Reference
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and lexicons kept for lookup: Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755), the Hastings Dictionary of the Bible, the Liddell–Scott Greek lexicon, gazetteers and encyclopedic works.
This collection holds 41,137 of the library's 2,557,923 catalog records. Counted 2026-11-10; the catalog grows as new holdings are added.
Works in this collection
A selection of real works from the Reference collection — the selection rotates daily. Every link opens that work's own catalog page; the full collection is searchable in the library.
- A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue — Francis Grose (1785)
- A Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures — Alexander Cruden (1737)
- A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Vol. 1 — Samuel Austin Allibone (1858)
- A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Vol. 2 — Samuel Austin Allibone (1858)
- A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Vol. 3 — Samuel Austin Allibone (1858)
- A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary — John Walker (1791)
- A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature, Vol. 1 — John Kitto (1845)
- A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues — Randle Cotgrave (1611)
- A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words — James Orchard Halliwell (1847)
- A Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 1 — James Hastings (1898)
- A Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 2 — James Hastings (1898)
- A Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 3 — James Hastings (1898)
- A Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 4 — James Hastings (1898)
- A Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 5 (Extra Volume) — James Hastings (1898)
- A Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 — Samuel Johnson (1755)
- A Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 — Samuel Johnson (1755)
- A Dictionary of the Pali Language — Robert Caesar Childers (1875)
- An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 — Noah Webster (1828)
- An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 — Noah Webster (1828)
- An Universal Etymological English Dictionary — Nathan Bailey (1721)
- Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 1 — James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (1887)
- Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 2 — James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (1888)
- Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 3 — James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (1888)
- Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 4 — James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (1888)
- Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 5 — James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (1888)
- Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 6 — James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (1889)
- Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 1 — Ephraim Chambers (1728)
- Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 2 — Ephraim Chambers (1728)
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable — Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1870)
- Encyclopaedia Biblica, Vol. 1 — Thomas Kelly Cheyne and John Sutherland Black (1899)
- Encyclopaedia Biblica, Vol. 2 — Thomas Kelly Cheyne and John Sutherland Black (1901)
- Encyclopaedia Biblica, Vol. 3 — Thomas Kelly Cheyne and John Sutherland Black (1902)
- Encyclopaedia Biblica, Vol. 4 — Thomas Kelly Cheyne and John Sutherland Black (1903)
- Familiar Quotations — John Bartlett (1855)
- Halma, Nicolas (Catholic Encyclopedia article) — William Fox
- Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities — Harry Thurston Peck (1898)
- Haydn's Dictionary of Dates — Joseph Haydn (Benjamin Vincent, ed.) (1841)
- Hermas (Catholic Encyclopedia article) — John Chapman
- Illustrated Bible Dictionary — Matthew George Easton (1893)
- Queen Anna's New World of Words (Italian-English) — John Florio (1611)
- The Bible, King James Version, Book of Genesis — King James Bible translators (1611)
- The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. 1 — ed. James Orr (1915)
- The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. 2 — ed. James Orr (1915)
- The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. 3 — ed. James Orr (1915)
- The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. 4 — ed. James Orr (1915)
- The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. 5 — ed. James Orr (1915)
- The Slang Dictionary — John Camden Hotten (1864)
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary — Noah Webster (1828)