MDC North Campus: Hialeah Library

Professor Preston Allen
Hialeah Center Library
Curriculum Support
Literature

Internet Resources

Portals/Gateways
Literature Resources and Literary Criticism
E-books
Specialized Web Resources - Writing/Grammar

Portals / Gateways

Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is an initiative from the University of Michigan School of Information.
http://www.ipl.org

Internet Public Library - Literature Resources.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/hum60.00.00.html

Librarians Index to the Internet
From the Library of California maintained by the California State Librarian.
http://lii.org/

Argus Clearing House
Well-organized links to topical guides on subject areas rated by librarians.
http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Arts___Humanities/literature?kywd++

Literature Resources and Literary Criticism Top

Click on the letter “L” for literature and find numerous categories for links to specialized subject areas in literature.
http://infomine.ucr.edu/dbase/cache/liberal/subjects-A.html

Maintained by Jack Lynch from the University of Rutgers, NJ. Searchable database. Categories included with extensive reference to web sites.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

This is an extensive collection from the Internet Public Library. Browse by author, period and country.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/

E-Books Top

University of Virginia E-book Library
Choose “E-books from the Microsoft Reader – Enter E-book library – Search By author or Browse By Subject or Search the database – use web version to access approximately 1600 publicly held electronic versions of many classics. Books are accessible by chapter so it is user friendly.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html

Project Gutenberg – public domain (books no longer under copyright protection) e-texts in plain text. Click on search.
http://promo.net/pg/

Specialized Web Resources - Writing/Grammar | Top

The Elements of Style by William Strunk
A classic. Basic rules and usage of the English language.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

Writer Workshops
A workshop from the University of Illinois.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/

Two very good links from this site include the following:

Tips and Techniques
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/techniquesmenu.html
Grammar Handbook
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammarmenu.htm