Mattie Byrd's List: Reference

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. The collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wal

Hosted by the Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition, this version of the well-known dictionary is a disappointing product. At first glance the multiple search features, which include pronunciation types, words functions, and etymology, are encou

Online encyclopedia with 2000 full text articles, constantly updated and rapidly expanding, on philosophy and related subjects. Searches can be made by keyword, and advanced searches can be performed under many subjects. Contributions are written by acade

Encyclopedia database index of over 25,000 records on wide array of topics through Ebsco. Full text can be accessed. There are some images as well as some brief biographies. This index is updated annually. The table of contents feature allows the user to

MH Reference ; PE1693 .G3 // In the 30th edition, this four-part, single volume dictionary includes words dealing with airlines, computers, science, crime, military, bus and railroad stations, radio and TV stations, and stock exchange symbols among hundre

MH Reference ; PE1628 .A623 2000 // c2000 or later // This dictionary features a very clear and uncluttered layout; there are over ***4,000 illustrations***, most in color; and each word is in a bold teal-colored type that stands out from the definition t

MH Reference ; PN43 .B65 2005 // Now in its 17th edition, this eclectic collection of words and phrases continues to carry on the entertaining tradition of the original. Newly updated to include many new European idioms, nicknames, and phrases gleaned fro

MH Reference; PE2843 .D52 1985 DARE is 4 volumes of regional English, volume 1 includes how to read entries, how to read the DARE maps, list of questions asks, and the list of informants and their region. Most entries include the years the regional words

MH *Stacks* ; BF1623.S9 C513 1971b // Published in 1962 (translated from Spanish), this book is an alphabetic compilation of over 1500 symbols and their meanings in art, history, myths, dreams, and overall, according to the author (a renowned Spanish pain

A small volume with brief entries. It is easy to understand (middle school and up). Written from an Arab/Middle eastern perspective; author seems to have had great involvement in Middle eastern studies. Entries include biographical info, historical info,

MH Reference ; PE1591 .R7 2002 // Page numbers are of little consequence in this 150 yr old thesaurus (it has 1232). Its bountiful contents are arranged by class (space, matter, volition are 3 of a total 6) and are searchable in an index that takes up the

MH Reference ; PE1629 .D67 1994 // This visual dictionary contains thousands of color photos and illustrations to provide visual definitions for some 30,000 terms. The volume is set up in 14 sections (like Plants, Sea & Air, The Human Body, and Music), ea

Expansive and large scholarly dictionary of the English lexicon. Provides such information as part of speech, pronunciation, derivation, examples of use, and synonyms. Definitions are arranged by commonest usage and some illustrations are included.

The online version is more a more extensive and handy dictionary. The etymology of the words are included along with the definitions, grammatical function, and thesaurus entry. It has links for citations in MLA and APA styles and to encyclopedias if you w

This is a classic, very simple children's dictionary, though large, with 35,000 entries. It is simpler to use than the Thorndike Banhart; pronunciation guides are phonetic. It has large, clear print and is filled with lovely illustrations (generally multi

MH Reference ; PN41 .B4 1996 Benet's reader's enclyclopedia is a comprehensive volume of all things literary and the only one volume reference work of its kind. Entries of literature, art, music, historical developments, schools of thought, great and mino

MH Reference ; PE1464 .P48 2004 // The Cambridge guide to English usage is a dictionary of symbols, phrases, usage, word endings and abbreviations. It's more of a historical word dictionary. It will note the different spellings of words and explain if one

MH Reference ; PE1625 .O87 1989 // The Second Edition of the OED, published in 1989, is a renowned and comprehensive dictionary of the English language and can be considered current when used in conjunction with the online version. The 20 volumes contain

This online version contains two separate texts, the complete Second Edition and the New Edition in progress; listing latest new entries and quarterly updates. Initial simple word search yields a list of possibilities that can not be view all at the same

MH Reference ; R121 .S8 2000 // Just as the name implies, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary is a medical dictionary that aims to provide a “comprehensive, current, and accurate medical lexicon to medical and health professionals,” and the editors have successf