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The American Heritage College Dictionary (Ref PE 1628 .A6227 2004)

Cassell Dictionary of Clichés (Ref PE 1699 .R42 1996)

Dictionary of American Regional English (Ref PE 2843 .D52 1985)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Ref PE 1628 .M36 2003, available at the Reference Desk): This general English language dictionary is available in the GCSU Library and in GALILEO.

The New Comprehensive American Rhyming Dictionary (Ref PE 1519 .Y68 1991)

The New Oxford American Dictionary (Ref PE 1628 .N429 2005, available at the Reference Desk)

NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions (Ref PE 2846 .S64 1995, available at the Reference Desk)

The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (Ref PE 2835 .092 1996)

The Oxford English Dictionary (Ref PE 1625 .O87 1989): This dictionary traces the development of the English language. It provides not only current definitions but also historical information on words, as well as quotations to demonstrate the different uses of words over time. OED is available in the GCSU Library Reference Collection and through GALILEO.

Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic Dictionary (Ref PE 1689 .PF 1985): This dictionary provides the definition and origins of phrases that have entered the general language.

Random House Webster's College Dictionary (Ref PE 1628 .R28 1995, available at the Reference Desk)

Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary (Ref PE 1628 .W55693 2002)

Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (Ref PE 1628 .W5638 1991)

Collier's Encyclopedia (Ref AE 5 .C683 1997)

Encyclopedia Americana (Ref AE 5 .E333 2004)

The New Encyclopædia Britannica (Ref AE 5 .E363 2002): The Micropedia contains shorter articles arranged alphabetically. When appropriate, the Micropedia will refer you to longer, more in depth articles in the Macropedia.  Encyclopædia Britannica Online is available through GALILEO.

The World Book Encyclopedia (Ref AE 5 .W55 2005)

Roget's International Thesaurus, fifth edition (Ref PE 1591 .R73 1992)

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus (Ref PE 1591 .K54 1992)

The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words (Ref PE 1591 .M464 2005)

Thesauri from Bartleby.com

The Thesaurus of Slang (Ref PE 3721 .L45 1988)

Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus (Ref PE 1591 .W38 1988)

American Heritage Dictionary of American Quotations (Ref PN 6081 .A623 1997)

American Quotations (Ref PN 6084 .A5 C37 1992, available at the Reference Desk)

The Chambers Book of Business Quotations (Ref PN 6081 .B8 1987)

Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (Ref PN 6081 .C43 1997)

Dictionary of Quotations (Ref PN 6081 .E9)

Familiar Quotations, sixteenth edition (Ref PN 6081 .B27 1992, available at the Reference Desk)

The New Quotable Woman (Ref PN 6091.5 .Q65 1992)

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, revised fourth edition (Ref PN 6080 .O95 1996)

The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations (Ref PN 6084 .H8 M4 2001)

Political Quotations (Ref PN 6084 .P59 1994)

Quotation Sources from Bartleby.com

Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits (Ref PN 6084 .S34 S35 2005)

Information Please Almanac

Time Almanac with Information Please (Ref AY 64 .I552, most recent edition is available at the Reference Desk)

The World Almanac and Book of Facts (Ref AY 67 .N5 W7, most recent edition is available at the Reference Desk)

World Almanacs (available via GALILEO)

Background Notes

Encyclopedic World Atlas (Ref G 1021 .G417 2002, located on the atlas display next to the Reference Desk)

Essential World Atlas (Ref G 1021 .E88 2002)

Nation Master

National Geographic Atlas of the World, seventh edition (Ref G 1021 .N38 1999)

The Times Atlas of the World (Ref G 1021 .T5644 1999, located on the atlas display next to the Reference Desk)

World Atlas Millennium Edition (Ref G 1021 .W6 1999)

The World Factbook

The Librarians' Internet Index: a directory of Internet sites that have been evaluated by librarians for quality and reliable content

Infomine: a directory of scholarly Internet material

Google Scholar: searches the Internet for scholarly literature

The Scout Report: contains reviews of websites and mailing lists. You can search by keyword or browse by subject heading.

SKS WebSelect: a GALILEO database of Internet resources

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, sixth edition: commonly referred to as Turabian (Ref LB 2369 .T8 1996)

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (Ref Z 253 .U69 2003)

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, sixth edition (Ref LB 2369 .G53 2003)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, fifth edition: commonly referred to as APA (Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2001)

Citation Machine

Citation Style Guides from the University of Georgia Libraries

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