8. Language Dictionaries
Online Resources
A selective list of print and online resources. For listings of dictionaries in other languages, see the following library guides:
Chinese language: See Digital Resources for Chinese Studies
Germanic languages: See the Germanic Research Web
Japanese language: See Library Research Guide for Japanese Studies
Selected Romance languages: See RLL-Research, Research Guide for Romance Studies
Selected
Slavic languages: See Slavic
and Eurasian Studies: A Research Guide
Oxford
English Dictionary
The online Oxford English Dictionary (OED) contains the complete
A to Z sequence of the Second Edition, its three-volume Additions Series,
and also draft material produced in the progress towards the Third Edition.
The OED is an historical dictionary of English, covering the
language from the earliest times to the present day. It aims to show not
only the current meanings of words, but also to trace their development
through time. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis and are illustrated
by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around
the world, making the OED a unique historical record. The revised
and new entries will be added to the online Dictionary every quarter,
and these will eventually cumulate to form the complete new edition. You
may search the full text, definitions, etymologies, and quotations.
ARTFL's
Dictionary Collection
ARTFL's dictionary collection includes searchable electronic
versions of a dozen dictionaries, including:
Dictionaries in Oxford
Reference Online Premium Collection
Oxford Reference Online contains dictionaries, language reference,
and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. The
"Concise" or "Pocket" editions of many major languages
are here, including, French, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and
Welsh.
Dictionaries in Gallica
Gallica's dictionary collection consists of over 200 works
related to law, sciences, economics, philosophy, theology, biography,
history and geography, in addition to language dictionaries and encyclopedias.
From the main search page, click on Recherche, then on Dictionnaires link
at the right of the page. The full-text of the dictionaries (some incomplete)
is available, but it is not possible to search the texts by word(s).
For this course, try browsing the following categories:
- Encyclopédies et Dictionnaires généraux
Many important earlier dictionaries. - Dictionnaires de la Langue française
Many editions of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, other important historical language dictionaries and specialized dictionaires (etymologies, synonyms, and the like).
Real Academia Española
Includes Diccionario de la Lengua Espanola, 22nd ed. (Real Academia Espanola)
and Nuevo Tesoro Lexicografico de la Lengua Espanola, 21st edicion (1992)
and earlier. From the main page, select Diccionario 2001 for the
22nd ed. (and avance de la 23. A ed.) or Diccionarios academicos
for the search engine for dictionaries of the Academia through the 21st
edition.
Vocabolario
degli Accademia della Crusca (1612)
The online version of the 1612 dictionary, a project begun by the Accademia
della Crusca and completed by the Centro di studi "Opera del Vocabolario
Italiano" of the Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche. The Centro utilized
the technical collaboration of the Accademia to complete the electronic
version of the dictionary. The e-version contains several sections: Apparati
(Dedicatoria, Introduzione, Tavole autori, Tavola abbreviazioni, Errata
corrige), Indici (lemmi, sottolemmi, voci latine e greche, locuzioni),
Ricerca (nel lemmario, libera, nel contesto, del contesto), Legende. Site
includes background information and a link to the Vocabolario
Toscano dell'Arte del Disegno (1781), the first dictionary of technical/artistic
terms.
Tesoro delle lingua
italiana delle origini (TLIO)
An ongoing project to digitize this important historical dictionary of
the Italian language.
Xipolis
An extensive 'reference shelf' of commercially available primary reference tools for German literary and cultural studies, including language- and specialist-dictionaries, encyclopedias, and general guides.
Print Sources
For more dictionaries, search HOLLIS either via:
Expanded search: Subject words: italian and Subject words: dictionaries
or
Search type: Subject beginning with..., for example: Italian language--Dictionaries and for bilingual dictionaries: Italian language--Dictionaries--English.