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LITERATURE  RESOURCES

Reference Sites

Literary Resources on the Net (Jack Lynch, Rutgers University)
Voice of the Shuttle (University of California – Santa Barbara) Click on Literature links
Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection: Literature
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Literature
Academic Info: Comparative Literature
Literature Resources (MIT)
English and American Literature (University of Delaware)
Literature and Composition Resources (Frostburg State University)
American Studies Web Click on Literature and Text Studies



Author Information

American Authors on the Web (Nagoya University, Japan)
British & Irish Authors on the Web (Nagoya University, Japan)
A Celebration of Women Writers (University of Pennsylvania)
Great Writers (Book Lovers)
Author Guides (Louisiana State University)
Literary Locales—pictures of places in the lives & writings of famous authors
The Edith Wharton Society


Citation Guides

Columbia Guide to Online Style
MLA Style
Click on link to MLA Style – Go to Frequently Asked Questions
Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format (Purdue Univ. Online Writing Lab)
The Writing Center:MLA Documentatioin (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)

Criticism

Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library)
Critical Reading: A Guide (Brock University)


Databases

MLA Bibliography


Education—Lists of English Departments

English Department Homepages Worldwide (New York University)

Employment

MLA Job Information List
Occupational Outlook Handbook Writers and Editors
2003 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
2003 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Click on desired state.  Click on Arts, Design,
      Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations.  Scroll down to Editors, Technical Writers, Writers and Authors.
2003 Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Click on 1st letter of desired state.
      Scroll to desired city.  Click on Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations.  Scroll down to
      Editors, Technical Writers, Writers and Authors.



Internet Mailing Lists

General Literary Studies Listservs & Newsgroups (Voice of the Shuttle)
Literary Listservs (Jack Lynch, Rutgers University)



On-Line Publications

Lists of Journals
Literature Journals (Voice of the Shuttle)
Electronic Journals Relevant to English, Rhetoric, & Professional Writing (University of Waterloo)
EServer Journals Collections: Literature (English Server)
The Literary Web: Journals

Lists of Texts
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
The English Server (Iowa State University)
Electronic Text Center (University of Virginia)
On-Line Books Page (John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania)
Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature
Project Gutenberg

Dictionaries, Handbooks and Almanacs
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms (Jack Lynch)
Glossary of Literary Terms (GALE Group)
A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
University of Victoria Writer's Guide: Literary and Rhetorical Terms (Ross Scaife)
Literary Calendar

Organizations

Lists of Organizations
Resources of Scholarly Societies: Literature

Selected Organizations
Modern Language Association of America




rev. November 2003

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