Types of Dictionaries
Conventional DictionariesDictionaries of Synonyms and Antonyms (Thesaurus)Dictionaries of CollocationDictionaries on CD-ROMs
Collocation Example: research
V + NDo/carry out/conduct/pursue research*make research
Adj. + NAcademic/comprehensive/independent/detailed/intensive/considerable research
N + Prep. A research for facts (a purpose)Research in linguistics (an academic subject)Research on diseases of the blood (a certain
topic)
Dictionaries on CD-ROMs
AdvantagesFast and convenientMore detailed
explanation than electronic dictionariesMulti-functional
GrammarUsage Thesaurus Examples
Easy to compile your own vocabulary reference list
Dictionaries on the Internet
Cambridge Dictionaries Onlinehttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Encarta World English Dictionaryhttp://dictionary.msn.com/
Collins Concordance and Collocations Sampler
http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/form.html/
Longman Web Dictionary http://www.longman-elt.com/dictionaries/ webdi
ctionary.html/
Cambridge Dictionaries Onlinehttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Encarta World English Dictionaryhttp://dictionary.msn.com/
Collins Concordance and Collocations Sampler
http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/form.html/ Longman Web Dictionary
http://www.longman-elt.com/dictionaries/ webdictionary.html/
Writing Centers
UNC-Chapel Hillhttp://www.uncc.edu/writing/ wrcindex.
html UNC-Charlotte
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/ handouts/
Purdue University http://owl.English.purdue.edu/lab/owl/ index.html
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