Keeley Library Student Pages:
English -
English Grammar
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "English Language." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Basic English
- English language
- English language--Business English
- English language--Dictionaries
- English language--Etymology
- English language--Grammar
- English language--Rhetoric
- English language--Slang
- English language--Usage
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- The American heritage school dictionary
- The Barnhart dictionary of new English since 1963
- The dictionary of cultural literacy
- Dictionary of pronunciation
- A grammar of the English language
- The Gregg reference manual
- Harper dictionary of contemporary usage
- Look it up : a deskbook of American spelling and style
- The New York times everyday reader's dictionary of misunderstood, misused, mispronounced words
- NTC's dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
- The Oxford dictionary of English etymology
- The Oxford illustrated dictionary
- Reference handbook of grammar & usage
- Shakespeare's language
- The thesaurus of slang
- Webster's intermediate dictionary : a new school dictionary
- Webster's seventh new collegiate dictionary
- Writers, Inc. : a Student Handbook for Writing and Learning
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