LibGuides @ URI: International Students Library Guide: English Language Resources

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias in the Library

Credo Reference Academic Core
- What's included? Hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 200 videos.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)
- What’s included? Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a variety of subject areas. Updated annually.
Oxford English Dictionary
- What’s included? Electronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary with search capabilities.
Oxford Reference Online Premium
Brings together various Oxford resources that include dictionaries with short-entry information as well as encyclopedias with more in-depth coverage of topics.

Babel Fish
A free tool for online multilingual translation.
Cambridge Dictionary
Online dictionary with built-in translating and grammar tools
Google Translate
Copy and paste text in to instantly translate words, phrases, and paragraphs.
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary
Provides 15 themes and access to over 6,000 images to describe words, concepts, and relationships.
Oxford Learner's Dictionary
Online dictionary with multiple dictionaries, word lists, and grammar tools.
Reverso Dictionary
Online dictionary with more colloquial, idiomatic language.
WordReference
Free online bilingual dictionaries with tools for verb conjugation, grammar, and list-making.

Dave's ESL Cafe
Resources include grammar lessons, idioms, quizzes, and slang to help English language learners.
Duolingo
Free online resource that includes a language-learning app.

Mango Languages
- What’s included? Offers self-directed language instruction in 22 languages. Instruction focuses on everyday conversational skills.
- What else should I know? Personal account set up required. Provided by AskRI.org.

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
Resources for teachers and students of English as a second language. Maintained by the Internet TESL Journal.