Basic Reference Sources : Dictionaries
Selected English Language Dictionaries (online)
Selected English Language Dictionaries (print)
These are a sample of the many English language dictionaries in library collections. For more resources of this type, search for English dictionaries in the Subject field of Advanced Search screen of the Library Catalog.
Selected Foreign Language Dictionaries (print)
These are a sample of the many foreign language dictionaries in library collections. Search for the English word for the foreign language and dictionaries in the Subject field of the Advanced Search of the Library Catalog.
Other Dictionaries (print)
These are a sample of many dictionaries in library collections. Search for [your subject/type] dictionaries in the Subject field of the Advanced Search of the Library Catalog.
Chambers Dictionary of Slang
ISBN: 0550104399Chambers Rhyming Dictionary
ISBN: 0550103473Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms
ISBN: 0816032327Dictionary of Science
Call Number: Q123 C68 2005 - Memorial Reference Stacks, 2 SouthISBN: 0192806416Dictionary of the Social Sciences
ISBN: 0195123719New Penguin Dictionary of Music
ISBN: 014100925XOxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
ISBN: 019953294XOxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
ISBN: 0192806505
More Reference Guides
For additional resources and in-depth assistance, see the following reference research guides:
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains more than 130 subject dictionaries and reference works of Oxford University Press. ORO covers general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professional subjects. It includes English dictionaries, and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish, and Italian as well as Oxford Companions and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.