Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference

The reader's guide to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A handbook containing sixty-six courses of systematic study or occasional reading

Inc. Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Reader’s Guide to the Encyclopaedia Britannica is a handbook that maps the massive 11th‑edition…

Portuguese literature

Aubrey F. G. Bell

Aubrey F. G. Bell’s Portuguese Literature is a scholarly survey that aims to present the essential facts of…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bent, James" to "Bibirine" Volume 3, Slice 6

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6, is a reference work that presents concise…

A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

John U. Wolff

This volume is a scholarly reference work that catalogues roughly twenty‑five thousand Cebuano roots with…

A dictionary of American authors

Oscar Fay Adams

Oscar Fay Adams’s Dictionary of American Authors is a scholarly reference work that seeks to catalogue the…

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

The Devil’s Dictionary is a satirical lexicon that lampoons the very act of definition.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics

The volume opens with a concise biography of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, tracing his birth in Stuttgart,…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Banks" to "Bassoon" Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition presents a scholarly compendium of knowledge, and this slice (Volume…

Language of Flowers

Kate Greenaway

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bible" to "Bisectrix" Volume 3, Slice 7

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition presents a scholarly overview of the Bible, beginning with a precise…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Volume 4, Part 4

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition presents a scholarly overview of Bulgaria, beginning with a detailed…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Kelly, Edward" to "Kite" Volume 15, Slice 7

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7, is a reference work that compiles concise…

Mr. Honey's Large Business Dictionary (English-German)

Winfried Honig

Dieses Werk ist ein zweisprachiges Fachwörterbuch, das englische und deutsche Redewendungen aus dem Bereich…

A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

William Smith

A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, compiled by William Smith, is a reference work that…

Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated

Walter K. Kelly

Walter K. Kelly’s Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated is a scholarly anthology that…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dodwell, Edward" to "Drama" Volume 8, Slice 6

Various

The volume is a segment of the 11th‑edition Encyclopaedia Britannica, a reference work compiled by a range of…

A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.

John Camden Hotten

John Camden Hotten’s work is a sprawling reference that aims to catalogue every vulgar expression circulating…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" Volume 12, Slice 5

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5, is a scholarly reference work that gathers a…

A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students

J. R. Clark Hall

A Concise Anglo‑Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students is a scholarly reference work rather than a…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Franciscans" to "French Language" Volume 11, Slice 1

Various

The 2010 CIA World Factbook

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The 2010 CIA World Factbook is a comprehensive reference work compiled by the United States Central…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Volume 4, Slice 3

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition presents a scholarly reference work that spans a wide range of…

The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000

The Jargon File is a curated collection of hacker slang, jargon, and tech‑speak that has been maintained by…

A classical dictionary containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with tables of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table

John Lemprière

Lemprière’s Classical Dictionary is a reference work that gathers every proper name found in the Greek and…