Web Sites for Literature Research

Dartmouth Sources: Prepared for the instruction and use of Dartmouth undergraduate students and set up so it can be used as a handbook to consult when writing papers. Preface includes an excellent discussion of why the student must cite sources, with clear examples of the different kinds of plagiarism.
Online Books Page: The goal of the Online Books Page is to facilitate access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. Includes a searchable database of over 30,000 book titles available from many different sources, including such well known sites as the University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center and Project Gutenberg.
Electronic Texts on the Internet: Listing of websites with electronic books.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database: Treasure trove of more than 73,000 historical and critical citations about the related genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Offers an online version of three important print volumes written by Hall (Texas A&M Univ.): Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1878-1985 (CH, Oct'87), ... 1985-1991 (CH, Dec'93), and ... 1992-1995 (1997).
Guide to Grammar and Style: Collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts, and limited to collections of information useful to academics.
Perspectives in American Literature: Quick and convenient reference to the major movements and various authors in American literature, PAL devotes individual Web pages to nearly 400 authors of American literature.
Poets: Guide to setting up a poetry book club, the Listening Booth (with 150 audio clips), a prose section comprising more than 400 articles and essays presented in useful categories, and the On Writing section, which houses FAQs useful to beginning poets, articles from the academy's magazine, a book awards page, and writing advice from famous poets.
Purdue Online Writing Lab: Established in 1994 and now billed as a "cyberextension of the Purdue University Writing Lab," Purdue's OWL has continued to evolve as the leader in the field of online support for writers, particularly writers in a college environment; it is still the most comprehensive site of its kind.
Project Gutenberg: Since 1971, Project Gutenberg has sought to put paper editions in the public domain into electronic format. There are now more than 18,000 books online.
Research and Documentation Online: Incredibly rich repository of resources for researching, writing and citing materials. While resources like the Glossary of Library and Web Terms are very useful, the real standout here is the extensive explanation of documentation styles. Four of the major styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, CBE) are represented here (divided by area: Humanities, Social Sciences, History, Sciences).
The Paris Review: the Interviews: Full-text access to some of the Paris Review interviews with literary figures from the 1950s to today. Interviews are arranged by decade and are searchable by keyword. There is also an A to Z index of interviews available in audio format.
Geoffrey Chaucer: This site from Harvard University is used in Chaucer courses. The site contains works, critical articles, and general information about the Middle Ages.
The Mississippi Writers Page: From About this site: "The Mississippi Writers Page is a multi-faceted Internet Resource about writers in, from, or otherwise associated with the state of Mississippi. The heart of this web site are the Writer Listings, a collection of articles on each author detailing biographical information, a comprehensive list of published titles, various awards and honors, and a selected bibliography of additional resources. Also included are relevant World Wide Web links to other information sources on the Internet. "
The Princeton Dante Project (2.0): This is an annotated electronic text of Dante's Comedy for scholarly use only. Included besides the electronic text are critical essays, biographies of Dante, and multimedia presentations.
The Willa Cather Archive: This is a comprehensive site from the University of Nebraska on Willa Cather's life and writings. Included is a digital edition of her letters, audio, video, and a section on "teaching Cather."
TEAMS Middle English Texts: This site contains full electronic text of hundreds of Middle English literary works. The site is a project of the Robbins Library of the University of Rochester and is intended for individual use.