Bibliography

3: Dictionaries

The works listed here offer a starting point for writers, editors, and others involved in publishing who would like more information about topics covered in this manual. The list includes all the works cited in the text as further resources along with other useful references. Although some make recommendations that diverge from those of this manual, they reflect the specific demands of different disciplines and the evolving traditions of writing, editing, and publishing. As with all reference sources, readers should carefully evaluate their suitability for a given purpose.

3.1: English Dictionaries

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Also available at https://www.ahdictionary.com/.

Barber, Katherine, ed. Canadian Oxford Dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 2003. Continually updated at https://www.merriam-webster.com/.

Merriam-Webster Unabridged. See Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged.

Moore, Bruce, ed. Australian Oxford Dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195517965.001.0001.

New Oxford American Dictionary. 3rd ed. Edited by Angus Stevenson and Christine A. Lindberg. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195392883.001.0001.

Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 20 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Continually updated at http://www.oed.com/.

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus. 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form. 3rd ed. Edited by Barbara Ann Kipfer. New York: Bantam Dell, 2005.

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 6th ed. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary. 4th ed. Cleveland: Webster’s New World, 2001.

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1993. Continually updated, as Merriam-Webster Unabridged, at https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/.

Wiktionary: The Free Dictionary. San Francisco: Wikimedia Foundation. https://www.wiktionary.org/.

3.2: Bilingual Dictionaries

ABC Chinese–English Comprehensive Dictionary. Edited by John DeFrancis. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2003.

Cassell’s Italian Dictionary. Compiled by Piero Rebora, Francis M. Guercio, and Arthur L. Hayward. New York: John Wiley, 1994.

Kenkyūsha’s New Japanese–English Dictionary. 5th ed. Tokyo: Kenkyūsha, 2003.

Larousse Unabridged French Dictionary: French–English, English–French. Edited by Faye Carney. Paris: Larousse, 2010.

Minjung’s Essence English–Korean Dictionary. 11th ed. Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym International Corp., 2015.

Oxford Arabic Dictionary: Arabic–English, English–Arabic. Edited by Tressy Arts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Oxford German Dictionary: German–English, English–German. 3rd ed. Edited by Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht, J. B. Sykes, M. Clark, and O. Thyen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary. 4th ed. Edited by Marie-Hélène Corréard et al. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Oxford Latin Dictionary. 2nd ed. Edited by P. G. W. Glare. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Oxford Russian Dictionary. 4th ed. Edited by Marcus Wheeler, Boris Unbegaun, Paul Falla, and Della Thompson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Oxford Spanish Dictionary. 4th ed. Edited by Beatriz Galimberti Jarman and Roy Russell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

The University of Chicago Spanish–English Dictionary. 6th ed. Edited by David Pharies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012.

3.3: Medical and Scientific Dictionaries

Clapham, Christopher, and James Nicholson. Concise Dictionary of Mathematics. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

A Dictionary of Biology. 6th ed. Edited by Elizabeth A. Martin and Robert Hine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199204625.001.0001.

A Dictionary of Chemistry. 6th ed. Edited by John Daintith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199204632.001.0001.

A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering. Edited by Tony Atkins and Marcel Escudier. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199587438.001.0001.

A Dictionary of Physics. 6th ed. Edited by John Daintith. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199233991.001.0001.

Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 32nd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2012.

Oxford Dictionary of Science. 6th ed. Edited by Elizabeth A. Martin. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. 28th ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. Also available at http://stedmansonline.com/.

USP Dictionary of USAN and International Drug Names. Rockville, MD: US Pharmacopeial Convention. Revised annually. Available at http://www.usp.org/products/usp-dictionary.