Find Articles in English & Literature Databases

Academic Search Premier
Credo Reference (Xreferplus)
Humanities International Complete
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
Literary Reference Center
Newspaper Source
Novelist
*TIP: Choose the database above and then the English subject link.

English & Literature Web Sites

General Sources

The English Server
An online community created by Carnegie Mellon where quality work of editors, writers, and scholars is shared.  Topics include art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. 
Legends
Scholarly and interesting information of European and English folklore and selected mythology.  Billed as "guided access to primary source."
Literature.org
Collection includes full and unabridged  texts of classic works of English literature.
Literary History.com
Academic, scholarly, and critical articles on British and American literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
MIT Literature Guide
Collection of scholarly literary Web sites.
Schmoop
A website still in Beta mode that provides study materials in literature and history.  The content and added web 2.0 features invite learning.
Voice of the Shuttle
Excellent subject search engine for the humanities.

Reference

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The classic reference source found on the Bartleby.com site.  "A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in Ancient and Modern Literature."

Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The classic literature encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Gale's Literary Index
Index only to Gale Literature Series.  Check with library for full-txt information.
Glossary of Literary Terms
These two sources allows searchers to find definitions of literary and rhetorical terms.
Glossary of Poetic Terms
Billed as 'a unique guide for the study of poetry'. 
Representative Poetry Online
Search for definitions, examples, and quotations of poems.

American Literature

American Verse Project
Electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920.
Jack London: The Jack London Collection
A Sunsite Berkeley Digital Library site. Includes full-text of selected works plus interpretations, criticism, and biographical information.

Jonathan Edwards
The Jonathan Edwards Center, housed at Yale Divinity School offers an online learning environment of Edwards' life and work.
Literary Kicks
Page dedicated to writers of the Beat Generation, including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
Literature and the Culture of the American 1950's
Menu collection of sites reflecting the literature and culture of the times.
Mark Twain and His Times
Information rich resource about the American writer Mark Twain. Includes full-text , primary source material, images, and interactive exhibits.  Created by an English professor at the University of Virginia.
Mississippi Writers Page
A University of Mississippi page on Mississippi writers.
William Faulkner on the Web
Wonderful site about William Faulkner and his works.  Gives links to commentaries, plot synopses to novels, and short stories, biographies on William Faulkner, trivia, quotes, and other sites.

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Criticisms

Internet Library of Early Journals
Digitized collection of early English journals.  The collection is searchable and full text is provided.
Online Literary Criticism Collection
Collection of critical and biographical sources with more than 2,000 entries on British and American literature and authors.
Spark Notes
Free study guides.
 

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English Literature to 1800

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
As the title suggests, this site has the complete titles of William Shakespeare, organized by tragedies, histories, comedies, and poetry.  *Note:  the poetry is not full text.

Electronic Beowulf (full-text)
Digital image of original manuscript and links.
Eighteenth-Century Resources/Literature
Huge site with links to sources in the following areas:  general literature, theatre and design, the gothic, romanticism, women writers, French literature, German literature, research, and miscellaneous.
John Donne
Website created by the Luminarian Society that features information about one of the most studied of the Metaphysical poets.  Includes biographies, critical essays, works, and more which combines to give easy access to a lot of scholarly material.
Labyrinth Library
Resources in medieval literature, including texts in: Latin; old English; middle English; French; Italian; and Spanish and Iberian.  Provides links to monographs, and journals and reviews, as well.
Luminarium
Medieval, renaissance, and seventeenth-century English literature.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Works and everything else about William Shakespeare.
Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)
Collection of important literary works of the Medieval Period, plus related lines.
Shakespeare's Resource Center
Dedicated to providing information on William Shakespeare and his writing.

English Literature after 1800

Johnathan Swift/Gulliver’s Travels
Provides the complete text of Gulliver's Travels, plus links to a timeline of the book, quotes, and a bibliography.

Nineteenth Century Literature
Academic, scholarly, and critical articles on British poets, novelists, and essayists of the nineteenth century, including the Victorian novel and Romantic poetry; and on American poets, novelists, and essayists of the nineteenth century. All articles are open access and free.
The Victorian Web
Outstanding site that covers every significant aspect of Victorian life.

Full-text Resources

American Verse Project
Full text access to American poetry prior to 1920.
Camelot
University of Rochester Project designed to present in electronic format Arthurian texts, images, and general information.
Google Book Search
Full text books scanned from archives and libraries.  Complete text available only to those publications not under copyright protection.  Explanation given on website.
Online Books Page
Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web.
Project Gutenburg
Collection of electronic books, or etexts of popular, non copyrighted books, tracts, and reference sources.
Short Stories
Includes full text of stories in the areas of fiction, science fiction and fantasy, horror, romance, humor, non-fiction, crime, and children’s stories.

Mythology

Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Gives the meaning and origin of phrases and fables.
Classical Myth:  Ancient Sources
Complete text found online relating to Roman and Greek mythology.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion.
Encyclopedia of ARDA
Includes description and explanantion of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Folklore and Mythology:  Electronic Texts
Edited and translated by a professor with the University of Pittsburg.
In Search of Myths and Heroes
PBS website.

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Writing Guides

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Breaks down grammar and writing into three areas:  sentence level, including parts of speech; paragraph level, including sentence variety; and essay level, including principles of composition.

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
Exactly as its name, this website offers valuable information to the college student or anyone interesting in becoming a better writer.  Developed by a Washington College professor.     
Research and Documentation Online
Gustavus Adolphus College.
Student Writing Resources
University of Miami web site.
Writer's Center/Writing Guides
Colorado State University writing center site.
The Writing Center
North Carolina State's online writing lab page.
Writing Resources
Writing site from Purdue University.