Reference Resources
Dictionaries, Glossaries & ThesauriEncyclopedias
Biographical Resources
Writing and Grammar Resources
Dictionaries, Glossaries & Thesauri
| Title | Description | Access Level |
| DICT Development Group, The | Free online | |
| Dictionary.com | Links to language-specific dictionaries. Features a crossword solver. Premium content requires registration. | Free online |
| Free Dictionary, The | Features Word, Quotation, and Article of the Day, as well as interactive word games. | Free online |
| Medical Glossary.org | Free online | |
| MedTerms Medical Dictionary | Free online | |
| Merriam-Webster Online | Free online | |
| OneLook® Dictionary Search | Free online | |
| Online Dictionary (Webster's) | Search results include the Webster's 1913 Dictionary and the WordNet Dictionary. | Free online |
| Online Etymology Dictionary | Free online | |
| Oxford English Dictionary | The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. Covers words from across the English-speaking world. Updated quarterly with at least 2,500 new and revised entries. | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users |
| Taber's Medical Encyclopedia | Free online | |
| Visual Dictionary Online | Free online | |
| Webopedia | Free online | |
| WordReference Dictionaries | Free online | |
| Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus | Free online | |
| yourDictionary.com | Includes links to a number of language-learning courses. | Free online |
| Comprehensive Medical Terminology | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users | |
| Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users | |
| Medical Spanish | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users | |
| Medical Terminology | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users | |
| Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary | Free online | |
| Oxford English Dictionary | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users | |
| Stedman's Medical Dictionary | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users |
Encyclopedias
| Title | Description | Access Level |
| Encyclopædia Britannica | Free online | |
| Encyclopedia Americana® | General reference source from Scholastic Library Publishing. | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users |
| Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia™ | General reference source from Scholastic Library Publishing. Derived from the Academic American Encyclopedia database, an 11-million-word repository of text and images. | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users |
| HighBeam™ Encyclopedia | Free online | |
| MSN Encarta® | Free online | |
| Wikipedia | Free online |
Biographical Resources
| Title | Description | Access Level |
| Biographical Dictionary | Free online | |
| Biography Channel, The | Free online | |
| Biography Resource Center | Comprehensive database of biographical information on over 340,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users |
| Who Named It? | A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms, surveying medical phenomena named for a person. | Free online |
Writing and Grammar Resources
| Title | Description | Access Level |
| Acronym Finder | Free online | |
| APA Style.org - Electronic References | Free online | |
| Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources | Free online | |
| Citing Medicine | Second edition (2007) of the National Library of Medicine style guide for authors, editors, and publishers. | Free online |
| Columbia Guide to Online Style, The | Second edition | Free online |
| Elements of Style, The | Classic reference book by William Strunk, Jr. | Free online |
| Faculty Attribution Guidelines | Information on the proper use of citations in the classroom setting. | Free online |
| Famous Quotes and Authors | Browse over 25,000 quotes online from over 6,700 famous authors. | Free online |
| Frank's Compulsive Guide to Postal Addresses | Free online | |
| Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences | Links to over 3500 journal sites. From The University of Toledo Health Science Campus. | Free online |
| Internet Acronym Server | Free online | |
| Official Abbreviations | From the United States Postal Service | Free online |
| PlainLanguage.gov | Comprehensive resource from the Federal Government that includes background on health literacy as well as guidelines and other resources to aid in producing materials readers can understand. | Free online |
| Purdue Online Writing Lab, The (OWL) | Offers over 200 free resources. | Free online |
| RefWorks | An online research management, writing and collaboration tool. Classes and a handout are available through the library's website. | Restricted to UMMS/UMMHC users |
| Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals | February 2006 edition | Free online |