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PHONEDictionaries and Encyclopedias
General Dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary - Off-campus access requires BroncoWeb ID and Password. The most complete dictionary. Includes definitions, pronunciations, word histories, and dates.
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
"Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.&34; From Bartleby.com
YourDictionary.com - a dictionary which includes pronunciation sound files and synonyms. The website also offers other language related resources.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Designed for learners of English provides common contemporary usages.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - a dictionary which includes pronunciation sound files. Also offers a separate thesaurus function.
Thesauri
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995 – one of the biggest names in Thesauri. Offers synonyms and antonyms to over 35,000 English words. From Bartleby.com.
Thesaurus.com – easy to use interface. Website offers other language tools as well.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus – a thesaurus with words targeted to the college level user.
Slang Dictionaries
Slang, Commonly-Used American - More than 280 common American slang expressions sorted alphabetically. Good for ESL Students.
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms – Another good source of slang terms and idioms for all students, especially ESL.
General Encyclopedias
Answers.com – one search box that provides access to multiple general and subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and other information resources.
The Columbia Encyclopedia - Contains lots of articles and biographies with little overlapping information, but lots of cross-references. From Bartleby.com.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
According to Peter Jacso, Peter's Digital Reference Shelf, March 2002, "Where BCE really shines is with the substantial definition of many words and names. these are longer than the ones in the comparable encyclopedias and BCE has definitions for terms which do not even occur in other concise encyclopedias, let alone as main entries." Its weakness is currency -- no additions since mid-2000.
Encarta Online Encyclopedia
A free subset of the Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe, the site includes the Encarta World English Dictionary and Atlas.
Subject Encyclopedias
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Off-campus access requires BroncoWeb ID and Password. Includes encyclopedias in the following subjects: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
How Stuff Works - In-depth illustrated articles that explain how things work. Limited to the following subjects: Auto, Business & Money, Communication, Computer, Electronics, Entertainment, Food & Recipes, Health, Home & Garden, People, Science, Travel.