Specialized Dictionaries & Glossaries

A useful free resource from Gale. Its Lit Kit also provides access to How to Write a Term Paper, and Citing Information from Thomson Gale Databases.

A visual and pronunciation guide to the terminology of medieval architecture.

A glossary of terms from a variety of religions. Many defined topics are linked to essays or articles with more in-depth information.

Contains 300 articles covering the whole spectrum of topics in brain theory and neural networks. Part 1 provides general background on brain modeling and on biological and artificial neural networks. Part 2 contains "Road Maps" to help readers understand the articles in part 3.

Contains forty-one contributions exploring basic aspects of neural development, sensory and sensorimotor systems, language, cognition, and emotion.

Entries include background information, major filmmakers, and most notable films. Covers films made in Germany and other countries.

A comprehensive overview of cinema in the pre-communist & post-communist Russia and Soviet Union.

This dictionary provides updated information on biographies, work, and influence of German-speaking authors since 1945. Coverage also includes songwriters and film directors. Extensive primary and secondary bibliographies.

“Lexicons of Early Modern English (LEME) is a historical database of monolingual, bilingual, and polyglot dictionaries, lexical encyclopedias, hard-word glossaries, spelling lists, and lexically-valuable treatises surviving in print or manuscript from the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods.”

"A new online version of Liddell-Scott-Jones (LSJ), the premier lexicon for classical Greek."