DICTIONARIES & THESAURUSES

Merriam-Webster OnLine: This site contains the Collegiate Dictionary, the Collegiate Thesaurus, and the Unabridged Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Merriam-Webster's Visual Dictionary: This site has a dictionary, thesaurus, a Spanish/English dictionary, a rhyming dictionary, and pictures.

Oxford Reference Online Premium: This database contains about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works. Use this database for basic definitions/descriptions in such subjects as religion, medicine, history, political science, business, modern language, to name a few. This site also lists books within each subject and provides a "How to cite this entry" for each listing.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online: This contains Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish dictionaries as well as sound so you can hear the pronunciation.

RhymeZone: This is a rhyming dictionary. It also contains links to quotations, Shakespeare's works, Mother Goose, famous documents, and a variety of quizzes.

Thesaurus.com: This free thesaurus includes both antonyms and synonyms.