Ohio University Home
InfoTree logo
Research Starter Kit
Titles A - Z
Newest Additions
About InfoTree
 Library Home Pages     ALICE     Your Library Record Ask a Librarian
You are here: Home > bysubject > humanities > languages > Login to My Infotree
Advanced Search

English -- General

Showing 1 to 30 of 36 Previous · 1 · 2 · Next

1008080852.gifABELL: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature   Article database with citations only   Includes Book Reviews   
Access Info: Ohio U. - Athens campus only (including off-campus access)
Citations (covering the years 1920 - 1997) for monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations on English language and literature, bibliography, and traditional culture of the English-speaking world... more
1008080870.gifAtlas of North American English     
Access Info: Ask for disk(s) at Alden Reference Desk
The Atlas of North American English is an interactive CD-ROM that supplements the printed articles and maps by providing a database with measurements of more than 100,000 vowels and mean values for 439 speakers... more
1010158728.gifAtlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Sound Change, by William Labov, Sharon Ash, and Charles Boberg    
Access Info: Click on title for holdings and locations
Combined book and CD-ROM set that "provides the first overall view of pronunciation and vowel systems of the dialects of the US and Canada... more
1010158728.gifBedford handbook (6th ed.), by Diana Hacker    
Access Info: Click on title for holdings and locations
The Sixth Edition of this handbook allows users to work stepwise through the writing process, answer questions about usage and mechanics and develop strong writing skills... more
1015341458.gifChaucer Society. London. Publications (1st and 2nd series)     
Access Info: Ask for materials at Alden Library Microforms Dept.
This series contains all publications of the British Chaucer Society (circa 1859-1917)... more
Collective Nouns    
Alphabetical listing of nouns that refer to groups of things, such as a "gaggle of geese)... more
1008080852.gifConcise Oxford Companion to the English Language, by Tom McArthur, editor    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Encyclopedia covering various aspects of the English language "viewed from an international perspective, covering Cockney to Creole, Aboriginal English to South Asian English... more
1008080852.gifConcise Oxford Dictionary, by Judy Pearsall    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Abridged dictionary of English, containing about 240,000 entries... more
1008080852.gifConcise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology , by T. F. Hoad     
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains more than 17,000 entries on the origin and development of English words... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of Old Engligh (A to G Online)       
Access Info: Ohio U. - Athens campus only (including off-campus access)
Includes the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600 - 1150 AD) and "draws on as wide a range of texts -- in date, dialect and genre -- as possible... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of Old English: Old English Corpus    
Access Info: Ohio U. - Athens campus only (including off-campus access)
A "complete record of surviving Old English" (3047 texts) except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts... more
1008080870.gifDictionary of the English Language (1755), by Samuel Johnson    
Access Info: Ask for disk(s) at Alden Reference Desk
Scanned (and searchable) version of Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language," which was published in 1755... more
Electronic Journals for English    
Link to a listing in ALICE for electronic journals in the field of English... more
1010158728.gifEncarta Webster's Dictionary of the English language, by Anne H. Soukhanov, U.S. general editor   Good for Basic Research   
Access Info: Click on title for holdings and locations
This dictionary is the 2nd revised edition of the Encarta world English dictionary, that included definitions of 432,042 words, meanings, variant spellings, inflections, idioms, phrases, and self-explanatory word list... more
1020103861.gifEnglish 151 Library Instruction Materials    
Page containing links to Worksheets and other materials for teaching library instruction in English 151 classes at Ohio University... more
English Accents and Dialects, by Jonathan Robinson (curator)    
Field recordings, from more than 300 localities during the 1950s and 1960s, of various dialects of British English... more
1008080852.gifEnglish Dictionaries and Thesauruses (Oxford Reference Online)   Full-Text   
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Full text access to some of the essential dictionaries and thesaurii dealing with the English language... more
1008080852.gifEnglish Language Reference (Oxford Reference Online)   Full-Text   
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Full text access to some of the essential reference works in English language grammar and usage, published by the Oxford University Press... more
Global Language Monitor (GLM)    
"Documents, analyzes, and tracks the latest trends in word usage and word choices, and their impact on the various aspects of culture, with a particular emphasis upon Global English... more
Indo-European Languages Tutorials    
Collection of free resources designed to help learning foreign languages, mostly Indo-European ones... more
Memidex      Good for Basic Research   
Memidex is a combination dictionary and thesaurus for English... more
Middle English Compendium, by U of M Humanities Text Initiative    
The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to three major Middle English electronic resources... more
1008080852.gifNew Dictionary of Eponyms, by Morton S. Freeman    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Dictionary of eponyms, words that are derived from the names of individuals, such as Fahrenheit from the name of the man who invented the thermometer... more
1008080852.gifNew Oxford American Dictionary    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Second edition (2006) of a standard dictionary of the English language... more
Online Etymology Dictionary, by Douglas Harper    
Dictionary that describes the origins of English language words... more
1008080852.gifOxford American Dictionary of Current English, by Frank Abate, editor    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains more than "175,000 words, phrases, and definitions... more
1008080852.gifOxford American Thesaurus of Current English, by Christine A. Lindberg, editor    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains "more than 15,000 main entries keyed to over 350,000 synonyms, with accompanying example sentences and phrases... more
1008080852.gifOxford Dictionary of Idioms, by Judith Siefring, editor    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains more than 5,000 entries for "idiomatic phrases and sayings that make English the rich and intriguing language that it is... more
1008080852.gifOxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English     
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains more than 8,000 foreign words and phrases used by English speakers... more
Phrase Finder: Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings and Idioms    
Database for the definitions and origins of phrases and sayings in the English language... more

Previous · 1 · 2 · Next

Subtopics:


Related Topics:


Types for this topic:

  • All Types


If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please use the Ohio University Libraries' E-Mail a Librarian form.
Copyright © 2003-2009 Ohio University. All Rights Reserved.