NEH support is a major force behind the production of some of the most highly acclaimed—and reader friendly—reference materials including:

AHA Guide to Historical Literature
The collective opinion of the historical profession on the foremost books and journal literature written on history.

Albanian-English Dictionary
A lexicon with over 75,000 entries and a pronunciation guide for this Eastern European language.

American Fiction, 1901-1925
A record of first printings of American fiction published between 1901-1925.

American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films Produced in the United States
A decade-by-decade record of all publicly shown features, serials, shorts, and newsreels.

American National Biography
Profiles of over 18,000 men and women who have influenced American history and culture. Visit Web site.

Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, Map-by-Map Directory
A compendium of ninety-nine color maps that illustrate the world as it was known by the Greeks and Romans from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 640. Visit Web site.

The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Series
A collection of maps that chart the creation and boundary changes of every county in the United States, from the earliest county creation in the 1600s to 2000. Visit Web site.

Bibliography of Early American Law
An annotated log of the monographic and trial literature of American law published in America or abroad, from its beginnings to the end of 1860.

Buildings of the United States: Buildings of Nevada
An overview of Nevada's diverse architecture that ranges from arid desert dwellings to the swank casino resorts on Las Vegas's strip.

The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary
A lexicon of Akkadian, the earliest known Semitic language.

The Chicago Hittite Dictionary
A dictionary for Hittite, the earliest written Indo-European language, which was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor over a five hundred year span (c. 1650-1180 B.C.).

A Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon
A lexicon of texts written from 925 B.C. to A.D. 1400 in Aramaic, the language of Babyonian merchants and portions of the Old Testament.

Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
A compilation of 30,000 entries that also contain helpful information on proper inflection of this Central American hieroglyphic system.

Database of Classical Bibliography, Vols. 45-60
An online database version of the scholarly record of research in Greco-Roman antiquity. Visit Web site.

A Dictionary of the Aluku (Boni) Language
A lexicon of Aluku, which is spoken by the descendants of escaped Dutch slaves in Suriname and French Guiana.

Dictionary of American Regional English
An analysis of the regional and folk varieties of American English illustrated using oral surveys, written works, and computer-generated maps.

Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
A lexicon of Louisiana Creole supplemented by a grammatical sketch of the language, a guide to variant pronunciations, English and French meaning equivalents, and examples of folklore, traditional medicine, religious beliefs, and agricultural practices.

Dictionary of Old English
A diciontary of Old English based upon historical records written between A.D. 600 and 1150.

Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
A collection of twenty-two essays and 1,600 entries that provides a comprehensive overview of the city. Visit Web site.

Encyclopedia Iranica
An index of the histories, cultures, and accomplishments of Iranian peoples.

The Encyclopedia of Islam
A compendium of articles on all aspects of Islam, figures, line drawings, genealogical tables and maps, and extensive, fully searchable bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of New York City
A one-volume work covering the people, institutions, and culture of the five boroughs of New York.

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The encyclopedia, organized around themes such as manners, the mythic South, and black life, covers every aspect of Southern life.

An Etymological Dictionary of Old High German
A lexicon of the language used in German literary texts from 750 to 1150.

Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1988
A record of every Congressional election for each ward, city, county, and state in the U.S. through 1988.

Historical Dictionary of American Slang
A lexicon of American colloquial usage from the eighteenth century to the present.

History of Cartography
A comprehensive account of the evolution of maps, map-making, and the ways in which maps have influenced the world we know.

Hopi Dictionary: A Hopi-English Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect
A dictionary for the Third Mesa dialect of Hopi, an Uto-Aztecan language.

International Encyclopedia of Dance
A compendium of two thousand articles that cover dance around the world and throughout history, highlighting specific dance forms, music and costumes, dance performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.

Itzaj Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary
A lexicon of Itzaj Maya, an endangered member of the Yucatecan branch of the Maya language family.

A Khmer Etymological Lexicon
A lexicon for the language used in the ancient Khmer empire, whose direct ancestor, modern Khmer, is spoken in Cambodia, southeastern Thailand, and southern Vietnam.

Medieval Latin, An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide
A guide to the Latin language and literature between A.D. 200 to 1500.

Middle English Dictionary
A comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips. Visit Web site.

The New Handbook of Texas
An encyclopedia and biographical dictionary that covers the history of Texas from prehistoric cultures to twentieth-century immigrants. Visit Web site.

New Historical Atlas of Religion in America
A detailed overview of religious expression in America, including maps, seminal texts, and analyses of how religions shape and influence American public life.

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
A collection of five thousand entries that explain Byzantine personages, institutions, geography, politics, art, and religion.

Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
A lexicon of Sumerian, written in cuneiform on clay tables around 3400 B.C. in what is now southern Iraq, which is the oldest known language to be preserved in written form.

Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus
A reference work that traces the lexicographic and etymological origins of the entire family of Sino-Tibetan languages.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
An authoritative online dynamic reference work that provides users with high-quality scholarship on a variety of topics relevant to the human condition. Visit Web site.

Tsafiqui Ethnolinguistic Database
A database that houses a collection of oral histories and literatures of the Tsachila people, an indigenous tribe of northwest Ecuador.