Dictionaries and Thesauri

See below for Translating Services, Foreign Language Dictionaries, and Specialized Dictionaries

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English-Language Dictionaries and Usage Guides

Oxford Reference: English Dictionaries & Thesauruses (Vanderbilt users only)

Easy access to a group of dictionaries from the respected Oxford University Press

Oxford Reference: English Language Reference (Vanderbilt users only)

Links to dictionaries focusing on English grammar, idioms, American usage, English usage, abbreviations, proverbs, eponyms and other helpful resources

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (via Literature Online) (Vanderbilt users only)

Oxford English Dictionary (Vanderbilt users only)

A searchable online version of the OED, 2nd edition, including the 3 volume additions

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Access to Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and other works.

English Dictionaries and Thesauri (via Acqweb)

OneLook Dictionaries: 'the faster finder'

Allows you to search multiple dictionaries - standard, slang, specialized - simultaneously

Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (via ARTFL Project)

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Translating Services and Multilingual Dictionaries

Eurodicautom

From the European Commission's Translation Service, translates terms among twelve European languages

BabelFish, from Alta Vista

Translates a range of common European and Asian languages

Free2ProfessionalTranslation

One of the best free translation services. Translates Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.

Language Dictionaries and Translators (Word2Word Language Resources)

Bilingual dictionaries for more than 160 languages

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Foreign Language Dictionaries

yourDictionary.com

A impressive site offering links to unilingual dictionaries for over 250 languages. Also includes grammars for many languages.

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Specialized Dictionaries

Online Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias - 101

Glossaries for subjects from 'Agriculture' to 'Women's Issues'

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