Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Terminology

General Dictionaries and Thesauri (All Languages)

• Online Dictionaries and Thesauri
  A list of online dictionaries available from the University of Chicago Library.

Online Education Dictionaries and Thesauri

• Eurydice, the Information Network on Education in Europe.
  Eurydice offers full-text of both a European Glossary on Education and the Thesaurus of Education Systems in Europe (TESE). You can access them by searching the website or browsing the publications list.
  
• Glossarist.com
  This is a searchable directory of web-based glossaries and topical dictionaries classified in categories ranging from computers to the weather. More than 30 sources are listed for education.
• Glossary
  From EdSource Online, a nonprofit service to help clarify complex K-12 education issues in California. Thus some terms are California-specific, but the vast majority are more broadly applicable.
• Glossary of Education Terms and Acronyms
  Originally developed by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) whose federal contract ended in 2005. Many of the resources continue to be offered by Learning Point Associates.
• Glossary of Reading-related Terms
  From SEDL, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory .
• UNESCO Thesaurus (UNESTHES)
  The Thesaurus comprises the indexing vocabulary used to produce UNESBIB, most other UNESCO databases, plus some produced in the UK. It is trilingual (English, French and Spanish) and synonyms are listed for the English terms. A separate interface is offered to search the Thesaurus.

Selected Print Dictionaries and Thesauri for Education

• A critical dictionary of educational concepts : an appraisal of selected ideas and issues in educational theory and practice / Robin Barrow, Geoffrey Milburn. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1986.
  Call Number: LB15.B290 1986 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection; Regenstein Stacks
  
  
• The cyclopedic education dictionary / Carol Sullivan Spafford, Augustus J. Itzo Pesce, George S. Grosser. Albany : Delmar Publishers, c1998.
  Call Number: LB15 .S73 1998 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• Dictionary of multicultural education / edited by Carl A. Grant and Gloria Ladson-Billings. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1997.
  Call Number: LC1099 .D53 1997 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• Dictionary of special education and rehabilitation / edited by Glenn A. Vergason, M.L. Anderegg. Denver : Love Pub., c1997.
  Call Number: LC3957 .D53 1997 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• Education and the law : a dictionary / Bonnie B. Taylor. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1996.
  Call Number: XXKF4117.T390 1996 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection; D'Angelo Law, Reference
  
  
• Historical dictionary of American education / edited by Richard J. Altenbaugh. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
  Call Number: LB15 .H57 1999 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• Historical dictionary of women's education in the United States / edited by Linda Eisenmann. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
  Call Number: LC1752 .H57 1998 Location(s): Regenstein, Bookstacks
  
  
• International dictionary of adult and continuing education / Peter Jarvis ; in association with A.L. Wilson. London : Kogan Page, c1999.
  Call Number: LC5211.J37 1999 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• The international education quotations encyclopaedia / [compiled] by Keith Allan Noble. Buckingham [England] : Open University Press, 1995.
  Call Number: LB7.I650 1995 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• The language of learning : a guide to education terms / J. Lynn McBrien and Ronald S. Brandt ; with editorial consultation from Robert W. Cole. Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c1997.
  Call Number: LB15 .M32 1997 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• Learning theories, A to Z / David C. Leonard. Westport, Conn. : Oryx Press, 2002.
  Call Number: LB15 .L4695 2002 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection
  
  
• Multilingual lexicon of higher education / editor-in-chief, Adrian Nicolescu. München ; New Providence [NJ] : K.G. Saur, 1993-1996.
  Notes: At top of t.p.: CEPES, UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education.
  Contents: v. 1. Western Europe and North America -- v. 2. Central and Eastern Europe, also including Greece, Israel, and Turkey.
  Call Number: LB15.M82 1993 Location(s): Regenstein, 4th Floor Reference Collection