You can use dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works to:
Some useful online dictionaries and encyclopedias to which the library subscribes are listed below. You can also find printed encyclopedias in the library building.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and usage of 500,000 words and phrases past and present, from across the English-speaking world.