LibGuides: German: Find Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Reference Resources

Dictionaries
Encyclopedias

Print English-German Resources

The following language dictionaries can all be found on the 2nd (main) floor of the library. Search OneSearch to locate additional dictionaries, including some that are available to check out.

Oxford-Duden German dictionary : German-English, English-German
Call Number: PF3640 .O94 2005 (2nd Floor Reference Collection)
Publication Date: 2005
Collins German-English, English-German dictionary unabridged
Call Number: PF3640 .C68 1993 (2nd Floor Reference Collection)
Publication Date: 1991
English grammar for students of German
Call Number: PE1099 .Z6 2022 (2nd Floor Reference Collection)
Publication Date: 2022
Hammer's German grammar and usage
Call Number: PF3112 .D77 2021 (2nd Floor Reference Collection)
Publication Date: 2021
Easy German step-by-step : master high-frequency grammar for German proficiency fast!
Call Number: PF3129.E5 S97 2020 (2nd Floor Reference Collection)
Publication Date: 2020
Complete German Grammar
Call Number: PF3129.E5 S95 2023 (2nd Floor Reference Collection)
Publication Date: 2023

Online German-English Dictionary Resources

Beolingus
Beolingus is an online German dictionary managed by the University of Technology - Chemnitz.
Dict.CC
"The goal of dict.cc is to make it possible to share your vocabulary knowledge with the world. This is the main difference from other translation services - every user is encouraged to contribute to the English-German dictionary by adding and/or verifying translation suggestions. The resulting vocabulary database can be downloaded and used for free."
PONS Online Dictionary
PONS is an online German-English dictionary that also includes conjugation help and a vocabulary trainer.

Multiple Languages

WordReference
WordReference is one of the most-used online resources for bilingual dictionaries and language tools. Among others, WordReference has resources for French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Chinese, and Japanese language learning.
Collins Dictionary
"Collins online dictionary and reference resources draw on the wealth of reliable and authoritative information about language ... both in English and in other languages."

Collins provides tools for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Chinese, and Korean.

Print Reference Resources:

Tredway Library uses the Library of Congress (LOC) Classification system to organize our physical collection. Consider searching in the following sections of our reference collection, located on the 2nd (main) floor of the library. Remember that the following call numbers are helpful for this subject area:

PF's: German dictionaries and other language materials
PT's: German literature
DD's: German history materials

Important note: reference books can't leave the library! You may photocopy some pages that are helpful, but the physical material can't be checked out the way that circulating books can. If you need to access reference books while you're outside the library, our electronic reference tools are very helpful.

German Online Reference Resources:

Historische Lexikon der Schweiz HLS: A thorough online lexicon of Swiss history.
Deutsche Biographie: A biographical database of more than 730,000 individuals and families in German speaking lands from the Middle Ages to the present. (also available in English)
Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste (1731-1754): The digitization of Johann Heinrich Zedlers's Universal Lexicon encyclopedia. The Universal Lexicon was "the most comprehensive encyclopedic work that was produced in Europe in the 18th century. The 64 volumes and 4 supplementary volumes contain approximately 63,000 two-column folio pages with around 284,000 articles and 276,000 references." (also available in English)

General eReference Databases:

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A vast collection of electronic reference books covering a wide variety of subject areas, Gale Virtual Reference Library is an excellent place to start your research.
Credo Reference
This is an online reference library that provides unlimited and remote simultaneous access to current, integrated, full-text content from a selection of over 200 reference books from 55 publishers with over 2 million entries. Credo includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from health to technology and science to law, not to mention the Bridgeman Art Library with over 16,000 art images.