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English Language Dictionaries

Webster`s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Coverage: current. The largest and most comprehensive American dictionary.

Grolier Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Grolier Online includes several encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
Note: Provided as part of the NYS NOVEL databases

Oxford English Dictionary Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
2nd ed. with updates. A historical dictionary of English which aims to show not only the current meanings of words, but also to trace their development through time. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world.

Roget`s II: the New Thesaurus (3rd ed.) Unrestricted Resource
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.

Middle English Compendium Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Coverage: varies. Offers access to an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources.

Dictionaries – Arabic language

The Oxford English-Arabic dictionary of current usage
Call Number: Case Reference PJ6640 .O93
Located in Library Some full text available
xii ed.

Dictionaries – Chinese language

Chinese Characters Unrestricted Resource
Online, searchable version of "Chinese Characters: A genealogy and dictionary," available in print at CASE Ref. PL1171 .Z46 1998. Also includes electronic versions of copyright free texts. 

Dict.cn Unrestricted Resource
Online Chinese dictionary created for Chinese individuals living abroad, by students at Indiana University.

nciku Online English Chinese Dictionary Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Multiple searching options, as well as a writing input section.

Oxford Chinese Dictionary
Call Number: CASE Ref PL 1455 .O938 2010
Located in Library
English-Chinese/Chinese-English dictionary, covering modern idiomatic coverage of general Chinese and English. Includes up-to-date translations (as of 2010) and new words from fields such as computing, business, literature, media, arts, and colloquial expressions.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using a range of languages. 
Languages currently included:  Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish

ABC Chinese-English comprehensive dictionary
Call Number: Case Reference PL1455 .A33 2003
Located in Library
2003

Dictionaries – French language

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using a range of languages. 
Languages currently included:  Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish

ARTFL Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Coverage: varies. Full text of works representing a broad range of use of the French language, including scholarly editions of literary works (12th - 20th centuries), as well as items from scientific and technical fields.

Grand dictionnaire francais-anglais, anglais-francais
Call Number: Case Reference PC2640 .G68 1993
Located in Library Some full text available
[Unabridged ed.] Paris : Larousse, c1993

The Oxford-Hachette concise French dictionary : French-English, English-French
Call Number: Case Reference PC2640 .O935 1995
Located in Library Some full text available
1995 ed.

The Oxford French dictionary and grammar
Call Number: Case Reference PC2640 .O84 2001
Located in Library Some full text available
2nd ed. / [editors: Marianne Chalmers ... et al.]

Dictionaries – German language

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using a range of languages. 
Languages currently included:  Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish

Concise Oxford-Duden German dictionary
Call Number: Case Reference PF3640 .C69 2005
Located in Library Some full text available
3rd ed.

The concise Oxford Duden German dictionary : English-German, German-English
Call Number: Case Reference PF3640 .C69 1997
Located in Library
Rev. ed.

LEO English - German Dictionary Unrestricted Resource
A German to English and English to German online dictionary from LEO GmbH

Oxford Duden German Dictionary Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
1999 ed. A German to English and English to German online dictionary.

Dictionaries – Greek language

Greek-English lexicon
Call Number: Case Reference PA445.E5 L6 1883
Located in Library
7th ed., comp. by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott

The Oxford paperback Greek dictionary : [Greek-English, English-Greek]
Call Number: Case Reference PA1139.E5 O94 1997
Located in Library
1997 ed.

Dictionaries – Hebrew language

comprehensive etymological dictionary of the Hebrew language for readers of English
Call Number: Case Reference PJ4833 .K54 1987
Located in Library
xix ed.

Dictionaries – Italian language

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using a range of languages. 
Languages currently included:  Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish

The Cambridge Italian dictionary
Call Number: Case Reference PC1640 .R4
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Italian dictionary

The Oxford-Duden pictorial Italian and English dictionary
Call Number: Case Reference PC1640 .O846 1995
Located in Library
new edition [1995]

Oxford Paravian Italian Dictionary
Call Number: Case Reference PC 1640.O95.2006
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
English - Italian, Italian - English 2006

Dictionaries – Japanese language

Goo Jisho Unrestricted Resource
Free online dictionary for Japanese from Sanseido, based on a variety of Sanseido dictionaries. Includes new words category search, phrase examples, and cross-dictionary/website searching. For intermediate Japanese Language learners.

Online Japanese Dictionary Service Unrestricted Resource
Online Japanese dictionary provided free through the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Page is edited and maintained by Jim Breen, through Monash University. Features Key-word search and Kanji search by reading, code and radical.

Oxford Basic Japanese-English Dictionary
Call Number: CASE Ref. PL679 .B37 2004
Located in Library
Designed for English speakers learning Japanese. 2004

Kenkyushas new Japanese-English dictionary
Call Number: Case Reference PL679 .K4 2003
Located in Library Some full text available
5th ed

Dictionaries – Latin language

Harpers Latin dictionary. A new Latin dictionary founded on the translation of Freunds Latin-German lexicon
Call Number: Case Reference PA2365.E5 A7 1879
Located in Library Some full text available
1879 ed.

Oxford Latin dictionary
Call Number: Case Reference PA2365.E5 O9 1982
Located in Library
1983 ed.

Dictionaries – multiple languages

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using a range of languages. 
Languages currently included:  Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish

Foreignword.com: the language site Unrestricted Resource
Word translation for 73 languages and small text translation

Dictionaries – Russian language

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using a range of languages. 
Languages currently included:  Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish

Oxford Russian dictionary / Russian-English
Call Number: Case Reference PG2640 .W5 2007
Located in Library Some full text available
4th ed

Dictionaries – Spanish language

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using a range of languages. 
Languages currently included:  Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish

Diccionario de la lengua espanola (Real Academia Espanola)
Call Number: Case Reference PC4625 .A3 2001
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
22 ed.

Diccionario de la lengua espanola - Vigesima segunda edicion Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Authoritative dictionary made available by the Real Academia Espanola.

Larousse gran diccionario : ingles-espanol, espanol-ingles
Call Number: Case Reference PC4640 .L393 2004
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
2 ed.

The Oxford Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English/English-Spanish
Call Number: Case Reference PC4640 .O94 2008
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available



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