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[hidetoc]COMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE SITES
- AlphaDictionary.com Over 300 online language dictionaries
- Fonetiks.org: The Online Language Laboratory Audio clips of speech sounds in many languages
- Foreign Language Test Database
- Free Online Language Courses Over 90 free language courses available, which vary in quality and quantity of materials presented
- Language Dictionaries and Translators Includes links to multilingual dictionaries, language software, dictionary indexes, and online language courses, etc. for over 30 languages
- Language Links From UW Madison
- lexicool.com: Directory of Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries Searchable directory of over 4,000 translation dictionaries and glossaries
- Martindale's Language & Translation Dictionary Center Multitude of multilingual dictionaries, grammars and translating dictionaries. Includes dictionaries of languages of indigenous peoples; body and animal languages; and sign and braille dictionaries in a variety of languages.
- Speech Accent Archives
- Study Languages Online Interactive lessons for Spanish, German, French Italian, and Portuguese
- Your Dictionary.com WWW links to over 400 dictionaries in 130 different languages
LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
Chinese
English
- OED (Oxford
English Dictionary)
Traces the development of English from approximately 1150 AD up to the
present day. - Credo Reference (formerly
Xreferplus)
Includes 20 dictionaries:
- American Heritage Concise Dictionary
- American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
- Bloomsbury Good Word Guide
- Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition
- Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
- Chamber's Dictionary of Eponyms
- Chamber's 21st Century Dictionary
- Collins English Dictionary
- Devil's Dictionary
- Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations
- Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
- Divided by a Common Language (Guide to British and American English)
- Macquarie Dictionary (Australian English)
- Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
- Penguin English Dictionary
- Penguin Rhyming Dictionary
- Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk
- Rawson's Wicked Words
French
- Collins French Dictionary in Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus)
- English - French / French - English Dictionary ARTFL Project
- French - English Dictionary
- French - English Online Dictionary
German
- Collins German Dictionary in Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus)
- English - German Dictionary ARTFL Project
- English - German Dictionary BEOLINGUS; includes pronunciations
- New English - German Dictionary
Greek
Hmong
Italian
- Collins Italian Dictionary in Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus)
- R-O-Matic Italian - English Dictionary
Japanese
- Bi-Directional English Japanese Dictionary
- Jeffrey's Japanese <-> English Dictionary-Gateway (EDICT)
- Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server (EDICT)
Latin
- Collins Latin Dictionary in Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus)
- Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
Russian
Spanish
- Collins Spanish Dictionary in Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus)
- English - Spanish Dictionary Includes audio pronunciations of words
- English<>Spanish Dictionary Granada University, Spain
- Spanish - English / English - Spanish Dictionary
MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARIES
- AllWords.Com English dictionary with multi-lingual search
- Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations in Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus)
- One Look Dictionaries Indexes over 611 dictionaries and includes English, French, German, Italian and Spanish definitions
- Travlangs Translating Dictionaries Translates German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, Afrikaans, Hungarian, Czech, Esperanto, and Latin
- WordReference.com Bilingual dictionary for English, Spanish, French, and Italian
LANGUAGE GRAMMARS
- A Web of Online
Grammars Links to over 57 language groups including Native American,
European, African and Asian languages
LANGUAGE IDENTIFIERS AND TRANSLATORS
- Alta Vista Translation Service Free translating service for the Internet community
- InOneSearch Translator English to/from French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
- Systran Language Translation Technologies
- Say: Text to Speech Translator
- Translation Engines
- A Web of Morphology Web links to language identifiers and guessers
COUNTRY WWW SITES
- Country Studies / Area Handbooks
- Regions and Countries From the World Bank
- Yahoo!: Countries Yahoo! lists thousands of Web sites on countries in the world; many sites are in their respective languages and some are in English
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify books and audiovisual materials about your topic. Use a keyword guided search. When you have identified a useful item, click on Long View. You can then explore any of the listed subject headings by selecting the link.
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
- EbscoHost
- Academic Search
- Masterfile
- JSTOR
- Project Muse
- WilsonWeb
- Humanities Full Text
- OmniFile
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 04/02/2008 and Last Revised: 06/25/2006
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