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Writing from A to Z, The Easy-to-Use Reference Handbook
DICTIONARIES AND REFERENCE RESOURCES
The links here are to resources that are free; your campus network may subscribe to other reference resources, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
• Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster Online. Searchable Webster’s Dictionary and Webster’s Thesaurus.
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus. Searchable dictionary that allows an Approximate Search if you’re not sure of a word’s spelling.
A Web of Online Dictionaries. Searchable Webster’s Dictionary plus links to dictionaries and grammars in other languages, from Albanian to Yiddish.
OneLook Dictionaries. Metasearch of and links to specialized dictionaries on diverse topics, from forest pathology to Italian cooking or Eastern philosophy.
Oxford English Dictionary. The definitive dictionary of the English language. An online version is supposed to be available to the public in October 1999; it may currently be available on your campus network, however.
• Encyclopedias
Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 14,000 brief entries for fast fact-checking.
Encarta Online. Concise, free, searchable version of the Encarta Encyclopedia on CD-ROM by Microsoft.
• Biographical References
Biographical Dictionary. Brief entries about some 27,000 notable men and women. See also the Links to biography-related sites from Astronauts to Obituaries to Science Fiction writers.
Lives, The Biography Resource. Links to thousands of biographical sites, memoirs, and oral histories of individuals and groups (from African American soldiers to women in aviation).
• Quotations
quoteland.com. Quotations searchable by topic, literary quotations, humorous quotations, and a handful of audio quotations from TV, movies, and music.
• Statistics
FedStats. Links to statistics from some 70 Federal agencies.
Statistical Resources on the Web. Collection of links from the University of Michigan.
• Atlases and Maps
CIA World Factbook. Background information and maps for every country in the world.
National Geographic’s Map Machine Atlas. Point-and-click maps with brief information about each country.
Digital Librarian’s Maps and Geography Links. Historical maps, maps of space, road maps—links to a wide variety of maps and geographical societies.
• Images and Art
Finding Images Online: Links to Image Resources. A subject directory of image sites, from Aboriginal cultures to whales.
The Amazing Picture Machine. Searchable graphics database.
WebMuseum, Paris. Links to artwork and museums around the world.
National Museum of American Art. Over 3,000 images in its browsable collection.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Large, searchable database of over half the the holdings of the De Young Museum and the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
Art History Resources on the Web. Links organized by era. From Sweet Briar College.
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