Online Resources
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Tutorials
Two very complete sites with tutorials are these (one in the UK, one in the US):
Intute
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/english
(a fine site with not only multiple tutorials within the site, but also links to other tutorials. It
also features “basket-able” links to other online resources; the homepage of Intute provides
links to tutorials and resources within other disciplines, including tutorials for job searching –
useful for Engl. 302)
The Internet Detective
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html
(located within Intute’s site, is a distinct tutorial: shorter and has a tight focus on responsible
use of sources)
Waterloo
www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~rses/RSEShome.html
Purdue OWL’s Tutorial
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/search/index.html
(contains both tutorials and links to resources)
General Tips for Searching the Web
Using Metasearch Engines
Using Search Engines
Using Catalogues/Indexes
Using Other Search Tools and Resources
Search Tools and Directories
Starting Points for Internet Research
Online Resources
Subject Gateways
Voice of the Shuttle: probably the best resource and starting point for research is
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Purdue’s OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/tools/research.html#fieldam
Provides links to sites within most disciplines, including these for English Studies:
 Academic Info English and
 Another resource on American
ESL/EFL
literature
 American Literature
 Critical Theory: an Introduction
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Eighteenth Century British
literature
English Literature
Literary Resources on the Net
Modern Fiction Studies
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Project Muse
Shakespeare
The Voice of the Shuttle
World Literature
The page below in Purdue’s site provides links to resources in other disciplines:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/tools/research.html
Eastern Conn’s Site for English Studies
http://www.easternct.edu/smithlibrary/library1/engresearch.htm#crit
Yahoo’s Search Site for the Humanities
http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/
Rutger’s
http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
(includes the calls for papers site at UPenn useful for grad. students looking to present and
publish)
Online Text Archives
Alex Catalogue of e-Texts
http://infomotions.com/alex3/
Athena
http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/html/authors.html (from classical to modern – copyright issues,
perhaps – and very incomplete, with broken links)
Awesome Library (College Literature)
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Literature/College_Literature.html
(books listed are fairly old cannon, but this site provides links to many other resources; also
provides assignments, lesson plans, access to critical papers of various levels, summary/Cliff
Notes, author bio’s and autobio’s)
Online Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/
UPenn’s Online Books Guide
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Online Manuscripts
Medieval Manuscript Leaves
http://wally.rit.edu/cary/cc_db/manuscripts/index.html
Bodleian Library Manuscript Images
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/browse.htm
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
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(this site, among other things, has links to Repositories of primary sources world wide and to
guidelines on fair use)
Online Reference Works (dictionaries, thesori, encyclopedias)
AskOxford
http://www.askoxford.com/
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp
Dictionary.com
http://www.dictionary.com
Citing Internet Resources
Intute’s tutorial
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/engstud?sid=7618957&op=render&manifestid=130&page=
citinghtml
Internet Detective’s Quiz for Appropriate Use
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/law-quiz.html
Iowa State’s e-Resources
(Through the links below, students can access full articles online that they would otherwise
have to go to the library to access or purchase from other libraries; students will need their ISU
I.D.s to access materials.)
e-Journals
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/collections/jourbook/sersolutions/jnlsNum.html
e-Books
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/collections/jourbook/etext_name.html
e-Refereences
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/collections/refsourc/refrec_name.html
WebSPIRES Tutorial
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/collections/db/wsprtut.html
(on searching by disciplines)