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English
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International Law
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- Dictionaries - English Language
- American Heritage® Dictionary,
Unabridged, Third Edition, contains over 350,000 entries and meanings
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- Dictionary, Thesaurus, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search
Engine all in one
- YourDictionary.com
- multiple dictionaries, including foreign language and specialty
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Common
Errors in English - developed by Paul
Brians, arranged alphabetically, with supplementary pages
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Hyperdictionary - a "metadictionary" that displays definitions with each individual word in the definition hyperlinked to its
definition.
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Encyclopedias/Almanacs
- Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th
edition, the largest one-volume general encyclopedia available
- Factbook
- CIA World Factbook
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Nolo - Legal
Encyclopedia - Plain-English articles on legal topics
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- The American Heritage® Book of
English Usage, A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary
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- Roget’s II: The New
Thesaurus contains 35,000 synonyms, in an easy-to-use format that eschews the traditionally classified or category-indexed thesaurus of old. It also contains succinct
definitions as well as synonyms, and numerous cross-references.
- Garbl's Writing Center,
an editorial style manual, annotated directory of writing
Web sites, concise writing guide, personalized advice and writing forum.
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