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Oxford English Dictionary
The authority on the meaning, history and pronunciation of English language words.

Oxford Reference Online 
Access to over 170 Oxford University Publishing online reference resources. Subjects range from Art to Military History to Weather. Includes access to multiple resources for Quotations, Thesauri, Dictionaries for English and foreign languages, Proverbs, and Encyclopaedias.

Dictionary of Scientific Biography 
Ever wanted to know what Avicenna's given name was? (Ibn Sīnā, Abū сAlī Al-Husayn Ibn сAbdallāh). This is the place to look. This resource "contains biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all countries and from all historical periods" (Gale). The password for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography is 'quest'.