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Quotations, Dictionaries, and Thesauri

 

Quotations

Bartlett's Quotations
This ninth edition contains over 9,000 quotations from Hesiod and Plutarch, through Chaucer and Thomas à Kempis, up to the contemporary statesmen of the day.

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Oxford English Dictionary Bowdoin Users Only
The Oxford English Dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language. It traces the development of English from approximately 1150 AD up to the present day. The online version of the Oxford English Dictionary contains two separate texts, the complete Second Edition and the New Edition in progress

Merriam-Webster Online
Merriam-Webster online dictionary and thesaurus. Updated daily.

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
Uses a visual representation for finding synonyms.

Web of On-Line Dictionaries
This site is linked to more than 500 dictionaries of over 280 different languages. Also links to online thesauri, grammars, specialized English dictionaries, and translation dictionaries.

Roget's Thesaurus
A searchable thesaurus.

Comprehensive Listing of Online Dictionaries (Language,Technical & Specialized)
http://www-math.uni-paderborn.de/dictionaries/Dictionaries.html
Includes many different dictionaries, listed in categories: German-English, American English, Technical English, Other Languages, English-???, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Hacker's, Miscellaneous

The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server (Acronym and Abbreviation List)
Search by acronym or by words in the definition of an acronym.

Bartleby Library Great Books Online
Passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources.

Etymology of First Names
Origins of first names.

The Internet Language Dictionary
A glossary of Internet terms.

Alternative Dictionaries
A web service where you may read and input words that are not normally included in dictionaries: slang, "dirty" words, etc. Supports a number of languages.

LEO Dictionary: German<->English<->French
A German-English-French dictionary containing more than 150,000 entries.

ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary
A simple French-English Dictionary containing about 75,000 terms.

Discipline Specific Dictionaries

BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
An illustrated glossary containing terms associated with genetics and biochemistry. Also includes some terms associated with general biology, chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine.

Glossary of Physical Oceanography and Related Disciplines ( Local PDF | Online Version)
A glossary containing terms associated with Oceanography. Available as a PDF dated May 26, 2004. Online version is dated August 17, 2001.

Geology and GIS dictionaries
Listing of Geography and Geology dictionaries.

Note: Items with a Bowdoin Users Only require a Bowdoin ID for off-campus access.

This page created and maintained by Carmen Greenlee. Last update: September, 2005.