Resources on the Internet

Metapages

• Voice of the Shuttle (resources in the humanities)
• Yahoo (resources on all topics)
• Altavista (powerful search engine for all topics)

Literary Web Pages

• Literary Research Tools on the Net (University of Pennsylvania)
• The English Server (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Web Cite (locator for on-line scholarship in literary and cultural studies)
• American Studies Web (Georgetown University)

On-Line Word and Phrase Search Programs

• Middle English Text Search
• Hypertext Complete Works of Shakespeare
• King James Version Bible Search
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

  On-Line Library of Literary Texts

  (Contained here are electronic versions of literary works in English. Some periods are more complete than others.)
  • Old English
  • Middle English
  • Renaissance and Early Modern English (John Tinkler)
  • Eighteenth Century
  • Romantics
  • Victorian
  • Modern

  On-Line Grammar and Writing Resources

  • A. On-Line Grammar Resources
    • Grammar and Style Guide
    • Common Grammar, Usage, and Spelling Problems
    • Grammar Handbook
    • English Grammar FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
    • Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives, and Appositives

  • B. On-Line Writing Resources
    • MLA Documentation Style - General Guidelines (U. of Victoria)
    • MLA Documentation Style - General Guidelines (Purdue U.)
    • MLA Citations of Electronic Sources
    • William Strunk's The Elements of Style
    • H. W. Fowler's The King's English
    • Rensselaer Writing Center Handouts
    • University of Toledo Writing Center Handouts
    • Bowling Green Writing Lab Handouts
    • Technical Writing Guide (MIT)
    • Writing Resources (University of Missouri)
    • The Purdue On-Line Writing Lab

  Academic Networks

  (Join an Internet discussion group and get involved with specialists in your field from all over the world.)
  • A Word about Academic Networks
  • How to Join an Academic Network
  • A List of Academic Networks for Medievalists
  • A List of Literary Networks
  • More Networks in the Humanities
  • Liszt: A Searchable Directory of Networks on All Topics
  • Listserver Commands

  Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • The OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
  • Hypertext Webster's Dictionary
  • Foreign Language and Specialized Dictionaries (Yahoo)