LibGuides: English: Reference Sources

Selected E-Book Encyclopedias

The Oxford English Dictionary Online The OED is the ultimate authority on the usage and meaning of English words and phrases.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, The Considered to be the most authoritative reference work for literary theory and criticism.
ISBN: 0801880106
Atlas of North American English - 2006 Phonetics, Phonology, and Sound Change
ISBN: 9783110167467
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics - 2006 Considered to be the most authoritative reference work for the discipline of linguistics.
ISBN: 9780080448541
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric - 2001 Brings together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion.
ISBN: 9780195125955 eISBN: 9780195188448
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics - 2003 Encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.
ISBN: 9780195139778 eISBN: 9780195307450