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English Article Databases
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Language and Literature (JSTOR)
Articles covering literary criticism and literary cultures of many different countries.
Literature Criticism Online (LCO)
Extensive resource on literary reviews and criticism on short stories, poetry, Shakespeare, 19th - 20th Century and contemporary literature, and biographies of authors.
Literature Online (LION)
Literary criticisms, reference resources plus over 350,000 works of poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the seventh century to the present day.
ProQuest Research Library
Humanities, social sciences and sciences. Peer-reviewed articles, constructs bibliography in MLA or APA style.
SIRS Researcher
Pro and con viewpoints on leading issues such as abortion, capital punishment, cloning, gay rights, and assisted suicide.
Other Suggestions
MAS Ultra School
Over 500 popular high school magazines. Includes pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of more than 200,000 photos, maps, and flags.
Alt-Press Watch
Alternative and independent presses.
CQ Researcher
(Congressional Quarterly)
Hot issues in the news including health, education, science, technology and social environmental issues.
English Web Links
Academy of American Poets
Visitors to this award-winning website of The Academy of American Poets can find essays on poetry, biographies of more than 200 poets, text of nearly 600 poems, and RealAudio of eighty poems read by their authors; learn all about the Academy and its programs; discuss poetry and share their own work with fellow web travelers; find out what poetry events are happening in their towns; and much more.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
This is a full-text digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century African American women writers. A part of the, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this collection provides access to the thought, perspectives, and creative abilities of African American women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920.
Gale's LitIndex
This is an index without full text links to the printed volumes in Gale's series on authors and their works.
Glossary of Literary Terms
A glossary of literary terms provided by Thomson Gale, a company that serves schools and libraries.
Internet Public Library: Online Literary Criticism Collection
Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Presents an annotated guide to scholarly Web resources on William Shakespeare, offering access to biographical and critical materials, various editions of Shakespeare's works, and information on teaching them.
Online Writing Lab
Sponsored by Purdue University, this excellent site provides student/teacher handouts for punctuation, parts of speech, research papers, business writing, resumes and cover letters, and exercises for practicing the basics, and links for more help.
Open Source Shakespeare
It is the goal of Open Source Shakespeare to be the best free Web site containing Shakespeare's complete works. It is intended for scholars, thespians, and Shakespeare lovers of every kind. OSS includes the 1864 Globe Edition of the complete works, which was the definitive single-volume Shakespeare edition for over a half-century.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer organization that has digitized and archived over 25,000 book titles available in the public domain. An average of 400 titles are currently being added each month.
Representative Poetry Online
Created and maintained at the University of Toronto, this site surveys 1,400 years of poetry in English, from the Anglo-Saxon Caedmon to American Mark Doty. Some entries present a broad sample of poems, whereas others include only a few.
Shakespeare Pathfinder
This pathfinder was created by one of the library staff members to help students find information on Shakespeare at Yavapai College Library. Students will find a list of books, encyclopedias, catalog search options and much more on William Shakespeare.
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
A college-level guide, providing an extensive array of topics (structure, quotations, works cited, grammar, plagiarism, research writing styles).
University of Wisconsin Writing Center
A writing web site offering helpful guidelines for academic writing including developing a thesis statement and citation formats.
