English Resources

Authors

Author Webliography
This directory is an index of indexes. It contains pointers to individual author guides or other cumulative documents that deal with specific writers.
John Steinbeck: The California Novels
Ed Stephan’s extraordinary site devoted to the works of John Steinbeck.
Literary Databases
An Oakland Public Library card is needed to access this database. It has information on criticism, authors’ lives and works, and links.

IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection
This site contains links to many sources of criticism. It can be searched by author, title, or by nationality and literary period.
Literary Databases
An Oakland Public Library card is needed to access this database. It has information on criticism, authors’ lives and works, and links.
A-Z Literature
Information and critiques of authors and works. Some works in full text.

American Verse Project
Electronic archive of volumes of American poetry published prior to 1920.
Internet Poetry Archive
Selected poems from seven contemporary poets.
Verse. Bartleby.com
Search for verses online—poems published prior to 1920.
Academy of American Poets
Biographical and critical information about poets and links to other sites. Includes full text of some American poems.
Representative Poetry Online
Search for poems, criticism, and information on poets through timeline, title, key word, first or last line, or name.

OWL at Purdue University
Addresses planning/writing/revising/genres.
Avoid plagiarism by correct paraphrasing
Good hints from Indiana University.

Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website
Provides suggestions to assess your situation, analyze your audience, research your topic, organize and write your speech and deliver your presentation.

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Lists of recommended fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry, and drama from the American Library Association.
College Bound Reading Lists
Compiled by Arrowhead Library System, an extensive reading list for those headed for college.
Recommended Literature from the California Department of Education
Annotated titles searchable by grade level, author, title, keyword, genre, and more.

Bartleby
Hundreds of primary source documents, poetry, reference works, and complete works of fiction and drama.
Project Gutenberg
An extensive archive of free on-line books. Search by title or author.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
A direct link to the plays of William Shakespeare. Each play has its own search engine, concordance, quotes and more.
NetLibrary
An Oakland Public Library card is needed to access this database. A collection of over 3000 books on many subjects. They may be “checked out” to use on a computer at home.