General Reference Sources

Biographical Sources | Book Reviews | Catalogs | Dictionaries and Thesauri--English Language | Dictionaries--Western European Languages | Directories, Fact Books, etc. | Dissertations | Encyclopedias | English Language--Reference | English Language--Usage | Quotation Dictionaries | Style Manuals

Biographical Sources

• African American Biographical Database, Chadwyck-Healey
  
• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie / Neue Deutsche Biographie Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. (unrestricted access)
  
• American National Biography, Oxford; updated quarterly
  
• Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Gale Group
  
• Chamber's Biographical Dictionary, 2003
• Contemporary Authors, Gale Group
  
• Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2000
  
• Debrett's People of Today, 2006
  
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
  
• Dictionary of National Biography
  
• Dictionary of Political Biography, Oxford, 1998
  
• Dictionary of Scientists, Oxford, 1999
  
• Kings and Queens of Britain, Oxford, 2001
  
• The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography, 1999
  
• Marquis Who's Who on the Web
  Provides access to a number of Marquis titles, including Who's Who in America.
  
• Neue Deutsche Biographie
  
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Popes, 2005
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford, 2003
  
• The Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women, 1998
  
• Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge, 1999
  
• Who's Who in Christianity, Routledge, 1998
• Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History, Routledge, 2001
  
• Who's Who in Opera, Oxford, 1998
  
• Who's Who in the Classical World, Oxford, 2000
  
• Who's Who in the New Testament, Routledge, 2002
  
• Who's Who in the Old Testament, Routledge, 2002
  
• Who's Who in the Roman World, Routledge, John Hazel, 2001
  
• Who's Who in the Twentieth Century, Oxford, 1999
  
• Wilson Biographies Illustrated
  Includes Current Biography, World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World File Directors and American Reformers.
  
• World Biographical Information System

Book Reviews

• Book Review Digest, 1983-
  
• Book Review Digest Retrospective
• Book Review Index, 1965-
  
• International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR), 1985-
  
• New York Review of Books, 1963-
  Includes nearly every piece ever published in the Review, from the very first issue in 1963 to the most recent one.
  
• New York Times Book Review, 1997- (unrestricted access)
  
• Periodicals Index Online, 1665 to 1995
  Search options include limiting to book reviews. Full text access to over 350 titles is available through Periodicals Archive Online.
  
• TLS Centenary Archives 1902-1990
  
• Web of Science Citation Indexes
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1975-
  • Science Citation Index, 1945-
  • Social Sciences Citation Index, 1956-

Note: Many subject-specific indexes also include book reviews.

Catalogs

• American Film Institute Catalog
  
• ArchiveGrid (includes nearly 30,000 finding aids)
  
• ArchivesUSA
  
• College Source Online
  
• English Short Title Catalog, ESTC
  
• Index of Christian Art
  
• LibWeb: Library Servers via WWW (unrestricted access)
  
• SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs
  
• WorldCat on FirstSearch

Dictionaries and Thesauri--English Language

• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2000
  
• American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin, 2000 (unrestricted access)
  
• The Australian Oxford Dictionary 2nd edition, 2004
• Bloomsbury Thesaurus, 1997
  
• The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2004
• Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, 2001
  
• Collins English Dictionary, 2001
  
• The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford, 2004
  
• Dictionary of Old English, Old English Corpus
  
• Macquarie Dictionary (3rd edition; Macquarie University, NSW, 1997)
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2004
  
• Middle English Dictionary (University of Michigan)
  
• The New Dictionary of Cultulal Literacy, Houghton Mifflin, 2002
• The New Oxford American Dictionary, 2001
• The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English, Oxford, 1999
  
• The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English, Oxford, 1999
  
• Oxford Dictionary of English, 2005
  
• Oxford English Dictionary
  
• The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus, Oxford, 2001
  
• The Penguin English Dictionary, 2000
  
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Houghton Mifflin, 1995 (unrestricted access from Bartleby.com)
  
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Houghton Mifflin, 1995
• World English: From ALoha to Zed, Wiley, 2001

Dictionaries-Western European Languages

French

• Business French Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing, 1995
  
• Collins French Dictionary, 2000
  
• The Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (English-French), Oxford, 2004
  
• The Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (French-English), Oxford, 2004
  
• Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française Eighth Edition, 1932-35, ARTFL
  
• Dictionnaries d'autrefois, ARTFL
  
• Le Grand Robert de la Langue Francaise
• Oxford Business Frence Dictionary (English-French), Oxford, 2002
• Oxford Business Frence Dictionary (French-English), Oxford, 2002

German

• Business German Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing, 2001
  
• Collins German Dictionary, 1999
  
• The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (English-German), Oxford, 1998.
  
• The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (German-English), Oxford, 1998.
  
• Duden Abkürzungen, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
  
• Duden Familiennamen, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
  
• Duden Großes Fremdwörterbuch, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
  
• Duden Großes Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
  
• Duden Szenesprache, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis,the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
  
• Duden Vornamen, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
• Oxford Duden German Dictionary, Oxford, 1999. (Part of InteLex Past Masters)
  
• PONS Kompaktwörterbuch Deutsch - Englisch, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
  
• PONS Kompaktwörterbuch Englisch - Deutsch, Duden, 2000. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.

Irish

• Collins Irish Dictionary, 1997
• The Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary (English-Irish), 2000
• The Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary (Irish-English), 2000

Italian

• Collins Italian Dictionary, 1995
• The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary (Italian-English), Oxford, 2000
  
• The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary (English-Italian), Oxford, 2000

Latin

• Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin), 2005
• Pocket Oxford Latine Dictionary (Latin-English), 2005

Portuguese

• Collins Portuguese Dictionary

Spanish

• Business Spanish Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing, 1998
  
• Collins Spanish Dictionary, 2000
  
• The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish), Oxford, 1998
  
• The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (Spanish-English), Oxford, 1998
  
• Dictionary of Spanish Law, Peter Collin Publishing, 1999
  
• Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish), 2002
• Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary (Spanish-English), 2002
  

Welsh

• The Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary (English-Welsh), Oxford, 2000
• The Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary (Welsh-English), Oxford, 2000

Directories, Fact Books, etc.

• Books in Print
  
• Columbia Gazetteer of North America Columbia University Press, 2000 (unrestricted access)
  
• A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford, 2003
  
• A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford, 2006
  
• Directories in Print (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Encyclopedia of American Religions (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S. (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Facts on File, 1980-
  
• Gale Directory of Databases (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Government Research Centers Directory (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• International Research Centers Director (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Libros en venta en América Latina y España
  
• Newsletters in Print (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations, Oxford, 1998
  
• Publishers Directory (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Research Centers Directory (Included in Gale's Ready Reference Shelf)
  
• Scholarly Societies Project
  
• Statesman's Yearbook Online Palgrave Macmillan
  
• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
  
• World Almanac
  
• World Fact Book, CIA
  
• World of Learning, Europa Publications
  
• Yearbook of International Organizations (To search, click on "International Organizations.")

Dissertations

• Center for Research Libraries Foreign Dissertation Database
  
• Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland, 1970-
  
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text

Encyclopedias

• Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, 1996-1999. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
  
• Columbia Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press, 2005 (unrestricted access from Bartleby.com)
  
• The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2004
  
• Crystal Reference Encyclopedia, Quotations, Ltd., 2005
  
• Diderot's Encyclopédie
  
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
  
• The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia, Helicon, 2007
  
• The Macmillan Encyclopedia, 2002
  
• Philip's Encyclopedia, 2003
  
• World Encyclopedia Philip's Ltd, 2005

English Language-Reference

• The American Heritage. Dictionary of Idioms, 1997
  
• Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable, Cassell, 2002
  
  
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Cassell Publishers, 2005
• The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, 2001
  
• Chambers Dictionary of Eponyms, Chambers Harrap, 2004
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, 1993
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics, Oxford, 1997
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Oxford, 2003
  
• Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce, 1911
  
• Dictionary of First Names, Oxford, 2006
  
• Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations (H.W. Wilson, 1990)
  
• A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, Blackwell, 2003
• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, Oxford, 2001
• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Oxford, 2nd edition, 2003
  
• A New Dictionary of Eponyms, Oxford, 1997
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations, Second edition, 1998
  
• Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, 1986
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, Oxford, 2004
  
• The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford, 1999
  
• The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary, 1991
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics, Oxford, 1997
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Fourth edition, 2003
  
• Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk, 2002
• Word Histories and Mysteries Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004

English Language-Usage

• American Heritage Book of English Usage Houghton Mifflin, 1996 (unrestricted access)
  
• The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005
• The Bloomsbury Good Word Guide, 1997
  
• Columbia Guide to Standard American Usage Columbia University Press, 1993 (unrestricted access)
• Concise Oxford Companion to The English Language, Oxford, 1998
  
• Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, A&C Black, 2007
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, Oxford, 2000
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar, Oxford, 1998
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 4th edition, 2003
• Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes, 2007
• Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage, Oxford, 1999
  
• Rawson's Wicked Words, 1989
  

Quotation Dictionaries

• Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations, 1997
  
• Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations, 1997
  
• Collins Concise Dictionary of Quotations, 1998
  
• Columbia World of Quotations Columbia University Press, 1996 (unrestricted access)
  
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Fourth edition, 2003
  
• Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations,2006
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, Second edition, 2002
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Sixth edition, 2004
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, 2005
  
• Rawson's Dictionary of American Quotations, 1997
  
• Respectfully Quoted, Library of Congress, 1988
  
• Simpsons's Contemporary Quotations, Houghton Mifflin, 1988 (unrestricted access)

Style Manuals

• APA Style Guide to Electronic References
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Style 2000 U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000
• Turabian Quick Guide

See also Citation Guides and Style Manuals