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Dictionaries - English
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition - definitions, pronunciations, etymology, and more
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
OneLook Dictionary Search - search multiple dictionaries simultaneously
Dictionaries - Biographical
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (biographies of historically significant people from the British Isles)
American National Biography (biographies of historically significant people in America)
Dictionaries - Foreign Languages
Oxford Reference Online (Bilingual Dictionaries)
Dictionaries - Subject Specific
Dictionary of International Business Terms
Dictionaries - Etymology
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition - definitions, pronunciations, etymology, and more
Online Etymology Dictionary - a dictionary of word origins
Dictionaries - Rhyming
RhymeZone - there is still no word that rhymes with "orange", but this is a useful dictionary
Thesauri
Roget's New Thesaurus - third edition, 1995
Encyclopedias - General
Britannica Online
Oxford Reference Online (Encyclopedia)
World Almanac (FirstSearch)
Encyclopedias - Subject Specific
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology
Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine
Grove Art Online
Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online)
Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)
History Resource Center: US (Gale)
History Resource Center: World (Gale)
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Magill's Medical Guide (Salem Press)
Mark Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
Oxford African American Studies Center
Routledge Religious Reference Online
Handbooks
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
Electronic Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Graduate School Resources
Test Prep - GRE, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT, Praxis, TOEFL, etc.
College catalogs - includes grad & professional schools (CollegeSource Online) not available off campus
Quotations
Oxford Reference Online (Quotations)
Thesaurus
Oxford Reference Online (Dictionaries & Thesauruses)
Citation Guides for Citing Sources