Digital Library

Literature, Grammar, & Writing

• GHPL Digitalbooks
  Digital versions of the latest best sellers, book club favorites, award-winning authors, and more that you can download & listen to on your computer or portable listening device. (Not compatible with iPod).
• EBSCOhost Databases
  Provides abstracts & indexing for more than 3,600 periodicals and includes searchable full text for more than 1,700 periodicals & pamphlets. Subscription only. (Provided by OPLIN)
• American and English Literature
  Find full-text works of American and English poetry & drama, 18th-century English fiction, 11 editions of Shakespeare, and dozens of versions of the Bible in English. (Provided by OPLIN)
• Literature Resource Center
  Search biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age & literary discipline. Includes more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
• NoveList
  Find new fiction authors & titles with this readers' advisory resource for all ages. Search 92,000 titles, including picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles, and books for adults. (Provided by OPLIN)

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American Literature

• Literature Resource Center
  Search biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age & literary discipline. Includes more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
• American Authors on the Web
• American Writers Series from C-Span
• American Literature Sites
  Contains brief essays on movements & important concepts in American literature. Each page also contains links to a bibliography of secondary sources for further reading.
• Literary Resources: American
  Index of mostly scholarly literary web resources.
• Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library)
  Browse 4,745 critical & biographical websites about authors & their works Search by author, title, or nationality & literary period.
• Native American Authors
• Outline of American Literature
  Historical account of American literature, including 20th-century prose & poetry. Published by the U.S. Information Agency.
• Perspectives in American Literature
  Includes images and bibliographical & biographical information on American writers. The guide has links to study questions & citation information.
• Spark Notes
  Contains study guides on major works of literature written by Harvard students.

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English Literature

• Literature Resource Center
  Search biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age & literary discipline. Includes more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
• British & Irish Authors on the Web
  Many links to information about authors from 600 AD to the present.
• Literary Resources on the Net
  Index of literary resources available on the Web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period & topic.
• Luminarium
  Specializes in Middle English, Renaissance and 17th-century literature.
  

• Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library)
  Browse 4,745 critical & biographical websites about authors & their works Search by author, title, or nationality & literary period.
• Spark Notes
  Contains study guides on major works of literature written by Harvard students.

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Full Text Collections

• Bartleby.com
  Full-text publications of literature, nonfiction, and reference resources.
• Bulfinch's Mythology
  Three-volumes of classical myths, legends, and romances by Thomas Bulfinch.
• Eserver.org
  Includes a variety of literature-related materials, plus archives of poetry, fiction.
• Grandview Library's eBook and eAudio Colleciton
• NetLibrary
  Full-text books in the public domain. Requires free registration.
• On-line Books Page
  Contains an index of online books.
• Online Medieval and Classical Library
  Provides a collection of classical and medieval literary works.
• Oxford Text Archive
• Project Gutenberg
  Full-text publications of literature & reference materials, formatted in ASCII.
• University of Virginia's English Electronic Text Resources
  Browse eBooks by subject.

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Grammar & Writing

• Common Errors in English
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  Find etymologies and learn about words with a tale to tell.
• Kentucky Classics - Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
• Grammar, Usage & Style
• World Wide Words
  Index of weird word/phrase definitions.
• APA
  Learn how to cite electronic references.
• Citation Styles
  Summarizes & provides examples for citing websites, emails, and other electronic sources using the MLA, APA, Chicago Style, CEB Style, and more.
• Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
  Writing tutorials, plus explanations of citation styles (MLA, APA).
• Sources
  Sponsored by Dartmouth College, this site provides examples of how to cite sources.
• Writers Handbook
  University of Wisconsin's guide to footnotes. Outlines the major citation styles.
• Writers Write

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Multicultural Literature

• Literature Resource Center
  Search biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age & literary discipline. Includes more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
• African American Writers Page
  Resources for educators.
• African Writers: Voices of Change
  Assistance to scholars seeking library materials for research & teaching about Africa. (University of Florida)
• Celebration of Women Writers (International)
  Browse lists of women authors by country, period, ethnicity, and writing format.
• Native American Authors
  Listings include bibliographies, biographical information, and links to online resources, including interviews, online texts, and tribal websites.
• Storytellers: Native American Authors On-line
  Includes audio clips of stories.
• Electronic Text Center - African American
  Includes full-text literature by African American authors.
• Voices from the Gap: Women Writers of Color
• Voice of the Shuttle: World Literature Written in English
  Provides an annotated guide to humanities resources. Contains over 70 pages of links.

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Poetry

• American Verse Project
  Texts of American poetry prior to 1920.
• Electronic Poetry Center
  Collection of contemporary experimental & formally innovative poets.
• Modern American Poetry
  Contains information on 161 modern American poets and course syllabi based on Anthology of Modern American Poetry.
• Poets.org (The American Academy of Poets)
  Provides poetry news & award winners.
• Poets' Corner
  Contains works ranging from medieval ballads in Middle English to traditional ballads, popular songs of centuries past, and interpretations of American Indian chants.
• Representative Poetry Online
  Includes more than 2,500 English poems by 403 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work of living poets today.
• Sonnet Central
  Contains an archive of English sonnets, commentary, and relevant Web links.
• Twentieth Century Poetry in English
  Contains information relating to 158 poets.

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Shakespeare

• Complete Works of William Shakespeare
  The complete works in full-text, divided by scenes.
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
  Includes a timeline, genealogy chart, bibliography of research on Shakespeare, and other features of interest to scholars.
• Shakespeare and the Globe
  University of Reading (UK), is dedicated to providing background information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions. Centered around the construction of the replica of the Globe playhouse in London.
• ShakespeareHigh.com
  Formerly 'Surfing with the Bard'. Contains lesson plans, discussions, and reviews of his works.

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