Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Featured Resources

http://www.m-w.com/

Includes definition, pronunciation, audio pronunciation, part of speech, word endings (-ed,-ing), etymology and usage

World Book (in Library)
(from home)

World Book Online is based on the World Book Encyclopedia, developed by World Book Publishing, Inc. It includes access to over 31,000 encyclopedia articles, 6,000 Web links, 25,000 periodical articles, 800 videos, animations, and sounds, 400 interactive maps, and 3-D bubble views.

Selected Web Sites

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

www.britannica.com

Concise articles, timelines, year in review, index and alphabetical browsing features

Encyclopedias from the Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref32.00.00/

"anno"tated list and links to free general encyclopedias

Roget’s Thesaurus

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html

Search the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus, 1911, version 1.02 (supplemented: July 1991) released to the public domain by MICRA, Inc. and the Gutenberg Project.

p TravLang Translating Dictionaries

http://www6.travlang.com/index.html

Translate individual words to and from over 35 different languages.