Dictionaries & Thesauri
- WordnikQuick look up for definitions, along with etymologies, pronunciation, statistics. User contributed source.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowTraces the meaning and history of words from across the English-speaking world. Includes etymological analysis.
- Oxford Language DictionariesFully searchable comprehensive bilingual dictionaries for Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
- Lexicool.comSearch more than 7,000 freely available online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries. Can be searched by language, subject or title. Covers both general and highly specialized topics. Titles in the collection are evaluated and ranked with daily updates. Lexibar toolbar gives access to other characters and an online translation page.
Almanacs
- InfopleaseIncludes a searchable almanac, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and white pages.
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols
- Symbols.comContains more than 1,600 articles about 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics.
Quotations
Association Directories
Try here for Associations, Foundations and other Nonprofit organizations
- Foundation Directory Online Professional This link opens in a new windowFor grantseekers, current information on grantmakers and their grants. Database provides access to over 250,000 990s, 80,000 grants as well as news, requests for proposals, key staff affiliations, printable color charts illustrating grant distributions, and more. (Seattle U's licensing agreement for this database allows for use by the general public. Guests may access the content using designated computers on the second floor.)
