Dictionaries
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Example: Chemistry
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. - 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.