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Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past; traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Over 170 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press This database contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories

An online collection of dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias, etc.

A collection of SAGE reference books available electronically. Search by Keyword, Title, browse through the indexes. Covering: sociology, law, education, healthcare, counseling and more.

Includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year and an Internet directory with links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.

Create reports, perform market analysis, create interactive maps and reports, and summary & comparison reports for any U.S. geography. Full access to current year estimates and five year projections, & get complete access to Census data.

Contains cultural, business and travel data, as well as maps and photos of 175 different countries.

Find definitions, synonyms and hear pronunciations of words.

Over 300,000 alternative and opposite words are available in this online searchable thesaurus.

Translate text from one language to another with Google Translate. Select from many languages!