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Bartleby Library: Great Books Online
 
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
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
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.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfair.html
Topics: Literature & Books
Last updated Jan 2, 2007
Classic Reader
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
"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
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
"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
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes: How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem Without Knowing its Title or Author
"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
On This Day in Literary History
Find significant events in literary history for each day of the year. View the current day, browse past and future days, and have the events sent to your email box. Emphasis is on British, American, and European authors and literature. From Bloomsbury Publishing.
http://www.bloomsbury.com/WritersArea/LiteraryHistory.asp?&BLI=
Topics: Literature & Books
Last updated May 29, 2008
Online Books Page
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
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
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
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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