Guides: Databases by Type: Dictionaries & Thesauri: Dictionaries & Thesauri

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Oxford English Dictionary
Electronic version of the twenty-volume The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series.

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes
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Oxford Reference
Contains 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works full text and searchable.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes

Dictionary.com
Search the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Roget's Thesaurus and other sources. Also useful for translating text.

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes
Middle English Compendium
The Middle English Compendium contains three Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a Bibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.

Coverage: 1100-1500
Full Text: Yes
Oxford English Dictionary
Electronic version of the twenty-volume The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series.

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes
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Oxford Reference
Contains 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works full text and searchable.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
WPI Acronym Dictionary
IPQ, MQP, ETD, acronyms of WPI explained.

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes