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Language Resources and Reference Materials

Acronyms & Abbreviations

Abbreviations.com
Acronym Finder
Acronym Server
United States Postal Service Official Abbreviations

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Authors, Books & Online Texts

American Literature on the Web
Bartleby.com Great Books Online
Bibliomania Online literature and study guides
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Etext Archives Zines, On-line Publications
Everypoet.com
Internet Archive
Internet Classics Archive
National Academies Press
netLibrary
The On-line Books Page
Poetry Links Library

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Dictionaries/Translators English Language | Foreign Language | Topical

English Language

American-British, British-American Dictionary
Hypertext Webster Gateway
Merriam-Webster Online
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (through Britannica Online)
OneLook Dictionaries
RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
WWlib - Notes on American English

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Foreign Language

ALA-LC Romanization Tables
Arabic Cataloging Manual
Babel Fish Translation at AltaVista
Chinese Romanization Converter
CJK Romanization Tables
Ethnologue Languages of the World
Foreignword.com The Language Site: dictionaries & free translation tools
Free-Translator.com
GeoNative Minority and native languages
Hebrew Numbers and Counting
iLoveLanguages Catalog of language-related Internet resources (was Human-Languages Page)
Inter Active Terminology for Europe
LOGOS Dictionary (Translating Dictionary)
LookWAYup Dictionary, thesaurus, translation
Majstro A multilingual translation dictionary
Multilingual Glossary of medical terms
Omniglot a guide to written language
Online Dictionaries and Translators Large list of links
Persian Cataloging Page
Slavic Cataloging Manual
travlang's Translating Dictionaries
WorldLingo: Translator
yourDictionary.com

Chinese Characters and Culture
Czech<->English
French<->English
German<->English
Greek<->English
Japanese<->English
Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
Spanish<->English
Swedish<->English

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Topical

The Alternative Dictionaries International slang
American Sign Language Sites
A Basic Dictionary of ASL [American Sign Language] Terms
Behind the Name the Etymology of First Names
Biographical Dictionary
ComputerUser High-Tech Dictionary
EurekAlert! News By Subject
Glossary of Poetic Terms from BOB'S BYWAY
Legal Encyclopedia and Law Dictionary
Little Explorers Children's dictionary
ODLIS Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
OneLook Dictionaries
Silicon Valley Slang
SYMBOLS.com
Webopedia Online Computer Dictionary for Internet Terms and Technical Support

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Encyclopedias

Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
TechEncyclopedia
Wikipedia

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Grammar, Style & Writing: Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources from University of Alberta
Common Errors in English
Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
Garbl's Style and Usage Links
Garbl's Writing Center
Garbl's Writing Resources Online
Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The King's English by H.W. Fowler
Tips for Citing Internet Sources
A.Word.A.Day
Writers Resources on the Web
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Quotations: Familiar Quotations compiled by John Bartlett
Generation Terrorists quotations aphorisms proverbs ...
IFLA - Quotations about Libraries and Librarians
On Matters of Most Grave Concern Quotations, Aphorisms, Thoughts and Proverbs ...
Pieces of Poetry
Quotations Collection
Quoteland.com
thinkarete
Ye Olde English Sayings
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Search Engines or Indexes: Center for Research Libraries
iTools
Librarians' Internet Index
LibrarySpot
Reference Works
WebSonar eLibrary Directory
See Internet Resources and Reference Materials page for more

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Thesauri: ARTFL Project: Roget's Thesaurus Search Form
Lexical FreeNet Connected thesaurus
Library of Congress Thesauri
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
Phrase Finder
Thesaurus.com
WordNet
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Internet Resources

Acronyms & Abbreviations

Authors, Books & Online Texts

Dictionaries/Translators

English Language

Foreign Language

Topical

Encyclopedias

Grammar, Style & Writing

Quotations

Search Engines or Indexes

Thesauri