Dictionaries & Thesauri
- Oxford English Dictionary : The OED online. (AC)
- Oxford Reference Online : Collection of handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias from Oxford Univ. Press covering arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences. (AC)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library: Encyclopedias and reference works on a variety of topics. (AC)
- Old English Dictionary : Online database consisting of at least one copy of every Old English text, ca. 450-1100. (AC)
Free Sites on the Web
- A Web of On-Line Dictionaries Includes a quick lookup in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, and links to dictionaries in about 300 languages.
- Cambridge Dictionaries online Searches Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms.
- The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
- Roget's Thesaurus
- Lexical FreeNet Connected Thesaurus Includes unusual language resources such as a "Rhyme Coercion" thesaurus and a "Related Word" thesaurus.
Encyclopedias & Almanacs
- Britannica Online (AC )
- Oxford Reference Online : Collection of handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias from Oxford Univ. Press covering arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences. (AC)
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed. (AC)
- Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture (AC)
- Grove Dictionary of Art (AC)
- New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (AC)
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (AC)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Encyclopedia of Religion
- Encyclopaedia Judaica (AC)
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (AC)
- Encyclopedia of Social Measurement (AC)
- International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 2nd edition (AC)
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (AC)
- New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (AC) -- not just a dictionary, short essays included as well.
- Enciclopedia universal: Spanish-language encyclopedia (AC)
- Japan Knowledge Japanese-language encyclopedia (AC)
Government/World Countries
Free Sites on the Web
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