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Dictionaries

英文字典的類型評鑑重點

各類型字典介紹

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英文字典八大類型 General English Language Dic

tionaries Unabridged ，足本（大約涵蓋

26 萬款目） 一般桌上型（ 16 ～ 18 萬）或

大學用（ 10 萬）版本 Paperback dictionaries

大約涵蓋 30000 ～ 55000 款目，便宜、攜帶方便

Historical dictionaries 介紹字詞的源由及現今發展用

法

Period or scholarly specialized titles 針對某特定時間或地點的文字為

介紹主題。 Etymological dictionaries

語源學字典，類似 Historical dictionaries ，但更強調於字詞的分析，以及不同語言的源起發展。

Foreign language Subject works

特定學科主題詞彙定義 Other

包含俚語、簡稱、縮寫及用法等各類字辭典。

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Compilation— 字詞語彙來源出版社員工

大部分的出版社取用 BNC 的字彙 BNC--British National Corpus ，在網路上提供近 3

億個字詞供查檢， http://info.ox.ac.uk/bnc/ 自由字典編輯（ Freelance lexicographer ）

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Evaluation

“Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true”

~ by Dr. Johnson

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給一般讀者的 10 個參考評鑑點 能提供使用者需要的詞彙、

定義 收錄近幾年來的新詞、新

義、新用法 定義（對應詞）、翻譯正

確而少偏見 語法說明清楚、詳盡、正

確 例證充足，用例恰到好處

插圖豐富，能幫助學習詞彙，掌握意思

重視口語、俚語，收錄足夠的片語、成語、慣用語

提供語用方面的說明或標籤

提供百科性、文化方面的有用知識

標榜獨一無二的特點

曾泰元。如何選擇英文詞典。在詞典的兩個世界， pp.114--117

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館員評估一般語文字詞典的重點 Authority

Merriam-Webster 、 Oxford University Press 、 Random House 、 Scott-Foresman 、 Doubleday 、 Macmillian 、 Simon & Schuster 、Houghton Mifflin

Vocabulary Unabridged ：超過 265000

字 Abridged ： 50000~265000

字 Slang

Up-to-date Format Encyclopedia material Spelling Etymologies Definitions Pronunciation Syllabication Synonyms Grammatical Information Usage

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評估專科字典的要件插圖的輔助說明是否合宜？對專門學科人員或非本科人員有幫助？

定義是簡單的就字義來解釋，還是有多加說明？目標使用群是針對國際性？或是偏重於某一區域？

更新程度如何？

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介紹字典的工具 Kister, Kenneth. Kister’s Best Dictionaries for Adults

& Young People: A Comparative Guide. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992, 488 pp. $39.50

Loughridege, Brendan. Which Dictionary? London: Library Association Publishing. 1990. 177pp. $26

徐振忠。英文辭典實用指南。台北市：旺文社民 81 。

IPLSubject CollectionsReference Dictionaries LIIReady Reference & Quick FactsDictionaries Yahoo! 奇摩分類首頁 網路指南 參考資料參考字典

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Unabridged （足本） Dictionaries

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 2002, 5th. ed., 3984pp. $150

Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 2003,. 2256pp. $64.95. （ +CD-ROM ）

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged . CD-ROM （ v.3.0 ）： 2002, irregular update. $69.95. ；

Print ： 2002, 3rd. Ed. 2783 pp. $129.

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College Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary （ http://www.m-w.com ）

The American Heritage College Dictionary. （ http://www.bartleby.com/61/ ）

The Random House Webster’s College Dictionary + Thesaurus

Webster's New World College Dictionary + Thesaurus

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Desk Dictionary

The Concise Oxford Dictionary 2002, 10th.ed. 384pp. $29.95

Collins English Dictionary 2003, 1888pp. £30.00

Chambers 21st Century Dictionary 1993, 1664pp. $30

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ESL Dictionary ESL English as Second Language Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

2000, 6th. Ed. $25.95 http://www.oupp.com/elt/oald/

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 2003, $26.95(+ CD-ROM) http://www.longmanwebdict.com/

Collins COBUILD New Student's English Dictionary 2002, 1088pp. £9.99

Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 2002, 1071pp. $29.68

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Children’s Dictionaries

Macmillan Dictionary for Children. The World Book Dictionary Scott Foresman First Dictionary. Merriam-Webster‘s 系列 （均為 $14.83)

Elementary Dictionary（ 624pp.） School Dictionary（ 1184pp.） Intermediate Dictionary（ 960pp.） School Thesaurus（ 704pp.）

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Thesaurus/Synonyms /Antonyms

Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English The Concise Oxford Thesaurus Longman Essential Activator Theseaurus.com (http://thesarus.com/) The ARTFL Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus (http://humaniti

es.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.htl) WordNet (http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/) Synonym Dictionary (

http://vancouver-webpages.com/synonyms.html)

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Usage and Manuscript Style—1/2

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th. Ed. CD-ROM ： 1993, in Microsoft Bookshelf. Print ： 2003, 956 pp. $55.

The Columbia Guide to Online Style. 1998. 224 pp. $34; paperback, $17.50

Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage. 1989, 980 pp, $18.95

謝寶煖。 APA Style 完全上手指南 。台北市：文華，民國 90 年 8 月

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Usage and Manuscript Style—2/2 IPLSu SS S tbec So t onsec i R r nefe e ceStSe S Sr t n u s i i g G ide

The Slot. (http://www.theslot.com) 國家圖書館知識之窗網路資源教育資源／論文寫作格式

靜宜大學蓋夏圖書館學術寫作資源（http://www.lib.pu.edu.tw/database/www/db-citation.htm）

中央研究院圖書館網路資源引用資料格式 (http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~libserv/aslib/internet/internet1.html )

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Historical Dictionaries Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Online, ： 2000 to date, http://www.oed.com Library:$795+ ， Individals:$550

CD-ROM ： 2nd ed. 1992 to date, $895

Print ： 1989, 2nd., 20 vols. $3000.

The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. CD-ROM ： 1998. $75 Print ： 1998, 2 vols. 5th. Ed. $15

0. Oxford 字詞典專區 http://

www.oupp.com/oeddicref/

Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 4v. (http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/dare.html)

Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang. 1994 to date, 3 vols. $79.95

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Slang Dictionary of American Slang

1998, 3rd.ed. 640pp. $42.95 Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang

2000, 1326pp. $19.95 The Alternative Dictionaries (

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/) A Dictionary of Slang (http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/) The College Slang Page (http://

www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/) On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang (http://

www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html)

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Quotation

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations 1999,5th. Ed. 1152pp. $45 其他 Oxford 出版的版本 (

http://www.oup-usa.org/reference/general/quotations.html) Familiar Quotations (http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/) About.com： Quotations (http://quotations.about.com/) Movie Quotes (http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Quotes/) Famous Quotations (http://www.famous-quotations.com/)

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Foreign Language Dictionaries （ Bilingual ） The HarperCollins Series

HarperCollins-Robert French Dictionary HarperCollins Spanish Dictionary HarperCollins German Dictionary

Encyclopedia of Languages of Europe Dictionary of Languages Berlitz Passport to 31 Languages.

1999 to date, $30. （ CD-ROM ）

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Foreign Language Dictionaries （ Bilingual ） -- 網路翻譯工具 Language Dictionaries and Translators. (

http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html) AltaVista translation services (

http://world.altavista.com/ ) Free Translation and Professional Translation (

http://www.freetranslation.com/)

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特殊用途字詞典 Acronyms Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary Abbreviations Dictionary Acronym Finder (http://www.acronymfinder.com/. ) Acronym Server (http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym) Webster’s Official Crossword Puzzle Dictionary.

CD-ROM ： 1992 irregular update. $29.95 Print ： 1992. paperback, $4.99

The New Hacker’s Dictionary

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網路字典 OneLook Dictionaries (http://www.onelook.com) Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/) Vocabulary University (http://

www.vocabulary.com) The Word Detective (http://word-detective.com ) Rhymezone (http://www.rhymezone.com/) Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (http://fold

oc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html)