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Find a Quotation

• CU Oxford Reference Online : Quotations - Search four Oxford University Press quotation dictionaries
• Quotations at Bartleby.com - Search Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988), The Columbia World of Quotations (1996) and Respectfully Quoted: A Dictonary of Citations (1989)
• Quotations Page - Over 25,000 quotations from 3,000+ authors

The Reference Department in Norlin Library has many print volumes that include quotations from a variety of sources. Here is a short list of some of the titles available:

There are many more print volumes available, including many on quotations on specific topics or from particular groups (examples: war and conflict, Supreme Court, women, African Americans, Hispanics, etc). You can search Chinook for a thesaurus in the Reference Collection, or go to the Reference Department shelves under the call number PN 6081.

You can also browse Chinook by subject categories to find a specific type of quotation

• African American Quotations
• Author's Quotations
• Love Quotations
• Motion Picture Quotations
• Religion Quotations
• Science Quotations
• U.S. President Quotations
• Women's Quotations

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