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Dictionaries

Usage

Provide definitions, spelling and pronunciation of words
May also offer signs and symbols, historic documents, style manuals, gazetteers, charts, tables and illustrations

Types

General English language
Foreign language, historical, geographical, slang, synonym, homonym, toponym

LINCC Online Catalog Search Terms

Language dictionaries
- Example: English language dictionaries
Translation dictionaries
- Example: Spanish to English language dictionaries
Subject area dictionaries
- Example: Medical dictionaries

Sources Available at the Seminole State Library

Source Name	Call Number	Web Version (if any)
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language	Ref PE1628 .A623	American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language on Yahoo!
American Heritage College Dictionary	Ref PE1628 .A6227	N/A
Oxford English Dictionary (accepted authority on the evolution of the English language)	Ref PE1625 .O87	Seminole State database
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary	Ref R121 .D73	Dorland's Medical Dictionary on MerckSource

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