in East Asian Buddhist canonical sources. Since much of what East Asian Buddhists have written about is the Buddhism of India, Central Asia, and Tibet, the content of this database/dictionary/encyclopedia/translation glossary is pan-Buddhist in character. ... []
• Digital South Asia Library
  
  "provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. This project builds upon a two-year pilot project funded by the Association of Research Libraries' Global Resources Program with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."--About DSAL. ... []
• Directory of Translation Dictionaries
  
  Links to over 700 translation dictionaries and glossaries.
• eDIL: electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  
  A digital edition of the contents of the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish materials, comprising about 35,500 entries. ... []
• Focal
  
  Bunachar náisiúnta téarmaíochta don Ghaeilge, arna fhorbairt ag Fiontar, DCU le maoiniú ó Fhoras na Gaeilge. The national terminology database for Irish, developed by Fiontar, DCU with funding from Foras na Gaeilge ... []
• Focloir Gaedhilge-Béarla: Irish-English Dictionary / Patrick S. Dinneen, M. A.
  
  A searchable, digital copy of the dictionary.
• Gale virtual reference library
  
  Provides searchable full-text e-book versions of many reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized handbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. ... []
• German-English/English-German Online Dictionary
  
  LEO (Link Everything Online) is a German-English and English-German online dictionary with over 400,000 entries plus several other German dictionaries. ... []
• Grand Robert de la langue française
  
  The electronic version of the Grand Robert de la langue française includes all 6 volumes of the most current edition.
• Handwörterbuch der musikalischen Terminologie.
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 108 .E29
  Coverage: Ordner 1-Ordner 6
  In German. This work is issued in small segments, but each word, idea, or concept has an extended and highly scholarly description and definition. This is essential for any research involving a term or concept that has been written about yet. ... []
• IPA source
  
  Provides access to a growing collection of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and solo art songs. Search by composer, poet, or title; browse by opera aria or Latin text. ... []
• Irish dictionary online
  
  English-Irish and Irish-English dictionary.
• Kenkyusha Online Dictionary
  
  A comprehensive database which allows a cross-search among 18 Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Kenkyusha and Sanseido. Subjects covered are common Japanese and English words and phrases, spelling, medicine, physics, business, computer/Internet, etc. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users. ... []
• Leiden Armenian lexical textbase
  
  "... designed to provide basic tools, in the form of texts and lexica, for the study of Armenian from the classical period, with a focus on the oldest states of the language."--Publisher's website. ... []
• LEME : lexicons of Early Modern English
  
  "... a historical database of monolingual, bilingual, and polyglot dictionaries, lexical encyclopedias, hard-word glossaries, spelling lists, and lexically-valuable treatises surviving in print or manuscript from the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods. Texts of word-entries whose headword (source) or explanation (target) language is English tell what speakers of English thought about their tongue in the period served by the Short-title and Wing catalogues, from the advent of printing to about 1700."--Introduction. ... []
• Lexicon of Greek personal names
  
  Website for the Oxford Classics research project "to collect and publish all ancient Greek personal names, drawing on the full range of written sources from the 8th century B.C. down to the late Roman Empire." Includes LGPN online "name search over 35,000 published names."--Home page. ... []
• Ma'agarim, the Hebrew language historical dictionary project
  
  Contains the sources processed in preparation of the historical dictionary project database. Covers ancient times to the modern era. Retrieves citations according to roots, lemmas, declined forms, derivations and works according to title, author, date, or genre. ... []
• Mathematics Reference Materials
  
  An AMS hyperlinked collection of dictionaries, thesauri, handbooks, directories and Mathematical reviews reference resources
• Merriam-Webster
  
  Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
• Middle English compendium
  
  Provides integrated access to three major Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources, including a large collection of Middle English texts. ... []
• Music titles in translation :
  
  Call Number: HESB MUS ML 111 .H7
  This work is an important guide to translating the title of a piece of music as you remember it into the "real" title.
• Ménestrel
  
  Selective inventory of electronic resources for medievalists, with particular emphasis on French-speaking areas.
• OED : Oxford English dictionary
  
  A complete text of the 2nd. ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with quarterly updates, including revisions not available in any other form. ... []
• Oxford classical dictionary
  
• Oxford dictionaries online
  
  "fully searchable content from Oxford's largest modern English dictionaries and thesauruses ... comprehensive coverage of British, US, and World English -- with audio pronunciations ... detailed writing, grammar, and spelling guidance"--About page. ... []
• Oxford dictionary of Byzantium
  
  Contains searchable entries covering all aspects of Byzantine history and civilization from the 4th through the 15th centuries, with special depth in subjects such as bureaucratic titles and fiscal terms, urban life, and rural economy. ... []
• Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church
  
  "... contains over 6,000 A-Z entries ... from theology; churches and denominations; patristic scholarship; and the bible; to the church calendar and its organization; popes; archbishops; saints; and mystics."--Home page. ... []
• Oxford dictionary of the Jewish religion
  
  "In 2,400 entries, The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion covers more than three millennia of Jewish religious thought, custom, law, and practice, from traditional approaches to Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and post-denominational Judaism. Brief definitions and longer essays, all supplemented with bibliographies, enlighten readers about the major figures, folklore, and events in the history of Judaism throughout the world."--Home p. ... []
• Oxford English dictionary (see OED : Oxford English dictionary)
  
• Oxford language dictionaries online
  
  Fully searchable bilingual (with English) dictionaries for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Look up words and phrases and get translations. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users. ... []
• Oxford reference online. Premium
  
  Cross-searchable access to dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Also includes selected titles from the series of Oxford companions. ... []
• Perseus Digital Library
  
  Megasite of Classical resources, primarily major Greek and Latin texts linked to grammars and dictionaries.
• Petit Robert
  
  Dictionary of the French language, containing 60,000 words and their meanings, etymologies, and pronunciations, illustrated with examples and citations, some with synonyms and antonyms. ... []
• Popular titles and subtitles of musical compositions /
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 113 .B39 P663 1975
  This work is an important guide to translating the title of a piece of music as you remember it into the "real" title.
• Reference universe
  
  Access to some 50,000 print and online encyclopedias and similar reference works through the indexing of their contents and article titles. If the Library has access to any online resource covered, link directly to that entry. If not, connect to the Library's online catalog to show if the Library has the print resource. ... []
• Roget's Thesaurus
  
  Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index. ... []
• Selected Resources for Irish Studies
  
  PDF doc. to selected resources for Irish Studies that include, biographies, indexes, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, music, newspapers, encyclopedias, Irish theatre and film. ... []
• Terminorum musicae index septem linguis redactus =
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 108 .T4 1978
  This work is very useful for translating any musical term to English or for finding the equivalent of a term in English. Compares terms in Latin, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and Russian. ... []
• Thesaurus formarum totius Latinitatis
  
  "Database for the study of the vocabulary of the entire Latin world."--User's guide. Usage info: Licensed for one concurrent user.
• Translating Dictionaries
  
  Many on-line translating dictionaries.
• Webopedia
  
  Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology.
• Webster's third new international dictionary, unabridged
  
  Text published in 1961 with later updates.
• Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary
  
  Call Number: REF GEN ML 105 .C593 1996
  Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary / Gene Claghorn.--Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1996. This work lists only women composers and lyricists and includes some persons omitted in American song lyricists, 1920-1960 ... []
• Words of intelligence
  
  Presents the operational and evolving vocabulary of the Intelligence Community and post 9/11 world of homeland security.
• World biographical index of music : composers, conductors, instrumentalists and singers
  
  Call Number: MUSRF ML 105 .In96 1995
  Internationaler biographischer Index der Musik :Komponisten, Dirigenten, Instrumentalisten und Sänger = World biographical index of music : composers, conductors, instrumentalists and singers / mit einem Geleitwort von Kurt Dorfmüller.--München ; New Providence : K.G. Saur, 1995.--2 v. In German; an extensive index to biographies about musicians of all types. ... []