Reference resources
Reference services
The links below provide access to selected subscription and free reference resources. They include dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical services, and telephone directories.
Dictionaries and thesauri
Library subscribed resources
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online: the authoritative dictionary of the English language
- Oxford Reference Online: large collection of subject dictionaries and guides
- New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online: dictonary of economics content
Freely available resources
- Bibliodata.com: a writer's resource
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Chambers Dictionary and other reference works
- Dictionary.com: links to dictionaries and other services
- Ectaco Online Dictionary: 23 languages
- English<>Spanish Dictionary (from Granada University, Spain)
- Le Musée virtuel des dictionnaire
- Merriam-Webster: online dictionary and thesaurus
- Middle English Compendium: Dictionary, HyperBibliography and Corpus
- OneLook® Dictionaries: links to 740 dictionaries
- ROGET'S Thesaurus (from the ARTFL Project)
- Thesaurus.com (from Ask.com): includes links to Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Translator service
- yourDictionary.com: resources and links for many languages
Encyclopaedias, biography, and general reference
Library subscribed resources
- Armed Conflict Database: information on armed conflicts worldwide.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Political Science: a thorough introduction to political science topics, delivered via specially commissioned essays with extensive referencing to further reading
- Oxford Reference Online: large collection of subject dictionaries and guides.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: includes links to relevant external sources
Freely available resources
- International Who's Who: only available in hard copy at classmark per CT100.I6
- Australian Dictionary of Biography: online edition
- CIA World Factbook
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- wiki-based encyclopaedias:
- Citizendium (beta): wiki-based encyclopedia with quality control
- Knol (from Google) - a form of moderated wikipedia
- Wikipedia: free 'encyclopedia designed to be read and edited by anyone'
UK telephone numbers and post codes
- 192.com: directory services
- BT Directory Enquiries
- Electronic Yellow Pages
- Postcodes Online