English
General English
My Virtual Desk Reference – Books and Literature on the Net
Great Site by Bob Drudge
Cliff Notes
Everyone knows about Cliff Note study guides…right?
Spark Notes
An on-line study guide like Cliff Notes
NovelGuide
Literary analysis of popular novels…really good
Online Literary Criticism Collection
Critical reviews of many literary works
Glossary of Literary Terms
All kinds of literary terms are defined here
Debate Central
Everything you ever wanted to know about debating — Make sure you check out their youtube channel as well.
Books On-line
Shakespeare On-line
A really cool Shakespeare resource
Shakespeare Bookshelf
Another one of Bill’s sites…all of his works
Shakespeare Resource Center
Nicely done
Absolute Shakespeare
Very comprehensive Shakespeare site
The On-line Books Page
Over 1 Million Books online for free! WOW! When we first listed this site they only had 1,500. You could say they’ve grown a bit
The Great Books Homepage
Shame on you if you don’t try this one (Malaspina University)
The Internet Public Library
Yup, even more books on-line
Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet
The English Server
Terrific site to find books
Classics on Line
Works by Homer, Aristotle, Plato and others
Children’s Literature
Helping Your Child Learn to Read
Great resource for parents.
Starfall.com
Great resource for helping children learn the alphabet and learn to read
Grammar
Jack Lynch’s Grammar and Style Notes
Problems with grammar? Check it out
Purdue On-line Writing Lab
Need to know what punctuation to use where? Great site!
Elements of Style by William Strunk
Great grammar site
Darling’s Guide to Grammar and Good Writing
Excellent grammar site
Bluebook of Grammar and Punctuation
Worth reviewing
Big Dog’s Grammar
On line Grammar from a dog?
EasyBib
Create a bibliography and citation on-line
Common Proofreading Symbols
Now you will know what your English teacher means when she corrects your papers
Index for Guide to Grammar and Writing and Principles of Composition
I’m really not into English grammar, but this site is definitely cool
Citation Builder
Another good citation builder from North Carolina State University
Principles of Composition
How to be an expert writer
A Basic Guide to Writing an Essay
Good information on essay writing
Mythology
Theoi Greek Mythology
A comprehensive website on Greek Mythology by the Theoi Project
Poetry
Columbia University Bartleby Library
Many poems and quotations from famous authors; “You might prefer to check this site out.”
The Poetry Archives
Find poems written by all kinds of poets
World Literature
The Literature Network
More than 7,000 books and short stories from more than 250 authors…Just great!
18th Century Literary and Cultural Studies
Labyrinth Library: Middle English
Vocabulary
WordCentral.Com
An incredibly fun grammar and word site for elementary and middle school students
World Wide Words
Meaning of words and phrases…quite interesting
Puzzlemaker
Make your own word puzzles…an incredibly fun site by Discoveryschool.com
Word Plays
Many fun word games on this site…try it!
Quotations
Columbia University Bartleby Library
Many poems and quotations from famous authors; “You might prefer to check this site out.”
The Quotations Page
Looking for famous quotes? … give this a try
Famous Quotations Network
Quotes, quotes and more quotes