Dictionaries
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Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
The Oxford DNB is the leading source of information on the
lives of people from the British Isles or with a connection to British life and
culture. It includes people from all walks of life, from the earliest times to
the end of the year 2000, but it does not include any living persons; articles
are confined to people who died before 31 December 2000.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Oxford
Reference Online PREMIUM
Languages
AltaVista Translation Service
Translations provided in a
variety of languages by a computer. Users can submit either plain text or the
URL of a Web page they wish to translate.
Foreign
Languages for Travelers
Provides lists of common phrases in the user's
first language and translates them to the chosen second language. Has sound
files for teaching correct ronounciation of new language and links to outside
sights related to that particular language.
iLoveLanguages
Includes sound files, tutorials, dictionaries,
job announcements, linguist labs and institutions, books and literature
archives and more.
Yamada Language Centre
A definitive resources guide to
115 languages on the World Wide Web. In the guides are found pointers to WWW
sites, links to the Font Archive, Links to the annotated list of language
related news groups, and links to language related mailing lists.