All universities and community college libraries in Nevada use the Library of Congress Classification System to organize their books. Books are arranged A-Z, with each letter corresponding to a subject. To find books on this topic, go to the following areas:
| Classification | Topic |
| PE 1460-4, PE 1689 | English Language - Idioms |
| PE 1519 | English Language - Rhyme - Dictionaries |
| PE 1591 | English Language - Synonyms and Antonyms |
| PE 1580, PE 1625 | English Language - Etymology - Dictionaries |
| PE 1625 | English Language - Dictionaries |
| PE 1689 | English Language - Terms and Phrases |
| PE 2846 | Americanisms |
| PJ 6640 | English Language - Slang - Dictionaries |
These titles are located at the Carson City Campus library unless otherwise indicated. The term “Ready Ref” indicates the item is shelved directly behind the Reference Desk.
* Asterisked titles are also available at the WNC Fallon campus library.
| Dictionaries | |
| *American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language | REF PE 1625 .A54 |
| *Merriam - Webster's Collegiate Dictionary | REF PE 1628 .M36 |
| New Oxford American Dictionary | REF PE 1628 .N429 |
| Random House Dictionary of the English Language | REF PE 1625 .R3 |
| Webster's Third New International Dictionary | REF PE 1625 W36 |
| Webster's New World College Dictionary | REF PE 1628 .W5629 |
| *Columbia Guide to Standard American English | REF PE 2835 .W55 |
| Acronyms | |
| Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary (4 vols.) | REF PE 1963 .G3 |
| *Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | REF PN 43 .B65 |
| Etymological (History of Word Origins) | |
| *Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins | REF PE1689 .H47 |
| Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins | REF PE 1580 .M6 |
| Oxford English Dictionary (20 vols.) | REF PE 1625 M7 |
| Regional | |
| A Dictionary of Americanisms | REF PE 2835 .D5 |
| Dictionary of American Regional English (4 vols.) | REF PE 2843 .D52 |
| Rhyming | |
| Collins Rhyming Dictionary | REF PE 1519 .F37 |
| Oxford Rhyming Dictionary | REF PE 1519 .U67 |
| Slang | |
| New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2 vols.) | REF PE 3721 .P3 |
| Oxford Dictionary of Idioms | REF PE 1464 .O94 |
| Thesauruses | |
| Merriam - Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus | REF PE 1591 .W38 |
| Merriam - Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms | REF PE 1591 .M47 |
| American Heritage Thesaurus for Learners of English | REF PE 1591 .L36 |
| *Roget's International Thesaurus | REF PE 1592 .R73 |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | PE 1591 .R737 |
| Usage | |
| Merriam - Webster's Dictionary of English Usage | REF PE 1460 .M45 |
| *The New Fowler's Modern English Usage | PE 1628 .F65 |
WNC library books are listed in an online catalog shared by most northern Nevada academic libraries. To find in-depth materials, search the library catalog by typing in the topic you are researching. Be sure to use keywords or subjects rather than sentences. Clicking on the links below will perform a search for WNC books about these topics in the library catalog. Please be patient; sometimes these searches can take a few minutes to finish.
| English Language - Idioms | English Language - Rhyme - Dictionaries | English Language - Slang - Dictionaries |
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Electronic journals can be searched by selecting " Find Magazines or Newspapers by Title" from the library home page. Researchers may also get a list of e-journals available on a given topic by selecting a subject category using the same link.
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