Where Do You Find Just The Right Word? The Dictionary. Where Do You Find Just The Right Dictionary? The Library.
There is an unwritten rule than any blog post or news column on dictionaries must be titled “Word Up.” This goes back to a pop song from 1986. We have nothing against the band Cameo and their amazing mustaches, we just like to break the rules now and then. And, we realize that most of our patrons were not born when the song came out.
Meanwhile, we would like to point out that the library has a great collection of both print and online dictionaries. We have dictionaries for Africaans and Yiddish. There are dictionaries for Kirghiz and Maori. We have many people’s favorite dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) available to students and faculty online. The OED is now so large we would need a set of shelves to hold it. The online version is much faster to use, and you don’t need a magnifying glass like the old compact versions came with.
For an overview of our dictionaries, glossaries and thesauri you can visit our Dictionaries and Thesauri web site. Or browse this quick list of our print dictionaries located on levels 4 and 5.
Africaans – PF 862 – Level 5
Albanian – PG 9591 – Level 5
Arabic – PJ 6640 – Level 5
Bulgarian – PG 979 – Level 5
Chinese – PL 1455 – Asian Collection Level 4
Croatian – PG 1377 – Level 5
Czech – PG 4640 – Level 5
Danish – PD 3640 – Level 5
Dutch – PF 640 – Level 5
Finnish – PH 279 – Level 5
French – PC 2640 – Level 5
German – PF 3640 – Level 5
Hebrew – PJ 4833 – Level 5
Hungarian – PH 2640 – Level 5
Italian – PC 1640 – Level 5
Japanese – PL 679 – Level 5
Kirghiz (Turkis)– PL 26 – Hum Ref Level 5
Korean – PL 937 – Level 5
Latin– PA 2365 .E5, Level 5
Maori – PL 6465 – Level 5
Norwegian – PD 2691 – Level 5
Persian – PK 6379 – Level 5
Polish – PG 6640 – Level 5
Portuguese – PC 5333 – Level 5
Russian – PG 2640 – Level 5
Serbo-Croatian – PG 1377 – Level 5
Slovak – PG 5379 – Level 5
Spanish – PC 4640 – Level 5
Ukrainian – PG 3891 – Level 5
Vietnamese – PL 4376 – Level 5
Welsh – PB 2191 – Level 5
Yiddish – PJ 5117 – Level 5