Why Use Reference Works?
- Get an overview of your subject to clarify the issues & scope of your project.
- Find and confirm facts & definitions.
- Identify key authors, terms, concepts, & the vocabulary of the discipline - use those terms to search the catalog & databases.
- Find journal articles & books mentioned in the text or bibliography for further reading.
English Language Dictionaries
- Oxford English DictionaryProvides etymological histories
- Merriam-Webster OnlineOnline version of Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Thesauri, Acronyms, Quotations, etc
- Bartlett's Familiar QuotationsAn online version of the 10th edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, published in 1919. Includes historical familiar quotations with reference to their origins Also offers an index to authors and keywords
- Thesaurus.comA general thesaurus with the ability to perform category searches.
