Edited Works
The Middle English Dictionary and historical lexicography. Madison, WI, Dictionary Society of North America, 2002.
Books
Adams, Michael. Slayer slang: a Buffy the vampire slayer lexicon. Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
Articles
Adams, Michael. "Slayer Slang Pt. 1." Verbatim the Language Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 3, 1999, N.A.
Adams, Michael “ Rogue Scholar: The Sinister Life and Celebrated Death of Edward H. Rulloff” Verbatim the Language Quarterly, vol.28, no.3.
Adams, Michael “ Slayer Slang pt.2” Verbatim Language Quarterly, vol. 24, no.4,1999,Pg.1
Adams, Michael “ Credit where it’s due;Authority and Recognition at the Dictionary of American English” Dictionaries, vol. 19, no.1, 1998.
Adams, Michael. " Samuel Daniel and the Irrationality of Sound". Essays in Literature.vol.17,no.1,Spring90,pp.3-14.