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Dictionaries and Reference

Oxford Dictionaries PRO

Online dictionaries, thesauruses, and specific content based English language reference. Includes specific dictionaries and thesaurai for UK vs. US English spelling and usage, Garner's Legal Terminology dictionary in English, and Hart's Rules of editing style rules in modern English-language publishing.

Cambridge Reference

Index of online Cambridge English reference dictionaries, including an easy learner's English dictionary, British vs. American English spelling dictionaries, English thesaurus and synonyms index, and quick grammar reference. Also offers word of the day and picture quiz to test your vocabulary.

Collins COBUILD advanced learner's dictionary

Location: Grangegorman Library - Level 1

Call number: 423 SIN (Library Use Only)

Grammar: a pocket guide / Susan J. Behrens

Location: Bolten Street Library; Granegorman Library - Level 1

Call number: 428.2 BEH

Oxford A-Z of grammar and punctuation / John Seely

Location: Grangegorman Library - Level 1

Call number: 428.203 SEE

The Concise Oxford dictionary (10th ed)

Location: Aungier Street Library; Blanchardstown Library - Reference

Call number: 423 PEA ; REF 423 (Library Use Only)

Literature and Criticism: Books and eBooks

Useful Online Resources

DigiLanguages

English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Spanish

This OER project funded by the Irish National Forum for Teaching and Learning began in 2017 and was developed collaboratively by 6 tertiary education institutions, including two TU Dublin Language Studies lecturers. It hosts a range of activities in multiple European languages for teachers to use with students or for self-directed study. This resource has a particular emphasis on encouraging students to build digital literacies for language learning.

ClipFlair

Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Irish, Spanish

Multimedia community co-created foreign language learning resource, funded by the European Lifelong Learning Programme. Practice speaking and writing in your target language through interactive revoicing and captioning of images and video clips.

ACRL Irish Studies LibGuide

An index of scholarly resources curated by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. These academic resources are all open access and have undergone a selection and evaluation process. Within Irish Studies a number of topic areas are covered, including an extensive Literature & Linguistics area with compilations of English-language and Irish-language resources.

ACRL British and UK Studies LibGuide

An index of scholarly resources curated by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. These academic resources are all open access and have undergone a selection and evaluation process. Within British Studies a number of topic areas are covered, including an extensive Literature & Linguistics area.

Databases and Journals

TU Dublin has access to a number of databases that are relevant and useful for Language Studies. An A-Z list of these databases can be accessed via the Online Resources link on the Library website.

Databases host articles from many academic and industry journals. You can search across the majority of databases TU Dublin subscribes to all at the same time from the SearchAll box on the Library homepage.

Below are the main specific databases and journals that will be useful to you in your cultural and language studies:

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