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Composition & Literature - Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
  • Acronym and Abbreviation Server

  • American Sign Language - Basic Dictionary of Terms

  • Barnhart Dictionary Companion
    Contains excerpts from Merriam-Webster's new dictionary with hot new words such as "attack-fax,' "Ebonics," "snail-mail," trackpad," and "Internet-dependence."

  • Basic Chaucer Glossary

  • BritSpeak or, English as a Second Language for Americans

  • Columbia Literary History of the United States
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PS 92 .C64 1988

  • Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 44 .M3 1990

  • Dictionary of Heraldry (Pimbley's)

  • Dictionary of Literary Biography
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 451 .D487

  • Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms: a Selection of Popular Writers in English
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - Z 1065 .A83 1987

  • Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - Z 1041 .E544 1995

  • A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 41 .C83 1991

  • Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PQ 7081 .A1 E54 1997

  • Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 172 .E53 1996

  • Free Internet Encyclopedia

  • Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
    This site is dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches made by influential contemporary women, including Nobel lectures. Also includes a book shop and resource links.

  • Glossary of Poetic Terms

  • Internet Anagram Server

  • Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - Z 6514 .C97 J64 1994

  • Literary History of the United States
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PS 88 .L55 1974

  • Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
    Vocabulary-building site - MW's site also includes an online dictionary and thesaurus, a word game, "cool" words, help for business communications, and information about names.

  • Middle English Dictionary
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PE 679 .M54

  • Online Dictionaries

  • Oxford English Dictionary Online

  • Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PE 1625 .O87

  • Penguin Companions:
    • American Literature
      Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 843 .P4
    • Classical, Oriental & African Literature
      Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 451 .P4
    • English Literature
      Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 849 .C5 P4
    • European Literature
      Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 451 .P44

  • Pseudonyms and Personal Nicknames
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - Z 1041 .S43

  • Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetic Terms
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PN 1042 .P75 1986

  • Roget's Thesaurus
    An online version of the classic.

  • Roget's II: the New Thesaurus
    Social Sciences/Humanities Reference - PE 1591 .R715 1995

  • Semantic Rhyming Dictionary

  • Shakespeare Glossary

  • Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (Figures of Speech)

  • Terminology Forum
    An impressive array of links to dictionaries and specialized glossaries of all sorts!

  • Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (1993)

  • WriteExpress
    An online rhyming dictionary.
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