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Library-supported Databases
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1989- ) and (1980-93)
- Provides citation tracing for over 1,100 international arts and humanities journals, as well as selective coverage of approximately 6,800 social sciences and science journals. Also searchable by author, title, journal, and keyword. Please logoff when finished.
- Britannica Online
- Includes Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica Book of the Year, Nations of the World, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Useful for background or explanatory information. Includes links to relevant Internet sites.
- MLA Bibliography
- The most comprehensive index for material on the modern languages, literature, linguistics, and folklore, providing access to journal articles, books, conference proceedings and dissertations.
English and North American
- American Literature On-Line
- Links to literary sites. Maintained by Michael L. O'Connor.
- Bartleby.com : Great Books Online
- This site makes available classic works of literature, nonfiction, and reference. Originally based at Columbia University, Bartleby is now a commercial site, however the titles are available free of charge.
- Canadian Writers on the Web
- "This page is intended to provide links to Canadian writers who maintain pages on the web or who have information about their work maintained by others." Maintained by David Arnason, professor of English, St. John's College, University of Manitoba.
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- The texts of Shakespeare's works. Includes a keyword index to the works and other miscellaneous Shakespearean information. Created and maintained at MIT by Jeremy Hylton.
- The Electronic Beowulf
- The Electronic Beowulf Project, developed by The British Library and U.S. scholars Kevin Kiernan and Paul Szarmach, has assembled a huge database of digital images of the Beowulf manuscript and related manuscripts and printed texts.
- English Language Resources: The Electronic Text Center
- A variety of electronic texts and illustrations made available over the Internet from the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia.
- The English Server
- "The Server publishes texts in the arts and humanities, broadly defined. Our collections include art, architecture, drama, fiction, poetry, history, political theory, cultural studies, philosophy, women's studies and music. We publish two journals (Bad Subjects and Cultronix), and host public web pages for local projects like the Pittsburgh Community Literacy Center." A cooperative run by students, faculty and staff in the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Hyperizons
- A site containing original works of hypertext fiction. Privately maintained by Michael Shumate.
- Inter-Play
- "An on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals... Inter-Play contains approximately 13,000 citations to plays, many of which are not included in the standard printed play indexes." Edited by Robert C. Westover and Janet K. Wright, Humanities Librarians, Portland State University.
- Literature Ready Reference: Internet Public Library
- Contains links to sites that cover "[i]maginative or creative writing, prose and poetry of generally recognized artistic value." Maintained by students in the School of Information at the University of Michigan.
- Literary Resources on the Net
- Links to information on literary authors and their works. Privately maintained by Jack Lynch, Ph.D. candidate in English literature, University of Pennsylvania.
- Native American Authors: Internet Public Library
- "This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites."
- Online Literary Criticism Collection: Internet Public Library
- "The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 1043 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period."
- Project Gutenberg
- A massive collection of public domain texts, from the Declaration of Independence to Alice in Wonderland.
- Romantic Circles
- This website is "devoted to the study of Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, their contemporaries and historical contexts." A nicely-constructed site with a wide range of links.
- Victorian Women Writers Project
- Located at Indiana University, this site makes available texts of literary works by British women of the late 19th century.
- Voice of the Shuttle
- This "Web Page for Humanities Research" contains an amazingly comprehensive collection of links. Created by Alan Liu, professor in the English Dept. at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Other Literatures
- Children's Literature Web Guide
- "Internet resources related to books for children and young adults." Created and maintained by David K. Brown, Director, Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, University of Calgary.
- The Internet Classics Archive
- Classical Greek and Roman texts in English translation. Maintained by Daniel C. Stevenson, an undergraduate student at MIT.
- Inter-Play
- "An on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals... [A]pproximately 13,000 citations to plays, many of which are not included in the standard printed play indexes."
- Perseus Project
- "An evolving digital library on ancient Greece and Rome." A fabulous, interdisciplinary site, maintained at the Department of Classics, Tufts University.
- Project Runeberg
- Nordic literature and art on the Internet, published by Project Runeberg at Linkping University, Sweden.
- Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629)
- "This exhibition presents Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy from the John A. Zahm, C.S.C., Dante Collection at the University of Notre Dame, together with selected treasures from The Newberry Library."
Poetry
- American Verse Project
- "The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920."
- The Atlantic Monthly's Poetry Pages
- "[A] multimedia feature devoted to poets and poetry, both classic and contemporary." A commercial site from the online edition of the magazine The Atlantic Monthly.
- Bartleby.com : Great Books Online
- This site includes the works of selected American and British poets and writers from the 18th-early 20th centuries, as well as classic reference works. Originally based at Columbia University, Bartleby is now a commercial site, however the titles are available free of charge.
- British Poetry 1780-1910: a Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions
- Maintained at the Electronic Text Center, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.
- Internet Poetry Archive
- This site contains selected poems from contemporary poets. Includes sound files of the poets reading their poems. Sponsored by the University of North Carolina Press and the North Carolina Arts Council.
- Poem Finder
- "Poem Finder provides coverage of all well-known anthologized poems, in-depth coverage and complete works of many poets, and the latest poetry in periodicals such as The New Yorker, Sulfur, TriQuarterly and more." This resources indexes over 600,000 poems, and provides the full text for over 50,000 of those works.
- Representative Poetry
- "A historical anthology of English poetry, from the early medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century, which includes about 730 poems by roughly 80 authors. Based on the University of Toronto Press publication of the same name (3rd edition, revised, 1967)."
Electronic Journals
- American Imago
- "Founded in 1939 by Sigmund Freud and Hanns Sachs, American Imago explores the important role that psychoanalysis plays in contemporary cultural, literary, and social theory." Via Project Muse.
- American Quarterly
- "American Quarterly applies wide-ranging, interdisciplinary perspectives to the study of American culture from its origins to the present." Via Project Muse.
- Callaloo
- "Callaloo, the premier journal of African-American and African arts and literature, publishes original works by and critical studies of black writers worldwide." Via Project Muse.
- Configurations
- "The official publication of the Society for Literature and Science, Configurations is the only journal devoted to the study of discourse pertaining to the theories and practices of science, technology, and medicine. The journal explores the relations of literature and the arts to the sciences and technology." Via Project Muse.
- Diacritics
- "For over a quarter century, Diacritics has been an exceptional and influential forum for scholars writing on the problems of literary criticism." Via Project Muse.
- Early Modern Literary Studies
- "Early Modern Literary Studies is a refereed journal serving as a formal arena for scholarly discussion and as an academic resource for researchers in the area. Articles in EMLS examine English literature, literary culture, and language during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; responses to published papers are also published as part of a Readers' Forum."
- Eighteenth-Century Life
- "Eighteenth-Century Life looks at all aspects of European culture during the Enlightenment." Via Project Muse.
- Eighteenth-Century Studies
- "As the official publication of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Eighteenth-Century Studies is committed to publishing the best of current writing on all aspects of eighteenth-century culture." Via Project Muse.
- ELH: English Literary History
- "Since 1934 ELH has consistently published superior studies that interpret the conditions affecting major works in English and American literature." Via Project Muse.
- The Emily Dickinson Journal
- "Sponsored by the Emily Dickinson International Society, The Emily Dickinson Journal showcases the poet at the center of current critical practices and perspectives, providing an ongoing examination of Dickinson and her relation to the tradition of American poetry and women's literature." Via Project Muse.
- The Henry James Review
- "The Henry James Review brings together the best contemporary scholarly, critical, and theoretical work on a major American writer. " Via Project Muse.
- Hungry Mind Review
- "An independent book review." Located at the BookWire site.
- The Lion and the Unicorn
- "The Lion and the Unicorn is a theme- and genre-centered journal of international scope committed to a serious, ongoing discussion of literature for children." Via Project Muse.
- Literature and Medicine
- "Since 1982, Literature and Medicine has provided complete coverage of what is now a flourishing specialty in the medical humanities. The journal showcases the creative and critical work of renowned physician-writers, leading literary scholars, and medical humanists." Via Project Muse.
- MFS: Modern Fiction Studies
- "Devoted to criticism and scholarship of fiction of the twentieth century, [MFS] emphasizes theoretical, historical, interdisciplinary, and cultural approaches to narrative." Via Project Muse.
- MLN
- "Critical studies in the modern languages-- Italian, Hispanic, German, French-- and recent work in comparative literature are the basis for the articles and notes in MLN." Via Project Muse.
- Milton Quarterly
- "Founded in 1966, the Milton Quarterly was the first journal to be devoted exclusively to the life and work of John Milton." Via Project Muse.
- The Mississippi Review: Web Edition
- "The Mississippi Review online is a Web-specific version of the magazine, a separate publication, which is an outlet for online fiction, poetry, essays, graphics, sound, video, and similar."
- Modernism/Modernity
- "Concentrating on the period extending roughly from 1860 to the present, Modernism/Modernity focuses systematically on the methodological, archival, and theoretical exigencies particular to modernist studies. It encourages an interdisciplinary approach linking music, architecture, the visual arts, literature, and social and intellectual history." Via Project Muse.
- NWHQ
- "A web-journal of hypertexted literature and art."
- New Literary History
- "New Literary History focuses on theory and interpretation - the reasons for literary change, the definitions of periods, and the evolution of styles, conventions, and genres." Via Project Muse.
- Philosophy and Literature
- "For more than two decades, Philosophy and Literature has explored the dialogue between literary and theoretical studies and philosophy. The journal offers a constant source of fresh, stimulating ideas in the aesthetics of literature, theory of criticism, philosophical interpretation of literature, and literary treatment of philosophy." Via Project Muse.
- Postmodern Culture
- "An electronic journal of interdisciplinary criticism." Via Project Muse.
- QBR: The Quarterly Black Review of Books
- QBR reviews books from all genres that relate to the African American experience. Located at the BookWire site.
- The Yale Journal of Criticism
- "The Yale Journal of Criticism publishes works of interest to readers in the humanities, irrespective of field or period, including scholarly articles, original art, review essays, polemical interventions, and conference and symposium papers." Via Project Muse.
Style Guides and Resource Evaluation
- Evaluating Internet Resources
- A list of criteria to use for evaluating sites on the World Wide Web. Developed and adapted by Willamette librarians Carol Drost and Linda Maddux.
- MLA Style: Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web
- "These guidelines on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America."
Related Sites of Interest
- BookWire
- A commercial site with a multitude of links to information on authors, books, libraries, booksellers and the publishing industry.
- Inkspot
- A rich resource of information and links for writers. "Inkspot is frequently updated, with highlights and market info published in a biweekly newsletter called INKLINGS. Free e-mail subscription available."
- Internet Book Information Center, Inc.
- "[A] personal, selective, opinionated guide to books and to book-related resources on the Internet." Written and edited by W. Frederick Zimmerman.
- The On-Line Books Page
- "The On-Line Books Page is a directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet." Contains over 10,000 texts, pointers to other directories, and special exhibits, including Banned Books On-Line, a list of some of the more well-known books that have been banned, suppressed or censored throughout history. Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom, a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Willamette University English Department
- The web page of the English Department at Willamette.
- Willamette University Writing Center
- Information about the activities of Willamette's Writing Center.
- The Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource
- "With 2000+ links to helpful resources for writers, artists, performers, and researchers, it is our goal to unearth and present some of the best links to the online creative community. The ZPLR is also the home of the critically acclaimed literary journal, Zuzu's Petals Quarterly Online, as well as thousands of staff assembled addresses for the literary and visual arts. This site is frequently updated."