Library Resources
Dictionaries are shelved at 423 and thesauri at 424 in the Reference collection. Dictionaries of English slang and colloquialisms are at 427.
You can use the Library Catalogue to locate print and online material. Select the Subject Heading search option and type english language dictionaries in the search box.
Catalogue links
Oxford English Dictionary
Macquarie Dictionary (4th ed.)
Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus
Collins English Dictionary (4th Australian ed.)
Longman Dictionary of the English Language
Web Resources
Wordnik
An ongoing project devoted to discovering all the words and everything about them. Users can contribute words, definitions and pronunciations.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Includes the Learner's Dictionary, Dictionary of Idioms, Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and a Dictionary of American English.
Merriam-Webster Online
Includes dictionary, thesuarus, medical dictionary and Spanish-English dictionary.
Wordsmyth English Dictionary
An integrated English Dictionary and Thesaurus with definitions, pronunciations and examples. Additional features can be accessed after free registration.
Your Dictionary
Search results include definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology. Site also has links to hundreds of other language and subject dictionaries.
Dictionary.com
Searches across a range of online dictionaries. Includes links to other language resources.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Contains 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references. Features succinct word definitions and a hyperlinked category index.
Thesaurus.com
Search results from Roget's New Milleneum Thesaurus. Requires American spelling.
Australian National Dictionary
The aim of this dictionary is to provide as full an historical record Australianisms - words and meanings of words which have originated in Australia, which have a greater currency here than elsewhere, or which have a special significance in Australia because of their connection with an aspect of the history of the country.
See the Encyclopaedias page for dictionaries on a particular subject.
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