Dictionaries and terminology

Dictionaries and encyclopedias are great resources to get a quick overview of the research that has been done on a topic and to find out a definition of an unfamiliar term or field of research.

General cognitive science

• Mind: introduction to cognitive science [online or print]
• Dictionary of cognitive science: neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy [online or print]
• Dictionary of cognitive science - University of Alberta, M. Dawson and D. Medler
• The Cambridge handbook of cognitive science - Keith Frankish and William M. Ramsey, eds.
• The MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of cognitive science [online or print]
• The cognitive neurosciences [online or print]
• Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience [online or print]
• Handbook of the neuroscience of language [print]

Computing Science

• Please consult the research guide for Computing Science for a list of dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Linguistics

• The encyclopedia of language and linguistics [online or print]
• International encyclopedia of linguistics [online or print]
• Bloomsbury Companion to Cognitive linguistics
• The Oxford handbook of computational linguistics [print]
• Oxford handbook of psycholinguistics [print]
• Glossary of linguistics terms - by SIL International

Psychology

• Blackwell dictionary of cognitive psychology  [print]
• Encyclopedia of the human brain [online or print]
• The whole brain atlas - Harvard University.

Philosophy

• Cyberphilosophy: the intersection of philosophy and computing [print]
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy [online or print]
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - a publication of the Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University