Before you begin to use the Internet for research, read A WORD OF CAUTION,
and check your websavvy at: A
Guide to Critical Thinking about What You See on the Web
RESEARCH
RESOURCES:
MCC's Library Resources and LINCCWEB: Your starting place for library research, the connection to MCC's library and the other community college libraries in Florida. Access to the Britannica Encyclopedia online and journal databases, many with full-text articles online. Library Intranet has connections to First Search, Newsbank, ERIC, Medline and Gale's Literary Index. Some of these links are only available from on-campus computers as we have them on a subscription basis.
SUNCAT: Sarasota County Libraries' Online Catalog.
Florida Newspapers: This site is developed and maintained by the State Library of Florida. Links are provided to a variety of Florida newspapers, some of which offer full text of current articles and archives, some of which offer only tables of contents.
Internet Resources: The items on this page focus on instruction for using and creating Internet resources. They will tell you how to use Internet services, but will not tell you what specific resources exist. From the library of the University of California at Berkeley.
The Internet Public Library: The Internet Public Library is the first public library of the Internet. "The Internet is a mess. Since nobody runs it, that's no surprise. There are a lot of interesting, worthwhile, and valuable things out there--and a lot that are a complete waste of time. Over the last few hundred years, librarians have become skilled at finding the good stuff, organizing it, and making it easier for people to find and use. Librarians also fight for important ideas like freedom of expression and thought, equality of access to information, and literacy."
GovSpot: The government information portal to the Web -- offers a collection of top government and civic resources in a variety of areas including Government Online, the Library, Social Services, Justice and Military, Matters of Money, Science and Travel, World Affairs, The Press, Politics, etc., etc.
Needle in a Cyberstack: the Info Finder -- lots of search tools -- check it out!
Search Engines and Collection Sites: A collection of short cuts to dozens of search engines to facilitate your web searches.
Citing the Sites: MLA-Style Guidelines and Models for Documenting Internet Sources.
Differences in Paraphrasing, Quoting and Summarizing: Pointers from the Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab.
GENERAL
LITERATURE RESOURCES:
Words Without Borders, the online magazine for contemporary international literature in translation.
Literature Online for Schools: a new service developed to support and extend the teaching and study of English literature; it provides primary texts and secondary materials geared to texts, authors and topics covered in the International Baccalaureate Exam and exams in Great Britain.
Voice of the Shuttle: THE Web Page for Humanities Research. Constantly updated, exhaustive, and user-friendly.
The Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Other Characters of Mythology: identifications, myths and pictures of myths and legends from around the world.
The On-Line Books Page: The On-Line Books Page is a directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet. It includes: An index of thousands of on-line books on the Internet, pointers to significant directories and archives of on-line texts, special exhibits, and more!
Books in Chains: A voluminous set of internet links, Books in Chains
is divided into three main pages: General English Resources, Author Pages and Literary
Mags/E-Zines. Dive on in.
Places of Interest for English Majors: Literary Web Links from Georgetown University.
A Celebration of Women Writers: complete books online and links to other sites.
Romantic Circles: a Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.
The Victorian Web: A guide to all things Victorian from Brown University.
American Authors on the Web: links to websites about American writers.
POETRY
RESOURCES:
Links to Poets and Poetry sources:
The Academy of American Poets: Sponsors of National Poetry Month, their webpage contains information on over 200 poets (Find A Poet), poetry exhibits, and lots more.
The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry: an index to poetry -- search by author, subject or first line. Contains full text poems as well information about sources for poems.
Bob's Byway: "This site features a unique Glossary of Poetic Terms, plus Examples of Poetic Terms from the works of prominent poets, Tips for the Enjoyment of Poetry and A Selection of Bob's Poems. Also, you will find helpful links to relevant poetic, literary, and reference websites."
Poetry Society of America: Your link to Poetry Resources, Poetry Awards, and a Poetry Workshop. Or send an audio Poetry Post Card.
Norton Poets Online: Includes links to poets that Norton publishes, a Poetry Workshop, poets reading their poems, and links to other poetry sites.
Open Here! Poetry: all kinds of poetry links for students and poetry buffs.
Modern American Poetry: information on over 100 American poets put together by Cary Nelson, editor of the Oxford collection of Modern American Poetry: "I and the members of my Advisory Board realized that readers would benefit from having information readily available that could not possibly fit in a book. This ranged from historical background to analyses of the poems themselves. The site is designed to help all readers of modern poetry."
Fooling with Words with Bill Moyers presents 21 contemporary poets in text sound and image.
Word Circuits: hypertext poetry and fiction
The Cortland Review: An online literary magazine in RealAudio, devoted to introducing visitors to spoken poetry. Includes articles that discuss the importance of poetry in the age of technology to reviews and interviews.
The American Verse Project: The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
University of Toronto's Index to Poetry Online: Chronologically indexes poets from OLD ENGLISH and MEDIEVAL periods to 1900 and presents selections of their poems, edited by Department of English at the University of Toronto.
The Atlantic Monthly's Poetry Pages: A multimedia feature devoted to poets and poetry, classic and contemporary. Includes an audible anthology, Atlantic Monthly Poetry Online, and conversations with contemporary poets.
Poetry and American Memory by Robert Pinsky from Atlantic Unbound
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States: Poetry from both the Confederate and Union viewpoints.
Study Guide
for Medieval Love Songs: Information about Medieval courtly love poetry.
Links to Florida Poets
The Poetry Resource: Patrick Martin's webpage with links to individual poets, collections, publishers, etc.
Anhinga Press's Links to Other Poetry Related Sites: Another treasure trove to start searching for poems and poets.
Writing Poetry:
PIZAZZ: People Interested in Zippy and Zany Scribbling: Includes tutorials on how to write a variety of different kinds of poems.
The Rhyme Zone: to help you find rhymes when nothing pops into your head.
Sonnet Central: sonnets from around the world, tips on writing sonnets, sonnet contests.
A Tanka Homepage by Eisuke Shiiki
Giggle Poetry: poetry for kids, write your own limericks, Poetry Theatre, etc.
LitLine: a non-profit website for the independent literary community. Lots of links to poetry publishers and literary journals.
FICTION RESOURCES
Writing About Fiction: Tips for writing about short stories and novels from the Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab.
LitLine: a non-profit website for the independent literary community. Lots of links to . publishers and literary journals.
Word Circuits: hypertext poetry and fiction
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