Online Reference Shelf
Dictionaries, | Thesauri, |
Quotations, | Acronyms & Abbreviations |
| Dictionaries (English) | |
| American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.) | English language dictionary with selected audio clips and illustrations |
| Cambridge Dictionary Online | Dictionary of the English language and idioms |
| CMU Pronouncing Dictionary | North American English pronunciation dictionary |
| Dictionary.com | Links to dictionaries of all types, including foreign languages and medical |
| Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words | An index of over 13,900 difficult words |
| Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) | The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition) is a fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative definitions of English language terms. Topics covered: English language dictionary. Coverage: 1995- |
| One Look Dictionaries | Search for a word located in other dictionary links |
| Oxford English Dictionary (Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) | Traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. |
| Quotations (Pierian) (Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) | A dictionary of famous quotations with source information and quotations in context. Quotes can be searched by author, title, and/or subject, as well as by keyword. |
| Stands4.com | Acronyms and abbreviations |
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 edition) | Enter a word to find the definition |
| Language Dictionaries | |
| Alternative Dictionaries (slang) | Dictionary of slang words in a variety of different languages |
| Lexicool (translation) | Directory of more than 500 translation dictionaries and glossaries |
| Thesauri | |
| Thesauri and Quotations | Links to websites containing quotations and thesauri |
| Thesaurus.com | Antonyms/synonyms within six categories |
| Quotations | |
| Authority Finder | Locate a quote from an authoritative source to support your hypothesis or argument |
| Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations | Passages and phrases taken from literature |
| Quotations Page | Search for randomly select quotes |
| Acronyms and Abbreviations | |
| Abbreviations.com | A searchable index of abbreviations and acronyms |
| Acronym Finder | Acronyms and abbreviations related to computers, technology, and the military |
| Acronyma | A searchable index of abbreviations and acronyms |
| All the JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources | Registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations |
| World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server | Provides acronym definitions. |
