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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