Dictionaries 參考資料： William Katz, pp.377—416 邵獻圖， pp.279—311.

Dictionaries William Katz, pp.377416pp.279311

Scope--1General English Language Dictionaries

Unabridged26161810Paperback dictionaries

3000055000Historical dictionaries

Scope--2Period or scholarly specialized titles

Etymological dictionaries

Historical dictionariesForeign languageSubject works

Other

Compilation

BNCBNC--British National Corpus3http://info.ox.ac.uk/bnc/ Freelance lexicographer

Evaluation

Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true~ by Dr. Johnson

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Authority

Merriam-WebsterOxford University PressRandom HouseScott-ForesmanDoubledayMacmillianSimon & SchusterHoughton MifflinVocabulary

Unabridged265000Abridged50000~265000Slang

Up-to-dateFormatEncyclopedia materialSpellingEtymologiesDefinitionsPronunciationSyllabicationSynonymsGrammatical InformationUsage

Kister, Kenneth. Kisters Best Dictionaries for Adults & Young People: A Comparative Guide. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992, 488 pp. $39.50Loughridege, Brendan. Which Dictionary? London: Library Association Publishing. 1990. 177pp. $2681IPLSubject CollectionsReference Dictionaries LIIReady Reference & Quick FactsDictionariesYahoo!

Unabridged Dictionaries The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

2002, 5th. ed., 3984pp. $150Random House Websters Unabridged Dictionary

2003,. 2256pp. $64.95.+CD-ROMWebsters Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged .

CD-ROMv.3.02002, irregular update. $69.95. Print2002, 3rd. Ed. 2783 pp. $129.

College Dictionaries--1Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary

Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc. Online 2000 to date.http://www.m-w.comFree. Print +CD-ROM 11th. Ed. 2003. 1623 pp. $25.95.The American Heritage College Dictionary.

Somerville, MA: Houghton Mifflin Interactive,Online2000. http://www.bartleby.com/61/Print4th. Ed. 2000. 2076 pp. $60.

College Dictionaries--2The Random House Websters College Dictionary + Thesaurus

2000. $39.90Webster's New World College Dictionary + Thesaurus

2003. $39.98

Desk DictionaryThe Concise Oxford Dictionary

2002, 10th.ed. 384pp. $29.95 Collins English Dictionary

2003, 1888pp. 30.00 Chambers 21st Century Dictionary

1993, 1664pp. $30

ESL DictionaryESL English as Second LanguageOxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

2000, 6th. Ed. $25.95http://www.oupp.com/elt/oald/Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

2003, $26.95(+ CD-ROM)http://www.longmanwebdict.com/Collins COBUILD New Student's English Dictionary

2002, 1088pp. 9.99Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners

2002, 1071pp. $29.68

Childrens Dictionaries--1Macmillan Dictionary for Children.

CD-ROM2000 to date, irregular update. $60Print2001.4th. ed. 912 pp. $17.95.The World Book Dictionary

Print2003, 2 vol. $99.

Childrens Dictionaries--2Scott Foresman First Dictionary.

Glenview, Il: Scott, Foresman2000. 832 pp. $18.Merriam-Websters $14.83)

Elementary Dictionary624pp.School Dictionary1184pp.Intermediate Dictionary960pp.School Thesaurus704pp.

Thesaurus/Synonyms /Antonyms --1Rogets Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.

1998, 1381 pp. $19Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English

1992, $40The Concise Oxford Thesaurus

2002, 984pp. 17.99Longman Essential Activator

2002, 1008pp. $24

Thesaurus/Synonyms /Antonyms --2Theseaurus.com http://thesaurus.reference.com/The ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.htmlWordNet http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/Synonym Dictionary http://vancouver-webpages.com/synonyms.html

Usage and Manuscript Style--1The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th. Ed.

CD-ROM1993, in Microsoft Bookshelf.Print2003, 956 pp. $55.The Columbia Guide to Online Style.

1998. 224 pp. $34; paperback, $17.50Websters Dictionary of English Usage.

1989, 980 pp, $18.95APA Style 908

Usage and Manuscript Style--2IPLSubject CollectionsReferenceStyle & Writing Guides The Slot. http://www.theslot.com http://www.lib.pu.edu.tw/database/www/db-citation.htm http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~libserv/aslib/internet/internet1.html

Historical Dictionaries--1Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Online,2000 to date, http://www.oed.com Library:$795+Individals:$550CD-ROM2nd ed. 1992 to date, $895Print1989, 2nd., 20 vols. $3000. The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

CD-ROM1998. $75Print1998, 2 vols. 5th. Ed. $150. Oxford http://www.oupp.com/oeddicref/

Historical Dictionaries--2Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 4v. http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/dare.htmlRandom House Historical Dictionary of American Slang.

1994 to date, 3 vols. $79.95

SlangDictionary of American Slang

1998, 3rd.ed. 640pp. $42.95Cassells Dictionary of Slang

2000, 1326pp. $19.95The Alternative Dictionaries http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/A Dictionary of Slang http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/The College Slang Page http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html

QuotationThe Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

1999,5th. Ed. 1152pp. $45Oxford http://www.oup-usa.org/reference/general/quotations.htmlFamiliar Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/About.comQuotations http://quotations.about.com/Movie Quotes http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Quotes/Famous Quotations http://www.famous-quotations.com/

Foreign Language DictionariesBilingualThe HarperCollins Series

HarperCollins-Robert French DictionaryHarperCollins Spanish DictionaryHarperCollins German DictionaryEncyclopedia of Languages of EuropeDictionary of Languages Berlitz Passport to 31 Languages.

1999 to date, $30.CD-ROM

Foreign Language DictionariesBilingual--Language Dictionaries and Translators. http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.htmlAltaVista translation services http://world.altavista.com/ Free Translation and Professional Translation http://www.freetranslation.com/

Acronyms Initialisms, and Abbreviations DictionaryAbbreviations Dictionary Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/. Acronym Server http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronymWebsters Official Crossword Puzzle Dictionary.

CD-ROM1992 irregular update. $29.95Print1992. paperback, $4.99The New Hackers Dictionary

OneLook Dictionaries http://www.onelook.comDictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/Vocabulary University http://www.vocabulary.com

--2The Word Detective http://word-detective.com Rhymezone http://www.rhymezone.com/Free On-line Dictionary of Computing http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html