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Reference Shelf - Quotations

Reference Shelf


Oxford Reference Online
Sources include the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and Oxford collections of modern and scientific quotations. "Advanced Search" offers searching by topic, people, dates, and within full-text. Available to UT (Knoxville campus) faculty, staff, and students.


Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The 10th edition of Bartlett's (1919) provides an alphabetical list of authors, a chronological list of primary authors, and a searchable index of quotes. This is an authoritative source for quotations, but keep in mind that it does not contain modern-day quotations.


Respectfully Quoted
Quotations compiled by the Library of Congress in response to "decades of requests from members of Congress for citation of quotations." Search by subject, author, and keyword.


Librarians' Internet Index
Offers links to carefully selected collections of quotes.


Quoteland
Search for specific quotations by phrase, author, or topic. Includes audio files for selected quotations.


Yahoo: Reference: Quotations
Provides links to a wide variety of quotation sources on the web. View sites alphabetically, in order of popularity, or by category.


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Page Maintained by:

Lana S. Dixon
Health Sciences
Reference Librarian
ldixon@utk.edu
974-4700


updated 7/8/09