Encyclopedias and dictionaries

On the entry level you will find our collection of dictionaries. These are all reference items and can only be used inside the library. Encyclopedias are stored according to its subject on the second floor.

Encyclopedias Online

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
• McGraw-Hill's AccessScience Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
• Nationalencyklopedin - NE.se is the online version of the encyclopedia and dictionary. NE's search box allows. misspellings and provides keyword suggestions. In NE, you can also translate words from Swedish to English.
• New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
• Oxford Reference Online - Collections of reference works in many different subjects. Choose to search in one of the encyclopedias, or search simultaneously in several.
• Wikipedia - Free encyclopedia with content that anyone can edit.

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Dictionaries

• Acronym and Abbreviation Server
• Dictionary.com
• Högskoleverkets sv-eng/eng-sv ordbok - translations of words and concepts in higher education.
• Lexin  - dictionaries in several languages such as Arabic, Bosnian and Somali.
• Logos - multilingual dictionaries.
• Norstedts - sv-eng/eng-sv dictionary.
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
• Ordboken.nu - links to dictionaries and encyclopedia.
• Rikstermbanken - technical terms in different subject areas.
• SAOB - Swedish Academy Dictionary.
• SAOL - Svenska akademins Ordlista
• Swedish-English-Swedish Dictionary
• Thesaurus Lex - Länkar till bland annat fackordböcker
• Tyda.se - easy to use and comprehensive Swedish-English and English-Swedish dictionary also translates acronyms and expressions. Tyda.se is partly created by its users (see Wikipedia).
• YourDictionary

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