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E-Reference: English
This guide is designed to provide access to reference sources that are available online. Reference sources include things such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, etc.
Subscriber: VIVA"At present the dictionary is undergoing its first thoroughgoing revision and update. Around 70 editors, mostly in Oxford and New York, review each word in turn, examining its meaning and history, noting where meanings have changed—or where old definitions no longer suffice—and recraft the entries in the light of the most up-to-date information. The result is the current online edition of the dictionary (in progress)."
This site from the publishers of Merriam-Webster provides free access to basic reference sources such as a dictionary and a thesaurus. Other services may require a subscription fee in order to use.
Subscriber: VIVA"At present the dictionary is undergoing its first thoroughgoing revision and update. Around 70 editors, mostly in Oxford and New York, review each word in turn, examining its meaning and history, noting where meanings have changed—or where old definitions no longer suffice—and recraft the entries in the light of the most up-to-date information. The result is the current online edition of the dictionary (in progress)."
Off campus access information
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by 
Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English by 
