DICTIONARIES

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000
Features over 10,000 new words and phrases and word roots

Dictionary refdesk.com - My Facts Page
Offers access to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Online

OneLook Dictionary Search
Search engine with more than 5 million words (including translations) indexed in over 900 online dictionaries.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Available through CBU Library subscription, the Oxford English Dictionary is the definitive historical dictionary of the English language. Entries include over 2 million dated quotations from English language history, literature,and records - and facts concerning word forms, changes, and etymology.

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Edition
Available through CBU Library subscription, Oxford Reference Online offers twenty English dictionaries and language references, including The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, and The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English.

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995
Contains 35,000 synonyms and 250,00 hypertext cross references

xreferplus
Available through CBU Library subscription, xreferplus contains eight different dictionaries that you can search simultaneously. Includes The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language (2003) and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary (2004).

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
Contains 51,00 entries and 80,000 hypertext references

Britannica.com
Features the Encyclopedia Britannica, website access, magazines and more

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Edition
Available through CBU Library subscription, Oxford Reference Online encylopedic information on a variety of subjects. Includes titles such as The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science, The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, and The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World.

xreferplus
Available through CBU Library subscription, xreferplus contains six encyclopedias that you can search simultaneously. Includes The Columbia Encyclopedia (2004) and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia(2003).