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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Thesauri

Encyclopedias

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL): Interdisciplinary background information to start your research.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary background information to start your research.

Dictionaries & Thesauri

Babel Fish Translation
Cambridge Dictionaries
English as well as translation dictionaries to help ESL check the meaning in their own language.
Language dictionaries
from yourDictionary.com
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Dictionary of the English language, including etymologies and usage quotations.

WordReference

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
List of acronyms and abbreviations commonly used by the United States federal government.
Acronym Finder
It is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
Journal Abbreviation Sources
All That JAS