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

Acqweb's Directory of Book Reviews

A hotlist of websites with reviews of books and other media, arranged by type.

American Library Association Booklist

Online version of the book review magazine.

BookBrowser

The guide for avid reviews with fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ReadingGroupChoices

Resources and selections for lively book discussions.

ReviewOfBooks

Multiple online professional reviews of recently released books.

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.

SF Site

Site for Science Fiction and Fantasy fans.

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

Common Errors in English

A list of hundreds of grammatical mistakes and commonly confused words in American English.

The Elements of Style

William Strunk's classic guide to good writing.

Guide to Grammar and Writing

  

Style Manuals

On-line style including APA, CBE/Chicago and MLA formats. Citation guides for on-line texts and legal works are also included.

Works Cited 4 You

Formats bibliographies and works cited for researchers, writers and students.

Literary Awards

AwardWeb

A chronological list of the major science fiction awards, the Hugo and the Nebula, and some other minor awards.

Literature Awards

A searchable database of many literary awards.

Alfred Nobel Prize in Literature

A yearly prize for an international author who has conferred the greatest benefit on mankind

Joseph Pulitzer Prizes

Several annual prizes for excellence in journalism, literature, drama, and music.

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.

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.

 

The Internet Public Library: Online Texts Collection

Over 19,000 titles arranged by author, title, or Dewey Decimal number.

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.

Google Book Search-Library Project

Download full copies of out-of-copyright books from a variety of public domain titles.

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

Poetry

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.

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.

Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

The tenth edition of this classic collection, with an index by date and author, and a concordance.

The Columbia World of Quotations

Authoritative collection of over 65,000 quotations.

Quotations

Fun to browse collection of about 25,000 quotations divided into unusual topics.

Quotations Page

Searchable catalog of quotations with additional features.

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

Comprehensive collection of notable modern quotations: 1950-1988