Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

English Translations from the Greek: A Bibliographical Survey

Finley Melville Kendall Foster

This work is a scholarly bibliography that charts every English rendering of Greek literature from the…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Husband" to "Hydrolysis" Volume 14, Slice 1

Various

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages)

Noah Webster

This volume is a segment of Noah Webster’s monumental Unabridged Dictionary, presenting the second hundred…

A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300

Herbert Coleridge

Herbert Coleridge’s work is a scholarly glossary that serves as the “foundation‑stone” for the Philological…

U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June

Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Bible Atlas: A Manual of Biblical Geography and History

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

This work is a scholarly guide that pairs biblical narrative with the physical terrain from which those…

A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola;

J. G Patterson

The work is a scholarly reference that catalogues every character who appears in Émile Zola’s twenty‑novel…

The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering

T. O'Conor Sloane

The Standard Electrical Dictionary is a compact reference work first published in 1892, intended to give the…

Moby Pronunciation List

Grady Ward

This volume is a specialized reference work that compiles English words and phrases with their phonetic…

U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1965 January - June

Library of Congress. Copyright Office

This volume is a systematic record compiled by the United States Copyright Office that lists every book,…

Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4

Pascual de; British Museum. Department of Manuscripts Gayangos

The work is a scholarly catalogue of Spanish‑language manuscripts held by the British Museum, compiled by…

Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians.

The Checklist is a scholarly bibliography that gathers every English‑language or translated work of lesbian,…

U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December

Library of Congress. Copyright Office

This volume is a systematic record compiled by the United States Copyright Office, listing every book,…

A Desk-Book of Errors in English Including Notes on Colloquialisms and Slang to be Avoided in Conversation

Frank H. Vizetelly

Frank H. Vizetelly’s A Desk‑Book of Errors in English is a compact reference that catalogues the most common…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "France" to "Francis Joseph I." Volume 10, Slice 8

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8, is a scholarly reference work that surveys the…

The Early Oxford Press A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations

Falconer Madan

The Early Oxford Press is a scholarly bibliography that charts the output of Oxford’s university printing…

The 1995 CIA World Factbook

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The 1995 CIA World Factbook is a comprehensive reference work compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency for…

U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1968 July - December

Library of Congress. Copyright Office

This volume is a systematic register of works whose U.S. copyright renewals were filed between July and…

The 1994 CIA World Factbook

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The 1994 CIA World Factbook is a comprehensive reference handbook that catalogues the political, geographic,…

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

This volume is an extensive index of Henry David Thoreau’s published works, arranged chronologically and…

A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire

Wadham Pigott Williams

The work is a scholarly glossary of the dialect and archaic language of Somersetshire, compiled at the…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Convention" to "Copyright" Volume 7, Slice 3

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Eleventh Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3, is a reference work that begins with a series…

Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan