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Online Dictionaries and Thesauri

A collection of dictionaries Covering over 15 languages

AltaVista Babel Fish Translation Online translations of text or complete web pages.

ArtLex A dictionary of visual art.

Bibliomania - Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (from 1894 edition)

Offers various online dictionary and language services.

Grove Dictionary of Art Online A subscription service (available to UK education via a CHEST agreement)

, directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries.

Merriam-Webster Online Access to Webster's American English dictionary and thesaurus

OneLook Dictionaries Search or browse general and subject-specific glossaries and dictionaries

The On-line Medical Dictionary Provided by CancerWEB

Encarta Dictionary From Microsoft.

English-French dictionary From the ARTFL Project

English-Spanish Library and Information Studies Dictionary This is a compilation of the terminology, both general and specific, that students and professionals generally encounter when reading library and information literature. 89,215 entries.

Glossary Agent Access to glossaries in insurance, finance, law and healthcare

Oxford English Dictionary Online The online version of the OED . ( Access is via for education sites that have taken up the CHEST OED agreement. )

Roget's Thesaurus (version 1.02) From the ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago .

Swedish-English Dictionary From Lexin (Swedish National Agency for Education).

Thesaurus of Geographic Names From the Getty Information Institute.

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries A service from the US company travlang .

Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus, An American English resource

Xerox Lanuage Identifer

(formerly Web of On-line Dictionaries) links to many dictionaries, thesauri and other language resources.

Reference Works

Acronym Database A source of general acronyms and abbreviations, based in Ireland.

Acronym Finder For computer, technology, telecommunications and military acronyms.

Acronym Search A source of general acronyms and abbreviations.

Educational resource provides a comprehensive collection of reference, encyclopedia, health, gazetteer, country studies, and educational databases. Includes more than 150,000 articles on topics covered under health, history, science, people, places, arts, sports, plants, animals, technology, philosophy, religion, literature, and more.

an image of the globe to see which parts are in daylight and also discover local time

AllRefer Reference Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetteer.

(Reference section) - online versions of reference works (including 1918 edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body)

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Search this database of quotations based on the original collection by John Bartlett

Includes Encyclopædia Britannica

Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar Dates for Orthodox and Western Easter

The Catholic Encyclopedia An online version (not yet complete) of the 1913 printed edition

Classic 164 Currency Converter A service from

De Imperatoribus Romanis An online encyclopedia of the rulers of ancient Rome

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Access to the articles from the 1911 edition

A first-stop internet encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics A subscription service from the Nature Publishing Group (available to UK education via a CHEST agreement) .

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - a subscription service from the Nature Publishing Group (available to UK education via a CHEST agreement)

Encyclopedia Mythica An encyclopedia on world-wide mythology, folklore and magic

International Dialing Codes A table listing of telephone country codes and international prefixes

Internet FAQ Archives A compilation of Usenet Frequently Asked Questions postings

The Internet Grammar of English An online course in English grammar from University College London

Measuring Units Conversion Tables For conversion from/to metric and imperial and US measurement systems.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy A widely used general medical text (April 1999 edition)

Oxford Reference Online: the Core Collection Cross-searchable resource including dictionaries, thesauri, language reference works, subject dictionaries and general reference works, from Oxford University Press. (Available to UK education at subsidised rates.)

A directory of reference works in English or Spanish

The PC Technology Guide A guide to the technology underlying the personal computer's major components and peripherals

Perpetual Calendar A perpetual (Gregorian) calendar for the Western World

Place Name Servers on the Internet Links to resources world-wide

Portals to the World Links to information about the countries of the world, from the Library of Congress

Postcode Finder Lets you find postcodes in the UK, from Royal Mail.

The Quotations Page A US service with a search facility

A US service offering a single source for facts via the Internet

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy An ongoing dynamic online resource from Stanford University

UN Atlas of the Oceans An internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans

Universal Currency Converter Convert currencies from one to another using a simple form

V.E.R.A. The Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms lets you search for computer-related acronyms and other terms.

xrefer An online reference engine incorporating encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and more.

Webopedia A dictionary and reference site for computer and Internet technology information.

A reference site for a range of information about computing and the Internet

Displays local time in key locations world-wide

World Factbook (published by the CIA) The information for each country includes: total area, boundaries, climate, disputes, population, political system and economy.

WORLDTIME - a service featuring an interactive world atlas and information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities ...

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