Reference books — such as encyclopedias, atlases, and directories — are useful for topic overviews, historical background, statistics, images, maps, and more. Here are some suggested Reference Book titles in Modern Language-related subject areas.
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Title |
Location |
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Brock Haus Enzyklopädie |
REF 033.1 B76 |
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La Grand Encyclopédie (Larousse) |
REF 034 G75 |
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Macmillan Visual Dictionary (Multilingual Edition) |
REF 413.1 M33 |
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ASL Dictionary |
REF 419 S74am |
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English Dictionaries |
REF 420s |
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German Dictionaries |
REF 430s |
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French Dictionaries |
REF 440s |
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Italian Dictionaries |
REF 450s |
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Spanish Dictionaries |
REF 460s |
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Latin Dictionaries |
REF 470s |
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Greek Dictionaries |
REF 480s |
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Hebrew Dictionaries |
REF 492.4 |
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Arabic Dictionaries |
REF 492.7 |
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Japanese Dictionaries |
REF 495.6 |
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Korean Dictionaries |
REF 495.7 |
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