gender studies—dictionaries & language
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American
Heritage Dictionary - The
American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary
- The
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language
- Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations. 10th Edition, 1919
- Bilingual
Dictionaries--Oxford English to French, German, Italian,
Latin, Spanish and vis versa.
- Bloomsbury
Thesaurus
- The
Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
- Cambridge
Dictionary of American English
- Cambridge
Klett Compact, French-English
- Cambridge
Klett Compact, Spanish-English
- Chambers
21st Century Dictionary
- Collins
English Dictionary
- Collins
French Dictionary
- Collins
German Dictionary
- Collins
Irish Dictionary
- Collins
Italian Dictionary
- Collins
Latin Dictionary
- Collins
Portuguese Dictionary
- Collins
Spanish Dictionary
- Dictionary
of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations, H.W. Wilson
- Dictionary
of Languages
- English- Resources at NU
- Foreign Languages for Travelers Includes basic phrases with pronunciations in Real Audio in over sixty languages and links to language services and translating dictionaries.
- French- Resources at NU
- German
Reference Database: Xipolis
- German- Resources at NU
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Human Languages Page Extensive guide to web resources related to language. (Now named iLoveLanguages).
- Italian- Resources at NU
- The
Macquarie Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate(R) Dictionary
- Nations of the World A-Z list of all countries in the world and their official languages. Click on the country name to link to "One World - Nations Online" which provides news links, maps, statistics, current topics, and more on languages of every country of the world.
- Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues An excellent language resource for all disciplines in which human communication is studied.
- Online Dictionary Net Links to many online dictionaries covering many languages and topics.
- Oxford
Dictionary of Modern Quotations
- Oxford
Dictionary of Quotations
- Oxford
English Dictionary: OED Online This contains two
separate texts, the complete Second Edition and the New
Edition
in progress. The
first set is a complete A to Z sequence of entries, while
the second is incomplete, but growing every quarter.
- The
Penguin English Dictionary
- Roget's
II: The New Thesaurus
- Spanish & Portuguese-
Resources at NU
For further information, contact:
Kathleen
E. Bethel
African American Studies Librarian
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
:847.491.2173;
fax: 847.491.5678
kbethel@northwestern.edu
