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These World Wide Web
sites are suggestions for finding materials which complement those
available in the University Library. Be sure to search the
Indexes before connecting to one of these
links.
These sites are maintained by many different
organizations ; the University Library can guarantee neither the currency
of the materials offered nor the connection.
Let us know if
you have problems or suggestions for new links.
Acronym
Finder
| URL |
http://www.AcronymFinder.com/ |
| Author |
Mountain
Data Systems |
| Description |
"A
searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about
all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications,
and the military." |
| Particularly
useful for |
Looking
up unfamiliar acronyms, abbreviations, & their meanings. |
Familiar
Quotations
| URL |
http://www.bartleby.com/99/ |
| Host |
Bartleby.com |
| Description |
Online
version of A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to
their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature / John Bartlett. - 9th
ed.- Boston, Little, Brown, 1901. |
| Particularly
useful for |
Its
chronological and alphabetical index of authors and its search capability. |
Merriam-Webster
Online: the Language Center
| URL |
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm |
| Author |
Merriam-Webster,
Incorporated. |
| Description |
WWWebster
Dictionary and WWWebster Thesaurus online - with search forms. |
| Particularly
useful for |
Finding
definitions and synonyms. |
Lexico
LLC
Dictionary.com
& Thesaurus.com
| URL |
http://www.lexico.com/ |
| Author |
Lexico
LLC |
| Description |
An
online English Dictionary, a directory of Internet reference sites and
an online version of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. |
| Particularly
useful for |
Quick
word searches and grammar hints. |
A
Web of Online Dictionaries
| URL |
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html |
| Host |
Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, PA |
| Author |
yourDictionary.com
Inc. |
| Description |
An
extensive index of online dictionaries and language tools. |
| Particularly
useful for |
Its
large list of world languages, multilingual dictionaries, specialized
English dictionaries, thesauri, vocabulary aids, language identifier tools. |
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