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General Resources (14)

100 Places to Connect With Other Bibliophiles Online view detail comment email this

"Reading is no longer an individual activity. Thanks to online book clubs, book trading networks, social media sites just for librarians and book lovers, kids' networks and more, connecting with your fellow bibliophiles and gnashing about favorite books is easier than ever. ... Check below for 100 different sites and networks to find other bibliophiles like you." From the Online Education Database (OEDb), a website that lists accredited online colleges.
http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/100_places_to_connect_with_bibliophiles_online
Topics: Literature & Books

Last updated Apr 30, 2009


Bartleby Library: Great Books Online view detail comment email this

Includes thousands of full-text poems, novels, plays, essays, and other works in the public domain, as well as close to 100,000 quotations. Resources are carefully edited to ensure accuracy of data entry. A trustworthy place to locate classic works. Searchable and browsable.
http://www.bartleby.com/
Topics: Literature & Books, Poetry

Last updated May 9, 2005


Bibliomania view detail comment email this

Find searchable full-text editions of thousands of classic works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry; some reference titles and contemporary articles; plus study guides and book notes for standard high school and college assigned reading. "Bibliomania is supported by an Academic Board which comprises leading literature professors from Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Oxford universities."
http://www.bibliomania.com/
Topics: Literature & Books, Poetry

Last updated May 9, 2005


Book Fairs and Other Literary Events view detail comment email this

Extensive listing of U.S. and international book fairs and other literary events (such as poetry and storytelling festivals). Provides contact phone numbers and websites, and month of the events. Listed alphabetically and by state. From the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
http://www.read.gov/resources/
Topics: Literature & Books

Last updated Oct 7, 2009


Classic Reader view detail comment email this

Over 600 books and 900 short stories presented in unabridged versions that one can "can read, search, and annotate." The collection is mostly fiction, short stories, and poetry and includes children's literature. Browsable by author, title, or type of work. All works are in the public domain and may be read online or downloaded. Free registration is required for downloading and annotating.
http://www.classicreader.com/
Topics: Children's Literature, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction

Last updated May 9, 2005


Eldritch Press view detail comment email this

"Here are free, accessible books. Read them and go in peace." Categories include American literature; English literature; Russian and French literature (in translation); the Great War; world literature in English; "Messing About in Boats"; read-alouds; "Science, Biology, Physics, Bugs"; "Radicals and Squares"; and "Works About Christmas or Snow." Searchable.
http://www.eldritchpress.org/
Topics: Literature & Books

Last updated May 9, 2005


Forbes.com Special Report: Books view detail comment email this

This December 2006 special report on "books and the future of publishing" features a series of articles looking at trends in publishing, the effect of the Internet on print books, book burning, plagiarism, film adaptations, top-earning authors, and related topics. Also includes a "To me, books are..." feature with answers from authors such as Margaret Atwood, Amy Sedaris, and Lemony Snicket. From the website for Forbes magazine.
http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/books-publishing-internet-tech-media_cx_mm_mn_books06_1201book_land.html%20(TinyURL.com/y2py5m)
Topics: Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts

Last updated Dec 11, 2006


Literature @ SunSITE view detail comment email this

"A collection of digital texts that can be read online, printed, or downloaded." Includes works by Jane Austen, Mary Austin, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Conrad, Stephen Crane, Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry David Thoreau as well as an Online Medieval and Classical Library. From the University of California, Berkeley.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/
Topics: Environment, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre

Last updated May 9, 2005


LitLinks view detail comment email this

Within the genres of fiction, poetry, essays, drama, and critical theory are lists of authors, each with a short list of annotated links to Web sites followed by a brief biography taken from one of the Bedford/St. Martin's reference texts. Additionally there are links to information on literary periods, from medieval to contemporary. Although some links may be broken, the many that work lead to authoritative information on the author or literary period.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/
Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Poetry

Last updated Oct 26, 2009


Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes: How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem Without Knowing its Title or Author view detail comment email this

"This guide is intended to help readers identify a literary work when they know only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase." Browse sections on finding novels, short stories, and poems. From Peter Armenti, Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/lost/
Topics: Literature & Books, Ready Reference & Quick Facts

Last updated Aug 20, 2008


Online Books Page view detail comment email this

Currently indexes over 15,000 on-line books and shorter texts by author and title, searchable. Can also browse by author, title, or subject. Also links to many other sources of online books.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
Topics: Literature & Books

Last updated May 9, 2005


An Online Library of Literature view detail comment email this

A collection of literary classics in full text, including the works of L. Frank Baum, Honore de Balzac, the Bronte sisters, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, Charles Darwin, Rene Descartes, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Milton, Jack London, and others. Works are added regularly. "This site is maintained by enthusiasts."
http://www.literature.org/
Topics: Literature & Books, Poetry

Last updated Jul 21, 2006


Page by Page view detail comment email this

These are electronic versions of hundreds of the "best public domain books, available in easy to read format," including inaugural addresses of the U.S. presidents (browse for these under the letter "I"). Because the site limits each screen to a brief amount of text, readers can bookmark where they left off in the text so they can get back to it easily. Browsable by author and title, with recent additions noted on the main page.
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
Topics: Literature & Books

Last updated May 9, 2005


Voice of the Shuttle view detail comment email this

A directory of briefly annotated "links to humanities and humanities-related resources on the Internet," including disciplines that "interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new digital media." Searchable; and browsable by discipline, and resource (including teaching resources, libraries and museums, and reference). From the University of California, Santa Barbara.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Topics: Literature & Books

Last updated Jun 29, 2005





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