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General Reference

Dictionaries (languages arranged in alphabetical order)
Encyclopedias
Thesauri
Etymological Dictionaries
Almanacs/Fact Books
Acronyms

 

 

Dictionaries - number following language indicates book location in reference room

Coptic - R493.2

Dutch - R439.31

English - R413-R423
There are several Webster's Dictionaries located on the Dictionary Stand in the reading room.

French - R443

German - R433

Greek - R480's

Hebrew - R492.4

Italian - R453
Latin - R470's
Polish - R491.8

Portuguese - R469.3

Russian - R491.7
Spanish - R463
Vietnamese - R495.922
 

Encyclopedias

 
Encyclopedia Americana
R031 A512e
1996
 
Collier's Encyclopedia
R031 C699
1981
 
New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
R031 R845 (1970)
1970
 
New Encyclopedia Britannica
R032 N532 1998
1998
 
Enciclopedia Italiana
Reference Overflow Room: R035 I88
1929
 

Thesauri

Roget's International Thesaurus
R423 R732 1977
1977
 
Roget's Super Thesaurus
R423 R732s
1995
 
Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
R424 W382
1942
 
Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms
R424 W382b
1968
 
Webster's Synonyms, Antonyms and Homonyms
R424 W382a
1962

 

Etymological Dictionaries

Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories
R422 F982
1950
 
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
R422 P275 (1966)
1966
 
Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
R422.03 O58
1966
 
Dictionary Word Origins
R422.03 S557
1945
 
Concise Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
R422.03 W394
1952
 
Phrases and Word Origins
R423 H758
1961

 

Almanacs/ Fact Books

Places Rated Almanac
R307.76 S263
1993
 
World Almanac and Book of Facts 2001
R310.39 W927 2001
 
New York Public Library book of How and Where to Look It Up
R025.5 H316
1991
 
New York Public Library Desk Reference
R031 N532d 1998
1998
 
Guinness Book of World Records
R032 G964 (1983)
1983
 

Acronyms

Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary
R421.1 G151a 1997
1997

 


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