2. Reference Tools
The following list of reference works should give you a sense of the
richness of the reference collection in the Widener Library. Many of these
works are available electronically to you from any computer anywhere in
the world with your Harvard ID and PIN. Resources which require a Harvard
PIN are marked with a 
symbol.
For more help finding reference works, schedule a research consulation
with Elizabeth McKeigue via e-mail
or at 617-496-4023.
General Dictionaries
The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
(via Oxford Reference Online)
Dictionary
of Celtic Mythology
(via Oxford Reference Online)
Hogan, Robert, ed. Dictionary of Irish Literature
/ Robert Hogan, editor-in-chief ; associate editors, Zack
Bowen ... [et al.].
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 3150.65
Bilingual Dictionaries
Click on a flag or language below to jump to the list of resources about or in that language:
Breton
Cornish
Irish
Manx
Scottish
Gaelic 
Welsh
Breton
Delaporte, Raymond. Elementary Breton-English & English-Breton Dictionary / Geriadurig Brezhoneg-Saozneg ha Saozneg-Brezhoneg. Lesneven: Mouladurioù Hor Yezh, 1995.
Location 1: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC PB 2837 .D42 1995x
Location 2: Robinson Celtic PB 2837 .D42 1995x
Location 3: Harvard Depository (Widener Library): Request online in HOLLISFleuriot, Léon. A Dictionary of Old Breton / Dictionnaire du Vieux Breton: Historical and Comparative: In Two Parts. Toronto : Prepcorp, 1985.
Location 1: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC PB 2838 .F53x 1985
Location 2: Robinson Celtic PB 2837 .E93x 1985
Cornish
George, K. J. (Ken J.). Gerlyver Kernewek Kemmyn : An Gerlyver Kres ; Kernewek-Sowsnek, Sowsnek-Kernewek / Cornish-English, English-Cornish Dictionary. Cornwall: Cornish Language Board, c1998.
Location: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC PB 2537 .E5 G47 1998xNance, R. Morton (Robert Morton). An English-Cornish Dictionary. Marazion: Printed for the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies by Worden, 1952.
Location 1: Widener Library Stacks 3278.6
Location 2: Robinson Celtic: FNR 332.58
Irish
electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
is a digital edition of the complete contents of the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish materials.Ó Dónaill, Niall. Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla. Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig an tSoláthair, 1977.
Location 1: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 2340.10
Location 2: Robinson Celtic PB 1291 .F57
Location 3: Lamont Library PB 1291 .F57De Bhaldraithe, Tomás. Innéacs Nua-Ghaeilge don Dictionary of the Irish language. Baile Átha Cliath (Dublin): Acadamh Rioga na hÉireann, 1981.
Location: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC PB 1291 .D43 1981Breandán Ó Cróinin. The Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary.
Manx
Kelly, John. Fockleyr Manninagh as Baarlagh; Currit Magh fo Chairail Illiam Gill. Douglas, Isle of Man: Printed for the Manx Society, 1866.
Location: Widener Library Stacks Br 16200.5.13
Scottish
Gaelic
The Concise Scots Dictionary. Editor-in-chief, Mairi Robinson. Aberdeen : Aberdeen University Press, 1985.
Location 1: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 2133.4
Location 2: Robinson Celtic PE 2106 .C66 1985
Location 3: Lamont Library Reference Room PE 2106 .C66 1985Dictionary of the Scots Language/Dictionar o the Scots Leid / [Director, Victor Skretkowicz ; Editor, Susan C. Rennie]. Published: Dundee [Scotland]: University of Dundee.
Welsh
Evans, H. Meurig. Y Geiriadur Mawr: The Complete Welsh-English, English-Welsh Dictionary. Llandysul: Gwasg Gomer; Llandybïe: C. Davies, 2004.
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 2571.15Evans, H. Meurig. Y Geiriadur Mawr : The Complete Welsh-English, English-Welsh Dictionary. Revised 22nd ed. Llandysul: Gwasg Gomer; Llandybïe: C. Davies, 1997.
Location: Robinson Celtic: PB 2191 .E685 1997xGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
King, Gareth. The Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary:
Location 1: Widener Library WID-LC PB 2191 .K56 2000
Location 2: Robinson Celtic PB 2191 .K56 2000Welsh-English English-Welsh Dictionary developed by the Department of Welsh, University of Wales, Lampeter
Encyclopedias and Guides
The
Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
(via Oxford Reference Online)
Duffy, Seán, editor. Medieval Ireland : An Encyclopedia. Associate
editors, Ailbhe MacShamhráin, James Moynes. New York : Routledge, 2005.
Location 1: Robinson Celtic Library DA 933 .M43 2005
Location 2: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC DA933 .M43
2005
Early Irish Glossaries Project
Jarman, A.O.H. and Hughes, Gwilym Rees, eds. A Guide to Welsh Literature.
Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1992-2003.
Location 1: Robinson Celtic Library PB 2206 .G8 1992x
Location 2: Lamont Library PB 2206 .G8 1992
Location 3: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC PB 2206 .G8
1992x
Keeble, N.H., Ed. Handbook of English and Celtic Studies in the United
Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Rev. 2nd ed. London:
Stirling University Press, 1988.
Location: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC PE 68 .G5 H3
x 1988
Kelleher, Margaret and Phillip O'Leary. The Cambridge History of Irish Literature. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Location 1: Lamont Library REFERENCE PB1306 .C36 2006
Location 2: Robinson Celtic Library PB1306 .C36 2006
Location 3: Widener Library Stacks WID-LC PB1306 .C36 2006
Koch, John T., editor. Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2006.
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 3722.5
Murphy, Maureen, editor. A Guide to Irish Studies in the United States.
4th ed. New York: American Conference for Irish Studies, 1995.
Location: Robinson Celtic Library DA 909.2.U6 G84 1995x