Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

This is a small collection of general reference works. For more extensive lists of specialised reference works select from Subject Guides or aggregated collections:

New Zealand
Language Dictionaries
Thesauri
General Encyclopedias
Wikis
Subject-specific Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Miscellaneous

New Zealand

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Te Ara - The Encylopedia of New Zealand
Offers many pathways to understanding New Zealand and aims to be a comprehensive guide to the country's peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society
New Zealand Oxford Dictionary
With over 100,000 definitions, this dictionary is the first large-scale English dictionary especially prepared for New Zealand users
NZSTATS: New Zealand Statistics Sources
Selected by University of Auckland Library staff
Wakareo
Comprehensive Maori-English-Maori lexicon

MAXX Regional Transport
Transport in the Auckland region - buses, trains and ferries
New Zealand public holiday dates
List of public holidays from Employment Relations Service
NZ Weather
Three-day forecasts supplied by MetService

Language Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary
The most comprehensive dictionary of the English language
Collins English Dictionary
21st Century Edition
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
The premier American English dictionary
Wakareo
Comprehensive Maori-English-Maori lexicon
Ngata Dictionary
Online version of the printed English-Maori dictionary by H.M. Ngata
Collins French Dictionary Plus
Collins German Dictionary
Collins Italian Dictionary
Collins Spanish Dictionary
Babel Fish
Language translation service for text and web sites
Yourdictionary.com
Internet dictionaries for English and other languages

Thesauri

Oxford paperback thesaurus
With 300,000 entries
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
3rd edition, 2003

General Encyclopedias

Columbia encyclopedia
Completely updated in 2004
Encyclopædia Britannica online
The complete encyclopedia plus 300,000 links to selected web sites

Wikis

Wikipedia
An encyclopedia written collaboratively and constantly updated by its readers. Wikipedia is not an academic resource. Although you may find it useful for background information and entries may be very up to date, Wikipedia makes no guarantee of validity, and may contain significant misinformation, unencyclopedic content or vandalism. This link passes through EZproxy. (About EZproxy)

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Subject-specific Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations plus slogans, catchphrases, film lines etc.
International Encyclopedia of Public Health
An online encyclopedia on the ScienceDirect platform covering all aspects of public health
Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions
Includes illustrations and tables
The New Penguin Dictionary of Science
Up-to-date definitions of some 7,000 scientific terms
Oxford Art Online
Comprises Grove Art Online, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
A Dictionary of Abbreviations
Over 100,000 abbreviations and acronyms
Oxford Music Online
Comprises Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music
Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women’s Biography
Containing more than 2,000 entries (4th ed., 2005)
Webster's New World Computer Dictionary
10th edition, 2003

Note:
See specific Subject Guides for more extensive resources.

Miscellaneous

Bible Gateway
Several versions searchable by word and passage
Currency converter
Updated daily
Europa World of Learning
International directory of universities, libraries, learned societies, research institutions, museums and art galleries
Europa World Plus
The online version of the Europa World Year Book and Europa Publications' nine volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. It provides political and economic information for more than 250 countries and territories.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
International statistics selected by University of Auckland Library staff
Scholarly Societies
Links to sites and resources on the Internet
World Factbook
General information by country
World Time Server
Times of countries and regions

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