Q. Where can I find quotations?

The library has many print and ebook collections of quotations.  Here is a selection of what is available. 

• For general quotations -
  • Bartlett's Book of Quotations (ebook and print book)
  • Oxford essential quotations (multiple versions available)
  • The Yale book of quotations
  • Chambers dictionary of great quotations
  • Brewer's famous quotations

• Other specialty quote books -
  • African American quotations
  • Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing contains over 1,500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines.
  • The Quotable Founding Fathers: A Treasury of 2,500 Wise and Witty Quotations from the Men and Women Who Created America - a compilation summing up the wit and wisdom of the founders
  • Practically speaking: a dictionary of quotations on engineering, technology and architecture
  • Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed
  • The Cultural Theorist's Book of Quotations - over 300 concise quotations from the vast literature in cultural theory