DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS & other REFERENCE MATERIAL
DICTIONARIES
English and Foreign Language Dictionaries
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Collins Dictionaries
- Dictionary.com
- Duden Online German Dictionary
- Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Difficult Words, The
- iTools Reference Desk
- Lexico.com (powered by Oxford)
- Lexilogos: Words and Wonders of the World
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
- Macmillan Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
- OneLook.com Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
- The Free Dictionary by Farlex
- yourDictionary.com
- Βικιλεξικό: Το ελεύθερο λεξικό
- Ελληνικά Ηλεκτρονικά Λεξικά του Κέντρου Ελληνικής Γλώσσας
- Θησαυρός Ελληνικών Όρων / ΕΚΤ
- IATE: Η πολυγλωσσική Βάση Όρων της ΕΕ
- Λεξικά του Ινστιτούτου Επεξεργασίας Λόγου ΙΕΛ
Abbreviations and Acronym Dictionaries
- Abbreviations.com
- Acronym Finder: acronym and abbreviation dictionary
- The Acronym Server
- Asas.gr (Greek Database)
- The Hutchinson Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Specialized Dictionaries
- BabelNet : The largest multilingual encyclopedic dictionary.
- Dictionary of Art Historians
- Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 5th ed.
- Dictionary of Scientists, A
- Dictionary of World Biography
- Glossary Links / Terminology Coordination
- Glossary - LitWeb - The Norton Introduction to Literature
- Glossary of Filmographic Terms / International Federation of Film Archives (fiaf)
- Glossary of Poetic Terms / Poetry Foundation
- Hutchinson Dictionary of Quotations, The
- Middle English Dictionary
- NTC's American Idioms Dictionary : The Most Practical Reference for the Everyday Expressions of Contemporary American English
- Oxford Art Online (Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists) / Oxford University Press
- Oxford Music Online (Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music) / Oxford University Press
- A Said Dictionary
- Theatre language : a dictionary of terms in English of the drama and stage from medieval to modern times / by Walter Parker Bowman and Robert Hamilton Ball
- Trans-k Glossary of Translation and Interpreting Terminology, The
- Ultimate Guide to Film Terms: The Definitive Glossary of Film Terminology / Studiobinder
List of Dictionaries
- 100 Best Online Dictionaries : stock up on New Words Today! / by Jack Milgram
- Dictionaries, Glossaries & Language Resources / Writing-World.com
- Dictionary List and More Dictionaries
- Glossaries arranged by language and by subject / The Translator's Home Companion
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
General Encyclopedias
Specialized Encyclopedias
- Artcyclopedia
- Best Poems Encyclopedia
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Communication
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology
- Encyclopedia of American Studies / John Hopkins University Press
- Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Archaeology : The Great Archaeologists
- Encyclopedia of Human Brain /Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Information Systems / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Television, The / The Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature, The
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP): a Peer-Reviewed Academic Resource
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Linguistics
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Literature
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of 18th Century Writers and Writing - 1660-1789
- The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
- Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού / Ίδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού
- Best Of History Websites
- Europeana - Paintings, music, films, and books from Europe's galleries, libraries, archives and museums
- Contemporary Art - World Wide Arts Resources
BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES
General Biographies
- Biographical Dictionary
- Biography.com - Famous Biographies & TV Shows
- Dictionary of Scientists, A
- Dictionary of World Biography
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- Hutchinson Great Figures in History
- Who Was Who 5000 B.C. To Date : Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be.
- Who's Who in the Greek World
Specialized Biographies
- 20 Major Philosophers & Their Big Ideas
- 50 Most Influential Living Philosophers, The
- All-Media Guide
- Artists' Biographies / Artnet
- The Art Story (Artists and Movements)
- Actors / Actress Biographies (Hollywood) / Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Biographies: The Poets
- Classical Music Composers
- Contemporary American Women Poets, 2002
- Contemporary Writers in the UK
- Familiar Studies of Men and Books
- Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook / Alexander G. Gonzalez
- PBS Jazz
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
HANDBOOKS ON WRITING
- A list of AUTh eBooks about handbooks on writing (23 τίτλοι)
GUIDES - HANDBOOKS
- Academic Info: Subject Guides
- American History Through Literature 1820-1870 / Janet Gabler-Hover and Robert Sattelmeyer, eds.(3 vols.)
- American History Through Literature 1870-1920 / Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst, eds.(3 vols.)
- Bibliographic Guide to Gabriel García Márquez, 1992-2002 / Nelly Sfeir V. de Gonzalez.
- British Playwrights, 1880-1956: A Research and Production Sourcebook / William W. Demastes and Katherine E. Kelly, eds.
- British Playwrights, 1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook / William W. Demastes, ed.
- Centers for International Research / The Library of Congress
- Contemporary American Women Poets: An A-to-Z Guide / Catherine Cucinella, ed.
- Drama for Students (Series vol. 17- vol. 24)
- Education : A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
- Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion / Jessica Bomarito and Jeffrey W. Hunter, eds. (6 vols.)
- Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest
- The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics, Volume I, Volume II
- How to Read a Poem
- The Humanities : A Selective Guide to Information Sources
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media
- John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, The
- Literary Theory Toolkit: A Compendium of Concepts and Methods, The
- Modern American Literature, 5th ed.
- Movies Made for Television: 1964-2004 / Alvin H. Marill. Lanham
- Multicultural Films: A Reference Guide / Janice R. Welsch and J. Q. Adams.
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Linguistics
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Literature
- A reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 5th ed. / Raman Selden, Peter Widdowson, Peter Brooker
- Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture : Locative Media
- Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics: Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies
- Thematic Guide to American Poetry / Allan Burns.
- Thematic Guide to British Poetry / Ruth Glancy.
- Thematic Guide to Modern Drama / Susan C. W. Reeve
- Thematic Guide to the American Novel / Lynda G. Adamson.
- The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Classic Mystery Writers
- Classic Science Fiction Writers
- Cyprus - World Bibliographical Series
- Greece - World Bibliographical Series
- Modern Mystery Writers
- Science Fiction Writers of the Golden Age
SOURCES OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
RESOUCES FOR FINE ARTS
Fine Arts Books from Great Museums of the World
- Getty Publications Virtual Library
- Guggenheim Museum Publications
- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Publications
- The MetPublications : five decades of Met publications on art history, available to read, download, and/or search for free