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Art and Architecture

• Biographical Dictionary of Artists (Credo)
• The Bloomsbury Guide to Art (Credo)
• The Bridgeman Art Library Archive (Credo)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (Oxford Reference Online)
• Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television (Gale)
• Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art (Oxford Reference Online)
• Grove Dictionary of Art
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (Gale)
• Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia (Credo)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Art (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers (Credo)
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers (Credo)

Bilinguals

• Collins Italian Dictionary (Credo)
• Collins Latin Dictionary (Credo)
• The Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (English-French) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (French-English) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (English-German) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (German-English) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (Spanish-English) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Business French Dictionary (English-French) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Business French Dictionary (French-English) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary (Spanish-English) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary (English-Italian) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary (Italian-English) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English) (Oxford Reference Online)

Biography

• Australian Dictionary of Biography – free online edition, published by the Australian National University. Contains over 10,000 scholarly biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980.
• Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Credo)
• Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of World Biography (Gale)

Biological Sciences

• Dictionary of Biology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Ecology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Zoology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Wiley)

Business

• Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business (Credo)
• Collins Dictionary of Business (Credo)
• Encyclopedia of Business and Finance (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Management (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Public Relations (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce (Gale)
• Human Resources Glossary, 3rd Edition the Complete Desk Reference for HR Executives, Managers and Practitioners (CRCnetbase)
• Routledge Dictionary of Business Management, (CRC NetBase)
• The Ultimate Business Library (Credo)

Classics

• The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin) (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English) (Oxford Reference Online)
• Who's Who in the Classical World (Oxford Reference Online)

Computing

• Dictionary of Computing (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of the Internet (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units (Oxford Reference Online)
• Free On-line Dictionary of Computing explains computer terms, with highlighted cross-references.
• Webopaedia - an online encyclopaedia and search engine dedicated to computer technology. Can be searched by keyword or browsed, and features a list of recently added terms.

Economics

• Dictionary of Accounting (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Business and Management (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Economics (Credo)
• Dictionary of Economics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Finance and Banking (Oxford Reference Online)
• Routledge Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition (CRCnetBASE)
• Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary (Credo)

Education

• Encyclopedia of Education (Gale)
• World Education Encyclopedia (Gale)

Environment

• Dictionary of Earth Sciences (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Ecology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Geography (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Weather (Oxford Reference Online)
• Encyclopedia of Soil Science (CRCnetBASE)
• Endangered Species (Gale)
• Environmental Encyclopedia (Gale)
• Environmental and Engineering Dictionary and Directory (CRCnetBASE)
• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (Gale)
• Pollution A to Z (Gale)
• U*X*L Encyclopedia of Water Science (Gale)
• Water: Science and Issues (Gale)

Food

• An A-Z of Food and Drink (Oxford Reference Online)
• Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology (Credo)
• Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Food and Nutrition (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (CRCnetBASE)
• Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise (Oxford Reference Online)

History

• Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World (Gale)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of British History (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Contemporary World History (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of World History (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dynasties of the World (Oxford Reference Online)
• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Gale)
• Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (Gale)
• The Kings and Queens of Britain (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Macquarie Encyclopedia of Australian Events (Credo)
• New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Credo)
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Gale)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Popes (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Guide to the United States Government (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (Oxford Reference Online)
• St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact (Gale)
• Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (Oxford Reference Online)

Language

• Aboriginal Languages of Australia - gateway to dictionaries, wordlists and other resources for about forty aboriginal languages.
• Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable (Credo)
• Chambers 21st Century Dictionary (Credo)
• Collins English Dictionary (Credo)
• Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Slang - a reference guide to slang expressions heard in the U.K. Includes words and phrases that originate from outside the U.K.
• Language and Translation Centre - a comprehensive collection of language resources, including multilingual dictionaries, online translation services, pronunciation guides for travellers, sign language and Braille, grammar, spelling and more. From the Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'.
• Language Tools includes language dictionaries, thesauri, 188-Language Word Translator and the Web Page Translator service (‘Translate any web page on-the-fly from English to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese or from those languages to English’). From iTools.
• Macquarie Book of Slang – a complete record of the informal side of Australian English.
• A New Dictionary of Eponyms (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Penguin English Dictionary (Credo)
• Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage (Oxford Reference Online)
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (Credo)

Law

• Dictionary of Conflict Resolution (Credo)
• Dictionary of Law (Credo)
• Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizen's Rights and Responsibilities (Gale)
• Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (Credo)
• Oxford Dictionary of Law (Oxford Reference Online)
• Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions (Oxford Reference Online)
• World of Criminal Justice (Credo)
• World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems (Gale)

Literature

• The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (Credo)
• The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford Reference Online)
• Contemporary Novelists (Gale)
• Dictionary of Literary Symbol (Gale)
• Dictionary of Shakespeare (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Writers and their Works (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English (Oxford Reference Online)

Medicine

• An A-Z of Medicinal Drugs (Oxford Reference Online)
• Black's Medical Dictionary, 41st Edition (Credo)
• Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease (Gale)
• Concise Medical Dictionary (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Medicine (Credo)
• Dictionary of Nursing (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science (Credo)
• Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior (Gale)
• ELS (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences) includes articles in the areas of virology, cell biology, biochemistry, ecology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, plant science, physiology and neuroscience.
• Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Public Health (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (Gale)
• The On-line Medical Dictionary - OMD offers 46,000 cross-referenced entries relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
• The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia (Credo)

Mythology and Folklore

• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - revised edition of 1898, Bartleby.com. Gives the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words.
• Dictionary of African Mythology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Asian Mythology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of English Folklore (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Superstitions (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of World Mythology (Oxford Reference Online)

Multicultural Studies

Names and Places

• Dictionary of British Place-Names (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of First Names (Oxford Reference Online)

Nation and World

• A-Z of Countries of the World (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Collins World Atlas Gazetteer (Credo)
• The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia (Credo)
• Dictionary of Contemporary World History (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Human Geography (Credo)
• Dictionary of Physical Geography (Credo)
• Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia (Gale)
• Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary (Credo)
• The Oxford Guide to the United States Government (Oxford Reference Online)
• World Encyclopedia (Oxford Reference Online)

Performing Arts

• The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (Oxford Reference Online)
• Grove Dictionary of Music covers ancient, classical, opera, world, jazz and popular 20th century music. The Dictionary includes links to images, related sites and digital sound.
• The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (Oxford Reference Online)
• Who's Who in Opera (Oxford Reference Online)

Philosophy and Psychology

• Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought (Credo)
• Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (Credo)
• Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (Credo)
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - articles are either original contributions by specialized philosophers around the Internet, or are adapted from material written for classroom purposes or from public domain sources. The latter are being replaced by original contributions.
• Macmillan Dictionary of Philosophy (Credo)
• Penguin Dictionary of Psychology (Credo)

Physical Sciences and Mathematics

• Concise Dictionary of Materials Sciences : Structure and Charactization of Polycrystalline Materials (CRCnetBASE)
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Data Dictionary: Defining Unambiguous Data (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Algebra, Arithmetic and Trigonometry (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Analysis, Calculus and differential equations (CRCnetbase)
• Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Science (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Astronomy (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Material Science and High Energy Physics (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Physics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Statistics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units (Oxford Reference Online)
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology (CRCnetBASE)

Politics and Social Sciences

• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Political Biography (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of the Social Sciences (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Sociology (Oxford Reference Online)

Quotations

• Astronomically Speaking a Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics (CRCnetBASE)
• Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations (Credo)
• Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations (Credo)
• Chemically Speaking a Dictionary of Quotations (CRCnetBASE)
• Collins Concise Dictionary of Quotations (Credo)
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Oxford Reference Online)
• Mathematical Speaking a Dictionary of Quotations (crcNETbase)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (Oxford Reference Online)
• Physically speaking a Dictionary of Quotations (CRCnetBASE)
• Practically Speaking a Dictionary of Quotations in Engineering, Technology and Architectural results (CRCnetBASE)
• Rawson's Dictionary of American Quotations (Credo)
• Scientifically Speaking a dictionary of Quotations (CRCnetBASE)

Religion

• Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion (Oxford Reference Online)
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford Reference Online)
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Buddhism (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (Credo)
• Dictionary of the Bible (Oxford Reference Online)
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Gale)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Popes (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible (Oxford Reference Online)
• The Qur'an (Credo)
• SYMBOLS.com -- Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms - an online encyclopaedia of graphic symbols, their histories, uses and meanings. You may search for both meanings and names of signs.

Science

• Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology (Credo)
• Comprehensive Dictionary of Electrical Engineering (CRCnetBASE)
• Concise Dictionary of Materials Science: Structure and Charachterization of Polycrystalline Materials (CRCnetBASE)
• Concise Medical Dictionary (Oxford Reference Online)
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Chemistry: Foundations and Applications (Gale)
• Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Science (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Biology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Chemistry (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds (CHEMnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Ecology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics and Astronomy (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Materials Science and High Energy Physics (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Nursing (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Physics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Plant Sciences (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Scientists (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Statistics (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Weather (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units (Oxford Reference Online)
• Dictionary of Zoology (Oxford Reference Online)
• Electrical Engineering Dictionary (CRCnetBASE)
• Encyclopedia of Smart Materials (Wiley)
• Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology (Wiley)
• Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (Wiley)
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology (CRCnetBASE)
• Environmetnal Engineering Dictionary (CRCnetBASE)
• Fiber optics illustrated dictionary (CRCnetBASE)
• Forensic Science (CRC NetBase)
• Genetics (Gale)
• Illustrated Dictionary and Resource Directory of Environmental and Occupational Health (CRCnetBASE)
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (Wiley)
• Lewis’ Dictionary of Occupational and Envionmental Safety and Health (CRCnetBASE)
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (Credo)
• The Macquarie Dictionary of Trees & Shrubs (Credo)
• The New Penguin Dictionary of Science (Credo)
• Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (Wiley)
• Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia (Wiley)

Social Science

• The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science (Credo)
• Child Development (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Aging (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (Gale)
• The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management (Credo)
• Encyclopedia of Human Development (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Leadership (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Population (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (Gale)
• Encyclopedia of Sociology (Gale)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology (Gale)
• International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (Gale)
• International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family (Gale)
• Lewis’ Dictionary of Occupaional and Environmental Safety and Health (CRCnetBASE)
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying (Gale)
• Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Politics (Credo)
• Penguin Dictionary of Sociology (Credo)
• U.S. Census 2000 State & County Statistical QuickFacts (Credo)
• World of Sociology (Credo)

Technology

• Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology: an Illustrated Dictionary
• Comprehensive Dictionary of Electrical Engineering (CRCnetrBASE)
• Data Dictionary Defining Unambigous Data Elements (CRCnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations (Credo)
• Dictionary of Engineering Terms (Credo)
• Electrical Engineering Dictionary (CRCnetBASE)
• Encyclopedia of Computer Science (Credo)
• Fiber optics illustrated dictionary (CRCnetBASE)
• Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications (Credo)
• An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation (Credo)
• Newnes Dictionary of Electronics (Credo)
• Telecommunications illustrated Dictionary, 2nd edition (CRCnetBASE)

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