English-English Dictionaries

• Cambridge Dictionary Online: An excellent reference featuring simple definitions and examples of word usage; a best choice for EFL student writers.
• MSN Encarta Dictionary: Good for learners to learn how to prounuce words.
• Dictionary.com: A dictiionary that comes with a thesaurus.
• OneLook Dictionary Search: A one stop for word search in a collection of dictionaries.

English-Chinese/Chinese-English Dictionaries

• 顏氏網路英英/英漢辭典: The dictiionary we recommend EFL learners to use and the one we use in our Learning Management System.
• Dr Eye.com (英漢/漢英字典): Excellent choice when you want to find out an expression for a Chinese word or phrase.
• 淡江大學英漢/漢英電子字典: A commonly used online dictionary for its features in giving simple examples.
• Yahoo! 奇摩電子字典: A popular online dictionary which comes with audio clips that show how words are pronounced.

• Wikipedia: An encyclopedia whose articles we often cite to explain the cultural or historical context of some texts collected in our site.
• MSN Encarta Encyclopedia : A popular online encyclopedia which is not always accessible if you are not its subscriber.
• Bartleby.com - Great Books Online: One stop for a great collection of reference books online and fiction.
• Britannica Online: A scholarly encyclopedia good for academic research.
• Webopedia 電腦、網路百科: " The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology definitions."

• Virtual Salt - A Handbook of Rhetorical Device: A handbook that collects "more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices;" good for writers who wish to improve their writing skills.
• Virtual Salt - A Glossary of Literary Terms: Another book by Virtual Salt that defines literary terms commonly used in the world of literature.
• Gale's Free Resources: Glossary Terms: Rhetorical terms arranged in alphbetical order.
• All American: Glossary of Literary Terms
• Meyer Literature: Glossary of Literary Terms