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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Starting Points: Dictionaries

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Merriam-Webster online
Dictionary.com
Includes American Heritage and more.

English Dictionaries

Foreign Language Dictionaries

Collections of Encyclopedias

Gale Virtual Reference
Full-text encyclopedias on many subjects

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Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and subject reference works.

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Last Updated: Sep 1, 2022 2:25 PM
URL: https://guides.lib.uw.edu/tacoma/dictionaries-encyclopedias
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