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The list below represents a selection of dictionaries freely available on the Internet or restricted to Concordia users.

General and Multidisciplinary

• Gale virtual reference library
  Search a full-text collection of major subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference sources covering a broad range of multidisciplinary areas.
• Macmillan English Dictionary
  An open access English dictionary
• Merriam-Webster dictionary
  An open access English language dictionary
• OED online
  The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.
• Oxford reference online premium
  A cross-searchable database of full-text reference books, which includes works in various subjects published by Oxford University Press.
• The Oxford American thesaurus of current English
  Includes 15,000 main entries keyed to over 350,000 synonyms, sample sentences or phrases for virtually every sense, key entries include antonym lists with cross references to other main entries.

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Business

• A dictionary of accounting
  Complete coverage of financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct taxation, indirect taxation, auditing, corporate finance, and accounting bodies and institutions
• A dictionary of business
  This dictionary defines approximately 6500 terms from all areas of business and commerce.
• A dictionary of finance and banking
  This accessible guide is a perfect source of reference for all those with an interest in finance and banking.
• The advanced dictionary of marketing
  This advanced dictionary of marketing focuses on leading-edge terminology for use by individuals who are serious about the theory and practice of marketing.
• The Directory of Essential Accountancy Abbreviations
  The directory of accountancy abbreviations is published by the ICAEW Library and Information Service and provides an A to Z of abbreviations used in the accountancy profession and related fields. The list covers abbreviations for organisations, qualifications and acronyms of accounting documents.
• The new Palgrave dictionary of economics online
  An authoritative full-text resource tailored for researchers in economics, finance and other related disciplines.
• The Routledge dictionary of business management
  Presents a fully comprehensive resource for those wanting to know about the world of business management.

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Engineering

• A Dictionary of physics
  Covers all of the most commonly encountered terms and concepts of physics as well as biographies of key scientists.
• Dictionary of architecture and building construction
  Offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields.
• Dictionary of computing
  Provides students and professionals with concise but authoritative and usefully detailed definitions of terms associated with the hardware/software of computation.
• Encyclopedic dictionary of polymers
  Contains more than 7,500 polymeric material terms, including the names of chemicals, processes, formulae, and analytical methods that are used frequently in the polymer and engineering fields.
• Polymers: a property database
  A comprehensive and in-depth collection of properties for a very wide range of polymers, both synthetic and natural.
• Wiley electrical and electronics engineering dictionary
  Provides definitions of all the terms and acronyms used in today's electrical and electronics literature.

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Fine Arts

• Dictionary of the theatre: terms, concepts, and analysis
  This encyclopedic dictionary includes theoretical, technical, and semiotic terms and concepts.
• International encyclopedia of dance
  Nearly 2,000 articles on all aspects of dance, including theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance.
• Oxford art online
  Provides access to: Grove art online; The Oxford companion to western art; Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; and: The concise Oxford dictionary of art terms
• Oxford music online
  A full text database of information on music and musicians, with links out to sound recordings.

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Humanities

• A dictionary of philosophy
  Provides an illuminating and informed introduction to central philosophical issues, concepts and perspectives in the core fields of metaphysics, epistemology and philosophical logic.
• A dictionary of world history
  Includes approximately 4,000 brief entries for topics from the prehistoric era to the present, and for a variety of world cultures.
• Dictionary of the Bible
  Coverage includes the books of the Bible, people and places, customs, religions and worship, history, and theology as well as explanations of technical terms, methods of interpretation, and critical analysis.
• Dictionary of world philosophy
  250 terms from Western and Eastern philosophy are listed alphabetically and defined. Entries describe the history of the concept, crucial debates, and major figures associated with it.
• Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media, and communications
  A collection of basic terms, concepts, personages, schools of thought, and historical movements that come up recurrently in semiotics, media analysis, and communication science for beginning students in these fields.
• Historical dictionary of journalism
  A dictionary on journalism for students who need an overview of writing styles, types of media and important writers and editors.
• Lexicographica graeca
  Notes on the study of classical Greek lexicography
• Oxford Latin desk dictionary
  Offers essential coverage of Latin words and grammar, as well as extra information on Roman history and culture.
• Religious studies : the key concepts
  An accessible, A-Z resource, defining and explaining key terms and ideas central to the study of religion.
• Routledge dictionary of literary terms
  Covering both established terminology as well as the specialist vocabulary of modern theoretical schools, this is a helpful guide to the principal terms and concepts encountered in debates over literary studies in the 21st century.
• The Oxford dictionary of philosophy
  It provides lively and accessible coverage of not only Western philosophical traditions, but also themes from Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy.

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Science and Medicine

• A dictionary of biology
  Provides comprehensive coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry with feature articles on important topics such as genetically modified organisms
• A Dictionary of chemistry
  It covers all aspects of chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry as well as biographies of key scientists.
• A Dictionary of earth sciences
  The dictionary contains some 6,000 brief entries encompassing climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, petrology, and volcanology.
• A Dictionary of physics
  Covers all of the most commonly encountered terms and concepts of physics as well as biographies of key scientists.
• A dictionary of statistics
  Dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of statistics including terms used in computing, mathematics, operational research, and probability, as well as biographical information on over 200 key figures in the field
• Dictionary of medicines: An A-Z of medicinal drugs
  This dictionary contains over 4,000 entries on a wide range of medicines available today.
• Encyclopedic dictionary of polymers
  Contains more than 7,500 polymeric material terms, including the names of chemicals, processes, formulae, and analytical methods that are used frequently in the polymer and engineering fields.
• Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
  Provides a comprehensive survey of current biochemistry and molecular biology. The entries are short but informative, providing up-to-date information on a broad range of topics
• Polymers: a property database
  A comprehensive and in-depth collection of properties for a very wide range of polymers, both synthetic and natural.
• The concise Oxford dictionary of mathematics
  The dictionary covers both pure and applied mathematics as well as statistics, and there are entries on major mathematicians and mathematics of more general interest, such as fractals, game theory, and chaos.
• The Oxford dictionary of sports science and medicine
  Provides comprehensive and authoritative definitions of nearly 8000 sports science and sports medicine terms.
• The Oxford illustrated companion to medicine
  A fascinating and authoritative guide to the field of medicine and its specialities.

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Social Sciences

• A dictionary of education
  Provides concise and accessible definitions of the terms that anyone studying education, or working in the field, is likely to encounter.
• A dictionary of geography
  Provides comprehensive coverage in one volume of both human and physical geography including cartography, surveying, meteorology, climatology, ecology, population, industry, and development.
• A dictionary of psychology
  New edition of a dictionary that provides definitions of important and difficult words found in the psychological and psychiatric literature.
• A dictionary of sociology
  It has over 2,500 entries, each elaborated with clear descriptions and in-depth analysis, making the most complicated subjects easy to understand.
• A dictionary of statistics
  Dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of statistics including terms used in computing, mathematics, operational research, and probability, as well as biographical information on over 200 key figures in the field
• Dictionary of the social sciences
  Contains some 1800 terms, concepts, schools of thought, methodologies, issues, and controversies and brief biographies of major social science figures.
• Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics
  Over 2,000 entries cover subdisciplines and many of the world's languages, providing concise definitions of important terms, concepts, and themes.
• The Cambridge dictionary of psychology
  A dictionary that surveys the broad discipline of psychology from an international, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary focus.
• The concise Oxford dictionary of politics
  Contains more than 1,700 entries covering political thinkers, institutions, and concepts , including new material on topics such as NGOs, butterfly ballots, decentralisation, ethnic cleansing, and direct action. [e-book]
• The Linguistics encyclopedia
  Cover over 150 major and subsidiary fields of linguistic study.
• The new Palgrave dictionary of economics online
  An authoritative full-text resource tailored for researchers in economics, finance and other related disciplines.
• The Routledge companion to feminism and postfeminism
  Combines over a dozen in-depth background chapters with more than 400 A-Z dictionary entries.
• The Routledge dictionary of politics
  The essential guide to politics, its terminologies, ideologies and institutions.
• The Sage dictionary of sociology
  With over 1000 entries on key concepts and theorists, it provides full coverage of the field, clarifying the technical use of apparently common words, explaining the fundamental concepts and introducing new and unfamiliar terms.

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English Language Dictionaries

• Macmillan English Dictionary
  An open access English dictionary
• Merriam-Webster dictionary
  An open access English language dictionary
• OED online
  The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.
• The concise Oxford English dictionary
  Authoritative and up to date, this eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words.

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French Language Dictionaries

• Le Petit Robert de la langue française
  Electronic version of the 2001 edition of Le Petit Robert. Entries include examples of use, etymology and quotations from famous writers.
• TERMIUM plus
  Terminology database which provides definitions, contexts, examples of usage, observations and translation for over three million English and French terms as well as for 700 000 Spanish terms.
• The concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionary
  The dictionary provides over 175,000 words and phrases, and 270,000 translations covering all areas of the language - from general to technical, business to literary

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Bilingual

• Collins English-Italian, italiano-inglese
  Based on the latest edition of the print dictionary published by Collins
• Collins English-Spanish, español-inglès
  Based on the latest edition of the print dictionary published by Collins
• Lexibase: Collins multi-language dictionaries
  A collection of online reference language dictionaries (French, English, Spanish, Italian, German and English Thesaurus).
• TERMIUM plus
  Terminology database which provides definitions, contexts, examples of usage, observations and translation for over three million English and French terms as well as for 700 000 Spanish terms.
• The concise Oxford Spanish dictionary
  Completely updated to include the very latest vocabulary with 170,000 words and phrases; 240,000 translations
• The concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionary
  The dictionary provides over 175,000 words and phrases, and 270,000 translations covering all areas of the language - from general to technical, business to literary
• The Oxford Duden German Dictionary
  Contains 260,000 words and phrases and 450,000 translations with comprehensive coverage of the general vocabulary of contemporary German and English.

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Thesauri

• Collins English dictionary and thesaurus
  Based on the latest edition of the print dictionary and thesaurus published by Collins

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