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Academic OneFile- Academic OneFile is an excellent source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
American National Biography - Information about more than 17,400 men and women (deceased only)
CultureGrams- Customs, lifestyles, manners, family life, personal appearance, recipes of 187 countries
- Gale Student Resource Center
- Magazines, primary sources, and general overview articles
Historical Newspapers- The Historical New York Times. New York Times newspaper articles from 1851 to 2004.
Internet Public Library- The Internet Public Library offers teachers and students a wealth of free resources from Literacy Criticism to Math and Science lessons. There is a great Teen Space section which offers help on homework as well as answers to frequently asked embarrassing questions.
Library of Congress
Literature in Context- To Kill a Mockingbird, A Separate Peace, The Scarlet Letter, The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, Great Expectations, Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony, The Pearl, The Merchant of Venice, The Odyssey, The Old Man and the Sea, The Catcher in the Rye, Romeo and Juliet, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Macbeth, and Othello.
Literary Reference Center - The Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a highly graphical interface intended for public, academic and high school libraries. The primary goal of LRC is to assist high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.
LitFinder- Full-text poems, short stories, plays, speeches, criticism and biographies
LitLine- Litline.com is free to the public, and easy to use. Browse through the author listings, and explore biographies, summaries, selected works, and related links. You can also browse by genre,and perform a keyword search.
netTrekker- An academic search engine
NoodleTools- A bibliography maker that helps you create a works cited page in correct MLA or APA format
NoveList - Search for books by plot descriptions, location, reading level, etc.
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Provides paired pro and con articles as well as complete reference books
Poetry 180- Library of Congress site on poetry.
Poets.org- The Academy of American Poets site where you can search for information on poets or poems.
Project Gutenberg- Free Internet resource for electronic or digitized books. Works by Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, Lewis Carroll, and more can be found on this site.
Proquest Reference Library - Full text magazines and newspapers since 1980
SIRS Renaissance- Has current perspectives on the Arts and Humanities
Teaching Books - Resource for readers with author interviews, audio excerpts from books, and more
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