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English Language - Suggested Reference Works

  • Collins Dictionaries
    freely available high quality dictionaries in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish with translations into other languages also provided. Audio files give the pronounciation for every word listed.
  • Dictionary.com
    good for helping with your reading and writing
  • Oxford English Dictionary Online
    the most trusted source about words in English, containing definitions, plus very detailed word histories
  • Credo Reference
    a high quality alternative to Wikipedia containing well over 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias 
  • YourDictionary.com
    English and Multilingual dictionaries
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Subject Locations

All classification numbers in the 400s on the Second Floor in the University Library deal with different aspects of Language. Specific numbers of interest for English include:

  • Discourse 401.41
  • English Language 420
  • English Grammar 428.2…
  • History of English 420.9
  • Language Policy 306.449 (located on the First Floor)
  • Linguistics 410
  • Teaching English 420.71, 428.0071, 428.24071
  • World English 427
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