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Databases: Dictionaries and encyclopedias

This is a list of databases offered by the Library in a specific subject area. A complete alphabetical table of these services is also available.


Please note that the use of these services is governed by the relevant licence conditions. More information about how to access individual databases can be found by consulting the relevant links below.

Title Dates Access Description
Dictionary of national biography Various Network Biographical reference resource
Dictionnaire de l'Academie francaise/Dictionnaires Anciens via ATILF 1694,1835,1932-1935,1992- Network Various editions of the AF dictionaries plus 4 other early dictionaries from ATILF
Dictionnaire de Moyen Age via ATILF Various Network Online dictionary of medieval French from ATILF
Title Dates Access Description
Encyclopedie Diderot et d'Alembert via ATILF Various Network Searchable version for ATILF
Title Dates Access Description
FranText Textual database via ATILF Various Network Corpus of French texts for linguistic analysis from ATILF
Title Dates Access Description
Grove music online 2000- Network Musicology, composers and performers
Title Dates Access Description
Huguet: dictionnaire de la langue francaise du XVIe siecle Various Network Renaissance language dictionary
Title Dates Access Description
Oxford dictionary of national biography Various Network Biographical reference resource
Oxford English dictionary (OED) 2000 Network Second edition plus additions
Oxford language dictionaries online Various Network Fully searchable bilingual dictionaries in various languages
Title Dates Access Description
Reverso online dictionary Various Network Online dictionary
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Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy 1997- Network Dynamic reference work
Title Dates Access Description
Tresor de la Langue Francaise informatise via ATILF Various Network Dictionary of 19th century French from ATILF