Political Science — Dictionaries and Language

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
Le Grand Robert de la langue francaise Electronic version of the Grand Robert.
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

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