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Before you start

STEP 1: STARTING OUT

STEP 2: FINDING

Information finding tools

- OPAC

- Internet

- Databases (incl CD Roms)

- Dewey (DDC)

Information sources

- Dictionaries

What is it?

Types

Online

- Encyclopaedias

- Books

- Periodicals/Magazines/Journals

- Newspapers

- Audio-visual

- Internet

- Grey literature

- Broadcast media

- Conference proceedings/reports

- Course-specific resources

- Maps

- Government publications

- Standards

- Museums

- Archives

- Quizz

STEP 3: EVALUATE

STEP 4: LEGAL USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE

Dictionaries

Types of dictionaries

The following titles will give you an idea of the variety of dictionaries available at the Library. There are many more.

Language dictionaries

The new Oxford dictionary of English
Collins dictionary of business English
English-Zulu Zulu-English dictionary
Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language
Dictionary; English-Xhosa, Xhosa-English
Dictionary of abbreviations
Dictionary of current English
A dictionary of English usage in Southern Africa

Subject dictionaries

Dictionary of library terms
Dictionary of legal words and phrases
Dictionary of fashion
A dictionary of birds
Dictionary of 20th century art
Dictionary of abbreviations in medicine and the health sciences
Dictionary of advertising and marketing terms
Dictionary of ancient Egypt

Biographical dictionaries

English mediaeval architects : a biographical dictionary down to 1550.
The dictionary of 20th century British book illustrators
The biographical dictionary of scientists
Biographical dictionary of modern American educators
An African biographical dictionary
Woman of classical mythology : a biographical dictionary
A biographical dictionary of artists
Art & artists of South Africa : an illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, : sculptors & graphic artists since 1875

Remember to ask your Librarian for help!!!!