A Summary of Reference
Resources for 21st
Century Learning
Investigate all underlined hyperlinked words for
detailed information.
What is a
Dictionary? ( Reference: The American Heritage® Dictionary: Fourth Edition. 2000. )
PRONUNCIATION: 
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* SYLLABICATION: dic·tion·ar·y *
NOUN: Inflected
forms: plural. dic·tion·ar·ies
1. A reference book
containing an alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word,
usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology. 2. A book
listing the words of a language with translations into another language. 3.
A book listing words or other linguistic items in a particular category or subject
with specialized information about them: a medical dictionary. 4.
Computer Science a. A list of words stored in machine-readable
form for reference, as by spelling-checking software. b. An electronic
spelling checker.
ETYMOLOGY: Medieval Latin dicti
n
rium,
from Latin dicti, dictin-,
diction. See diction.
Multi-Dictionary Source is OneLook Dictionary Search which yields a variety of dictionaries definitions.
Multi-Reference
Source is Dictionary Reference Link which yields a variety of reference
resources. ( M -W )
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What is a Thesaurus? ( Reference:
The Free & Online
Open Directory Encyclopedia * Wikipedia )
The word thesaurus is New Latin
for treasure; coined in the early 1820s. Besides its meaning as a
treasury or storehouse, it more commonly means a listing of words with similar
or related meanings. For example, a book of jargon for a specialized field; or
more generally a list of subject headings and cross-references used in the
filing and retrieval of documents. (Or indeed papers, certificates, letters,
cards, records, texts, files, articles, essays and perhaps even manuscripts.)
The first example of this genre, Roget's Thesaurus, was published in 1852, having been
compiled earlier, in 1805,
by Peter
Roget. Although including synonyms, entries in a thesaurus should not be taken as a
list of synonyms. The entries are also designed for drawing distinctions
between similar words and assisting in choosing exactly the right word. Nor
does a thesaurus entry define words. That work is left to the dictionary.
In Information Technology, a thesaurus
represents a database or list of semantically orthogonal topical search keys.
Within Artificial Intelligence, a thesaurus may
sometimes be referred to as an ontology.
Most popular and used Thesaurus is Roget’s II The New Thesaurus by Bartleby Books Inc.
Web Sites for Reference Sources Safe Bunch and PubList and Directory of Reference
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What is a
Encyclopedia? ( Reference: Encyclopedia.com *
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1. encyclopedia
-> Modern Encyclopedias The
modern type of encyclopedia—with alphabetical arrangement and frequently with bibliographies - is
said to have been established by John Harris in his Lexicon technicum (1704). Perhaps the
most renowned of all encyclopedias, the Encyclopédie, was completed in 1772 by
Diderot and others in France. Related: Greek Literature
2. encyclopedia
-> Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books Basically an encyclopedia differs from a
dictionary in that a dictionary is fundamentally devoted to words and an
encyclopedia offers information on various subjects, with data on and
discussion of each subject identified. An almanac differs from an encyclopedia
by normally being issued periodically and in... Related: Greek Literature
Best of the Best : Encyclopedia Britannica Love to Know Online Encyclopedia Encyclopedia.com
The Free
Online Encyclopedia: Wikipedia All the knowledge you need: InfoPlease
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Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia are the major materials used in today’s traditional and contemporary research.
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Tom Love Malone College Fall 2005