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  • Literature
    • Authors / Criticisms
      • Celebration of Woman Writers
        A very useful resource on literature by women, searchable by name, country, date or ethnicity, The site include many complete books on-line.
      • Cliffs Notes
        Free online access to the full text content of 180 literature guides. Students can ask a question to get started on an assignment through the interactive site “Ask Cliffs” and get an online answer.
      • English Literature on the Web
        A comprehensive collection of sites covering all aspects of English Literature.
      • Internet Public Library: Literature Resources
        Excellent source for author information and literary criticism.
      • Native American Authors
        A compiled bibliography of Native American authors searchable by name, title and tribe. For may authors, biographical information, interviews, online texts and tribal websites are included.
      • SparkNotes
        Online study guides similar to Cliff Note. Great source for students.
      • Victorian Web
        A Collection of information about Victorian authors and the society they lived in.
    • Booklists & Book Review
      • American Library Association Booklist
        Online version of the book review magazine.
      • BookBrowse
        The guide for avid reviews with fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more.
      • Goodreads
        Get book recommendations, keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read, form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes.
      • Kirkus Reviews
        Major library review publication.
      • Los Angeles Times Book Review

        The most recent week of book reviews in the Times. There is also access to the on-line book reviews, and a handy calendar of local literary events.

      • New York Review of Books
        The preeminent literary review journal, available full-text back to 1996.
      • New York Times Book Review

        The most recent week of the world's most popular book review, archived back to 1996.

      • Oprah's Book Club
        What is Oprah reading? Find out here or exchange opinions with other bibliophiles.
      • Reading with Las Comadres (National Latino Book Club)
        Partnership between Las Comadres and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) to promote reading of Latino authors. Membership is open to everyone. Most books are also available in Spanish.
      • Reading with Las Comadres (National Latino Book Club)

        Partnership between Las Comadres and the Asssociation of American Publishers (AAP) to promote reading of Latino authors. Membership is open to everyone. Most books are also available in Spanish. 

      • ReadingGroupChoices
        Resources and selections for lively book discussions.
      • ReviewOfBooks
        Multiple online professional reviews of recently released books.
      • SF Site
        Site for Science Fiction and Fantasy fans.
      • The Booklist Center
        Billed as "The Web's Largest Selection of Booklists", currently contains more than 390 lists in 81 categories - fiction and nonfiction, popular and scholarly, from the usual to the unusual.
      • The Mystery Reader
        Reviews of new mysteries, arranged by sub-genre (such as police procedurals), as well as interviews with popular authors and a list of addresses you can write them at.
      • The Romance Reader
        Reviews of new romance novels, arranged by sub-genre (such as historical romances), as well as interviews with popular authors and a list of addresses you can write to them at.
    • General
      • Bookspot
        An excellent hotlist of book-related resources, including discussion groups, authors, bookstores with price comparisons, bestseller lists, prizes, publishers, on-line texts, and more.
      • California Libraries Catalog (CalCat)
        Online holdings of books, videos, audio, maps, and other materials held by libraries in California, provided by OCLC.
      • Library Index
        Over 17,000 libraries and 5,000 publishers catalogues. You can search by the library's name or geographic location.
      • Library of Congress Catalogues
        Search the catalogues of the Library of Congress, which contain almost 12 million items and 5 million authority records ( the names all types of authors.)
      • Literary Market Place
        Register and agree to terms to browse Literary Market Place, and gain limited free access to trade services and resources, and basic information on publishers and literary agents worldwide.
    • Grammar, Writing, & Style
    • Literary Awards
      • Alfred Nobel Prize in Literature
        A yearly prize for an international author who has conferred the greatest benefit on mankind
      • AwardWeb
        A chronological list of the major science fiction awards, the Hugo and the Nebula, and some other minor awards.
      • Joseph Pulitzer Prizes
        Several annual prizes for excellence in journalism, literature, drama, and music.
      • Literature Awards
        A searchable database of many literary awards.
    • Online Bookstores
      • Amazon
        A distributor of new and used books and other goods, searchable by author, title, or subject. Many books include the cover illustration and reviews.
      • Barnes & Noble

        A distributor and book dealer, similar to Amazon. Many books have links to outside reviews and author interviews.

      • Best Book Buys
        Searches over 20 independent and chain online bookstores. Helps find lowest price for books that are difficult to find, new or used. Can be a textbook resource for college students.
      • Booksense
        A network of independent bookstores, with many books and reviews by local booksellers.
      • Powell's Books
        A major retailer of new and used books, which offers free shipping on books orders, as well as synopses and reviews of many books the store staff.
    • Online Texts
      • ALEX Catalogue of Electronic Texts
        Full-text documents in English literature, American Literature, and Western Philosophy, with a searchable index. It is also possible to search within the texts themselves.
      • Bartleby Library
        An amazing collection of on-line classics, including literature, non-fiction, poetry, and reference.
      • eScholarship

        Provides Open-Access scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a research platform to scholars worldwide in print, eBooks, journals, working papers, previously published papers and conferences.  Powered by the California Digital Library.

      • Etext Center (University of Virginia)
        Over 2,100 publicly-available ebooks, including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children’s literature, American history, Shakespeare, African-American documents, the Bible, and more.  Downloadable for the Microsoft Reader and the Palm Reader.
      • Google Book Search-Library Project
        Download full copies of out-of-copyright books from a variety of public domain titles.
      • HathiTrust
        HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than fifty partners in HathiTrust
      • Internet Archive
        A non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music.
      • Project Gutenberg
        The original site for on-line texts, Project Gutenberg is still on the cutting edge with over 10,000 classics, including many international titles.
      • Smashwords

        Access to over 15,000 free self-published downloadable eBooks by Indie authors.  Click on "Free" at the top of the page to list only free titles.

      • The Internet Public Library: Online Texts Collection
        Over 19,000 titles arranged by author, title, or Dewey Decimal number.
    • Out of Print Books
      • AbeBooks
        A network of used bookstores, listing over 28 million titles for sale.
      • Alibris
        Another network of used bookstores and rare book dealers, which includes free shipping on larger orders and special services for librarians and collectors.
      • Biblio.com
        Used, textbooks, rare, and out-of-print books from a global network of independent booksellers.
      • BookFinder
        A comprehensive book search engine that includes 30,000 new and used book dealers and databases to find over 50 million new, used, rare, and out of print books
      • Chegg.com

        Chegg.com offers options to rent textbooks, buy textbooks (new & used), or sell back used textbooks.

      • ViaLibri

        Search multiple sites to verify and locate old, rare, and out-of-print books.

    • Poetry
      • American Verse Project
        Searchable archive of pre-1920 American poetry.
      • Electronic Poetry Center
        A major collection and hotlist of contemporary poetry, including authors, poems, publishers, magazines and online e-zines.
      • Poetry Flash
        A review and calendar of poetry events for California.
      • The Academy of American Poets
        The official society for American poetry, including a large collection of poems, information about authors, an events calendar, and even audio version of famous poems.
    • Quotations
      • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
        The tenth edition of this classic collection, with an index by date and author, and a concordance.
      • Quotations
        Fun to browse collection of about 25,000 quotations divided into unusual topics.
      • Quotations Page
        Searchable catalog of quotations with additional features.
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