Internet Resources

The department of english suggest specific metapages, literary web pages, word and phrase search programs, libraries of literary text, grammar and writing resources, and professional organizations.

Metapages

(The metapages are excellent tools for locating the resources available on the Internet.)

  •  (resources in the humanities)

  • (resources on all topics)

  •  (great search engine)I

Literary Web Pages

  •  (both British & American)

(The following is a comprehensive eighteen-volume encyclopedia of English literary history with scholarly commentary on both major and minor literary works and authors. It is still useful despite its original publication dates of 1907-21.)

On-Line Word and Phrase Search Programs 

These allow you to locate words, passages, and quotations in literary texts, and, in the dictionaries, definitions and etymologies.

On-Line Library of Literary Texts

(Contained here are electronic versions of literary works in English. Some periods are more complete than others.)

On-Line Grammar and Writing Resources

  •  Resources and tips for free-lance writers

Professional Organizations

  •  - Go here to search the MLA Job Information List (username: 3062; password required--ask the webmaster)