DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS & other REFERENCE MATERIAL
DICTIONARIES
English and Foreign Language Dictionaries
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Collins Dictionaries
- Dictionary.com
- Duden Online German Dictionary
- Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Difficult Words, The
- iTools Reference Desk
- Lexilogos: Words and Wonders of the World
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
- OneLook.com Dictionaries
- The Free Dictionary by Farlex
- yourDictionary.com
- Βικιλεξικό: Το ελεύθερο λεξικό
- Ελληνικά Ηλεκτρονικά Λεξικά του Κέντρου Ελληνικής Γλώσσας
- Θησαυρός Ελληνικών Όρων / ΕΚΤ
- IATE: Η πολυγλωσσική Βάση Όρων της ΕΕ
- Λεξικά του Ινστιτούτου Επεξεργασίας Λόγου ΙΕΛ
Abbreviations and Acronym Dictionaries
- Abbreviations.com
- Acronym Finder: acronym and abbreviation dictionary
- The Acronym Server
- Asas.gr (Greek Database) (temporarily unavailable)
- The Hutchinson Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Specialized Dictionaries
- BabelNet : The largest multilingual encyclopedic dictionary.
- Dictionary of Art Historians
- Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 5th ed.
- Dictionary of Scientists, A
- Dictionary of World Biography
- Glossary - LitWeb - The Norton Introduction to Literature
- Glossary of Filmographic Terms / International Federation of Film Archives (fiaf)
- Glossary of Poetic Terms / Poetry Foundation
- Handbook of Fictitious Names
- Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
- Hutchinson Dictionary of Quotations, The
- Middle English Dictionary
- NTC's American Idioms Dictionary : The Most Practical Reference for the Everyday Expressions of Contemporary American English
- Oxford Art Online (Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists) / Oxford University Press
- Oxford Music Online (Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music) / Oxford University Press
- A Said Dictionary
- Theatre language : a dictionary of terms in English of the drama and stage from medieval to modern times / by Walter Parker Bowman and Robert Hamilton Ball
- Trans-k Glossary of Translation and Interpreting Terminology, The
- Ultimate Guide to Film Terms: The Definitive Glossary of Film Terminology / Studiobinder
List of Dictionaries
- 88 Best Online Dictionaries : stock up on New Words Today! / Custom-Writing.org
- Dictionaries, Glossaries & Language Resources / Writing-World.com
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
General Encyclopedias
Specialized Encyclopedias
- Artcyclopedia
- Best Poems Encyclopedia
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Communication
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology
- Encyclopedia of American Studies / John Hopkins University Press
- Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Archaeology : The Great Archaeologists
- Encyclopedia of Human Brain /Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Information Systems / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Encyclopedia of Television, The / The Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature, The
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences / Elsevier Science and Technology
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP): a Peer-Reviewed Academic Resource
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of 18th Century Writers and Writing - 1660-1789
- The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
- World History Encyclopedia
- Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού / Ίδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού
- Europeana - Paintings, music, films, and books from Europe's galleries, libraries, archives and museums
BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES
General Biographies
- Biography.com - Famous Biographies & TV Shows
- Dictionary of Scientists, A
- Dictionary of World Biography
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- Hutchinson Great Figures in History
- Who Was Who 5000 B.C. To Date : Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be.
- Who's Who in the Greek World
Specialized Biographies
- AllMusic
- Artists' Biographies / Artnet
- The Art Story (Artists and Movements)
- Actors / Actress Biographies (Hollywood) / Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and Composers, born in Britain and its Colonies
- Contemporary American Women Poets: an A-to-Z Guide
- Contemporary Writers Database Archive: biographies and criticism on works by authors living and working in the UK between 2002 and 2024.
- A Dictionary of Scientists
- Familiar Studies of Men and Books
- Holocaust Encyclopedia
- Jazz: a film by Ken Burns / PBS
- Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook / Alexander G. Gonzalez
- Musicalics: The Classical Composers Database
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
- The Romantic Poetry Handbook
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
HANDBOOKS ON WRITING
- A list of AUTh eBooks about handbooks on writing (20 τίτλοι)
GUIDES - HANDBOOKS
- Academic Info: Subject Guides
- American History Through Literature 1820-1870 / Janet Gabler-Hover and Robert Sattelmeyer, eds.(3 vols.)
- American History Through Literature 1870-1920 / Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst, eds.(3 vols.)
- Bibliographic Guide to Gabriel García Márquez, 1992-2002 / Nelly Sfeir V. de Gonzalez.
- British Playwrights, 1880-1956: A Research and Production Sourcebook / William W. Demastes and Katherine E. Kelly, eds.
- British Playwrights, 1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook / William W. Demastes, ed.
- Centers for International Research / The Library of Congress
- Contemporary American Women Poets: An A-to-Z Guide / Catherine Cucinella, ed.
- Drama for Students (Series vol. 17- vol. 24)
- Education : A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
- Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion / Jessica Bomarito and Jeffrey W. Hunter, eds. (6 vols.)
- Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest
- The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics, Volume I, Volume II
- How to Read a Poem
- The Humanities : A Selective Guide to Information Sources
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media
- John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, The
- Literary Theory Toolkit: A Compendium of Concepts and Methods, The
- Modern American Literature, 5th ed.
- Movies Made for Television: 1964-2004 / Alvin H. Marill. Lanham
- Multicultural Films: A Reference Guide / Janice R. Welsch and J. Q. Adams.
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Linguistics
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Literature
- A reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 5th ed. / Raman Selden, Peter Widdowson, Peter Brooker
- The Romantic Poetry Handbook
- Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture : Locative Media
- Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics: Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies
- Thematic Guide to American Poetry / Allan Burns.
- Thematic Guide to British Poetry / Ruth Glancy.
- Thematic Guide to Modern Drama / Susan C. W. Reeve
- Thematic Guide to the American Novel / Lynda G. Adamson.
- The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Classic Mystery Writers
- Classic Science Fiction Writers
- Cyprus - World Bibliographical Series
- Greece - World Bibliographical Series
- Modern Mystery Writers
- Science Fiction Writers of the Golden Age
SOURCES OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
RESOUCES FOR FINE ARTS
Fine Arts Books from Great Museums of the World
- Getty Publications Virtual Library
- Guggenheim Museum Publications
- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Publications
- The MetPublications : five decades of Met publications on art history, available to read, download, and/or search for free
REFERENCE COLLECTIONS
Greek version