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How to access dictionaries and other reference works online or in the Library.
How to access dictionaries
How to access Dictionaries online and in the Library
We have an extensive collection of dictionaries, search the Library collections to find them in the Library or online.
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Dictionaries in the Library
You can find dictionaries and reference material in the Reference area of Level 2 of the Main Library and we are moving dictionaries to Levels 3 & 4.
Please contact us with suggestions of titles to add to our collection of dictionaries. Email: morebooks@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Online Dictionaries
You can access many dictionaries and encyclopaedias from the library catalogue and from the Reference area on Level 2 of the Main Library, but we also have access to many dictionaries and references works online. Here is a selection:
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Cambridge Companions OnlineYou can access the complete Cambridge Companions series including The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics.
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Cambridge Histories OnlineYou can access the complete Cambridge Histories Online series, which includes The Cambridge History of English Literature.
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CREDO ReferenceOver 544 major reference books - dictionaries, encyclopaedias, thesauri, books of quotations, atlases and subject-specific titles covering everything from arts to astronomy, science to Shakespeare. Contains over three million entries, 60,000 images, 90,000 interactive maps and 180,000 audio pronunciation files.
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Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources onlineThe Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources (DMLBS) is the most comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin, and the first to focus on British Medieval Latin.
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Dictionary of Old English Web Corpusbased on a computerized Corpus comprising at least one copy of each text surviving in Old English
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Encyclopedia of the Life SciencesELS contains over 4,700 specially commissioned, peer-reviewed articles written by leading international scientists. Over 6,000 illustrations and photographs are included, as well as dictionaries, multimedia, glossary terms, extensive links to scientific resources, workgroup and personalisation features.
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Oxford Art OnlineSearchable access to the entire text of Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, with extensive image links, timelines, and other research resources.
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Oxford dictionary of literary termsE-book, if you have problems accessing this off campus, please see this guide: http://libguides.st-andrews.ac.uk/content.php?pid=351662&sid=2880900#10086856
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Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyBiographies of the lives of 'people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2004 - everyone from the 4th century BC Greek explorer Pytheas to the founding fathers of America to the Nawabs of Bengal.'
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Oxford Language DictionariesThe Library subscribes to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - electronic dictionaries for Arabic, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese, and to the Oxford English Dictionary Online.
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Oxford Music OnlineSearchable access to the entire text of Grove Music Online, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, as well as timelines, biographies, guides, images and other research resources.
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Oxford ReferenceIf you have problems accessing this off campus, please see this guide: http://libguides.st-andrews.ac.uk/content.php?pid=351662&sid=2880900#10086856
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (via LION)Part of LION (Literature Online)
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Who's Who and Who Was WhoA directory of over 100,000 entries for the 'noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide', published annually since 1849.
