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Dictionaries Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary/Thesaurus Free version. Also available via the University Library's subscription to Britannica Online. ** Designed especially for English language learners, including French to English, Spanish to English, Idioms and American English options. Includes Spanish to English and English to Spanish options. LOGOS Dictionary (Multilingual) Translate words from dozens of different languages. Definition, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, generally recognized as the most authoritative English language dictionary. Almanacs Basic encyclopedia articles, biographies, statistics, and political information. Access to an almanac, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, and thesaurus. |
Scholarly Encyclopedias Gale Virtual Reference Library ** Searchable full-text of over 90 encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works in the arts, biography, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science and social science. Biographies and bibliographies of over 100,000 authors and well as brief criticism and interpretation of selected novels and other works. General Encyclopedias Encyclopędia Britannica Online: Free version or Academic Version ** Free version: access to 6,000 articles from the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus. Academic version: access to over 120,000 articles from the full Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster (Dictionary, Thesaurus, Quotations), the World Data Analyst, selected magazines, and links to quality Web sites selected by Britannica editors. Search encyclopedias, WorldFact Book, gazetteers, dictionaries, quotations, the Bible, fables, famous verse, and much more. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia ** Basic encyclopedia compiling over 25,000 entries on general topics. Also includes selected images and brief biographies. Over 57,000 articles from the sixth edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia. |
Resources marked with double red asterisks ** are available as part of the University Library's subscription. Off-campus access to these resources requires a California State University, Stanislaus ID card for a currently enrolled student, member of the faculty, or staff.
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