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English Language Resources

Discipline specific material

• Business (BUE)
• Education, Arts and Social Sciences (EASS)
• Health Sciences
• Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment (ITEE)

Business (BUE)

For a general introduction to business terms consult The Penguin business dictionary (opens in new window).

Other useful resources include:

• Australian business dictionary (opens in new window)
• Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary (opens in new window)
• Dictionary of asia pacific business terms (opens in new window)
• Dictionary of business (opens in new window)
• Dictionary of marketing (opens in new window)
• Language and Learning Services (L3) includes online English and Academic language and learning resources specifically related to your coursework and assignments
• Longman dictionary of law (opens in new window)
• Osborn's concise law dictionary (opens in new window)
• Penguin dictionary of economics (opens in new window)
• The Routledge dictionary of business management (opens in new window). Select the Access link, then view this eBook to open
• Vocabulary basics for business (opens in new window)

Education, Arts and Social Sciences (EASS)

• The Blackwell dictionary of sociology; a user's guide to sociological language (opens in new window). Select the Access link, then view this eBook to open
• The concise Oxford dictionary of art terms (opens in new window)
• A dictionary of modern design (opens in new window)
• Encyclopedia of education (opens in new window). Select the Access link, then the email or download options to view
• English for journalists (opens in new window)
• Language and Learning Services (L3) includes online English and Academic language and learning resources specifically related to your coursework and assignments
• The Macmillan encyclopedia of Australia's Aboriginal peoples (opens in new window)
• Oxford handbook of international relations (opens in new window)
• Penguin dictionary of psychology (opens in new window)
• The social work dictionary (opens in new window)

Health Sciences

For a general introduction to health terms consult Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions (opens in new window).

Other useful resources include:

• Anatomy and physiology for English learners (opens in new window)
• Cambridge English for nursing (opens in new window)
• Dictionary of nursing (opens in new window). Select the Access link to open the book
• English for nursing and health care (opens in new window)
• English for Pharmacy Writing and Oral Communication (opens in new window)
• Everyday English for international nurses (opens in new window)
• Language and Learning Services (L3) includes online English and Academic language and learning resources specifically related to your coursework and assignments
• Occupational English test (opens in new window) there are a number of titles in this series on specific health occupations
• Professional English in use : Medicine (opens in new window)
• Stedman's medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing (opens in new window)

Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment (ITEE)

For a general introduction to ITEE terms consult McGraw Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms (opens in new window)

Other useful resources include:

• A dictionary of computing (opens in new window)
• Dictionary for managing trees in urban environments (opens in new window)
• Dictionary of energy (opens in new window)
• Dictionary of environmental & civil engineering (opens in new window)
• The dictionary of multimedia: terms and acronyms (opens in new window)
• Elsevier's dictionary of cybernyms: abbreviations and acronyms used in telecommunications, electronics, and computer science in English, French, Spanish and German with some Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish and Finnish (opens in new window)
• ESL resource book for engineers and scientists (opens in new window)
• Language and Learning Services (L3) includes online English and Academic language and learning resources specifically related to your coursework and assignments
• Pocket book of technical writing for engineers and scientists (opens in new window)
• The facts on file dictionary of ecology and the environment (opens in new window)