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 |
| Title | Dates | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |