The Literary Gothic July 13, 2009

http://www.litgothic.com/index_fl.html

“The Literary Gothic is a Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, “classic” Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20. Its target audience is all students and fans of the Gothic, regardless of age, academic level, profession, or just about anything else.”–From the Web site.   Links to many etexts of gothic works are included.

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence March 11, 2009

http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm

This is a fantastic site that “makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.  More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.” 

The site is extremely well-organized and easy to search.  Choose a topic from the subject list and find great information about everything ranging from  scientists, countries of the world, history, and jazz to ethnic studies and literature.

Great Books Index February 12, 2009

http://books.mirror.org/gb.titles.html

This site offers links to online English translations of  many of the great books of the world.

Virginia Quarterly Review February 11, 2009

www.vqronline.org/issues/

The Virginia Quarterly Review: A National Journal of Literature and Discussion has just opened up its archives.  Visitors to the site now have access to everything published between 1975 and 2003.  Browsing is possible from the link above, or you can search the archives.

Poets.org November 3, 2008

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/58

The American Academy of Poets offers biographical information on over 500 poets, the texts of many well-known poems, essays and interviews dealing with different poets and poems, a selection of poems by occasion and more.

SurLaLune Fairy Tales October 2, 2008

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sitemap.html

SurLaLune Fairy Tales is a great resource with over 1,200 fairy tales and 1,500 illustrations.  The major fairy tales are annotated, with histories, interpretations and links to similar tales across cultures.  Click on “How to Search the SurLaLane Website” for links to timelines, quotations and much more.

The Mississippi Writers Page July 3, 2008

http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/

Thanks to Caroline Barnett, Cordova Branch Manager, for passing this along.

Presented by the Ole Miss Department of English, extensive and detailed information on the many writers “in, from, or associated with the state of Mississippi” is found here.

International Database of Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio June 20, 2008

http://joseph.bufvc.ac.uk/Shakespeare/index.php

The British Universities Film & Video Council and Society for Screen-Based Learning offers this database as an “international record of Shakespeare on film, television, and radio, from 1898 to the present day.” 

African American Sites in the Digital Collections of the Library of Congress March 21, 2008

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/afam/afam-home.html

Materials, including images, pamphlets, letters, maps, and more, from the diverse Library of Congress digital collections,  on the contribubutions made by African Americans  to the arts, education, industry, literature, politics, and other areas are found on this site. 

Literature and Its Times February 29, 2008

Thanks to Doris Dixon (Raleigh) for this excellent post:

Available through the library database “Literature Resource Center,” Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influence Them, is an invaluable resource for students trying to understand the historical context of such works of fiction as Beowulf, Antigone, The Color Purple, and The Bean Trees.

Students will find summaries of significant events, cultural movements, etc.  For example, the entry for The Catcher in the Rye, includes information about “Conformity in Postwar Society” and “Postwar Attitudes Toward Women.” Suggestions for further reading are also included.

Reference copies of the five volume set are available at East Shelby.

To access Literature and Its Times online :

1. Open the database “Literature Resource Center.”
2. Perform a search for the work of fiction.
3. Click the tab for “Topic and Work Overviews.”

This resource was originally published in 1997.  Hopefully it will be updated soon to include recently published titles.

Interactives November 26, 2007

www.learner.org/interactives/

I first discovered this site when looking at their interactive periodic table, which is quite nice.  Learner.org offers interactive tools and tutorials on a number of topics that will be of interest to students of all ages.  Math, science, history and art topics are included.

Biblegateway.com November 6, 2007

www.biblegateway.com

“The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online- all in the language or translation of your choice.”

Online Books from Bartleby.com September 8, 2007

www.bartleby.com

Bartelby.com offers a number of popular fiction, nonfiction, reference and poetry texts on their website for free.  Users can find quotations, presidential speeches, Shakespeare and most things in between.

Erratic Impact’s Philosophy Research Base August 31, 2007

www.erraticimpact.com

“Erratic Impact’s Philosophy Research Base is categorized by history, subject and author. Integrating text resources with the best online resources, this study guide attempts to aid both academic and general interest in all philosophical genres and their related fields.”

The Online Books Page August 31, 2007

From Philip Williams (Cordova):

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

“Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library, this website facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.  Currently, there are over 25,000 titles of online books available on the website and the number is ever-growing.  Books can be searched by author, title, or subject, and there is also a list of online serials that are available online.”