Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED) This link opens in a new windowJuly 2023: Off-campus access to the OED is not working in certain browsers. More info.
The largest dictionary and the most complete historical record of the English language. Use for:
--How a word was used in a specific time period
--When a word or phrase (e.g., fagged out) was first used
--Where words come from (etymology)
--Sample quotations using a particular word - Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) This link opens in a new windowA record of American regional words, phrases, and pronunciations, based on a survey of 3,000 people in communities across the United States. Includes audio recordings, interactive maps, and insights into the DARE Survey.
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional EnglishCall Number: Available Online AND Lau Ref Stacks PE3721 .P3 2013
A dictionary of the underworld : British & American, being the vocabularies of crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars and tramps, convicts, the commercial underworld, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic, spivs.Call Number: Available Online and Lau Stacks PE3726 .P3 1968
An Encyclopedia of SwearingCall Number: Available Online AND Lau Ref Stacks PE3724.O3 H84 2006
