Web Resources for Literary Studies: Guides to Internet Resources
This is a selective listing of what I consider to be high-quality web guides and gateways (clearing-houses) of interest to literary studies students. Additional suggestions and reports of dead links are, of course, welcome (Contact me). URLs were correct as of the date cited (in month/year format) with each item. |
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First, I’ve listed general web guides and gateways of interest to literary studies students: |
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Online Clearing-Houses and Guides to Internet Resources for Literature or the Humanities (Go) |
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I’ve categorized more specific gateways and web guides according to the scheme that I use in other parts of this web guide, starting with English-language dominated literatures and cultures: |
Australian & New Zealand Literature and Culture (Go) |
British & Irish Literature and Culture (Go) |
Canadian Literature and Culture (Go) |
Caribbean Literature and Culture (Go) |
U.S. Literature and Culture (Go) |
Other English-Language Literatures & General Anglophone Literary Culture (Go) |
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Next, I list some gateways and web guides for European literatures (including, for instance, the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity): |
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European Literature and Culture (Go) |
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Next, I list gateways and web guides addressing World Literature (in general) and literatures of other regions of the world, beyond Europe and the English-speaking world: |
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World Literature and Culture (Go) |
East Asian & Southeast Asian Literature and Culture (Go) |
South Asian Literature and Culture (Go) |
North African & Middle Eastern Literature and Culture (Go) |
Sub-Saharan African Literature and Culture (Go) |
Latin American Literature and Culture (Go) |
Other Particular Literatures and Cultures of the World (Go) |
Online Clearing-Houses and Guides to Internet Resources for Literature or the Humanities (table of contents)
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British Academy Portal |
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Contains lists of well-chosen, research-oriented links for many subjects. [03/2005] |
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Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies |
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Contains lists of well-chosen links for bibliography, book history, and manuscript studies. At Univ. of London. [03/2005] |
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Columbia University Libraries Subject Guides |
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A set of rich guides to internet and other resources for a wide range of subjects (from advertising to women’s studies). [03/2005] |
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Digital Library |
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A useful and nicely designed listing of resources in a variety of areas related to the humanities and social sciences. By Mark James Morreale and Jan Mainzer at Marist College. [03/2005] |
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Digital Theses Collections |
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Links to electronically-available theses at various locations around the world. [03/2005] |
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EServer |
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Est. 1990, originally at Carnegie Mellon University under the name “The English Server,” now at Iowa State Univ. It contains links to over 34,000 texts and documents of various kinds in the humanities and social sciences. [03/2005] |
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FindArticles |
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Searchable database of 5 million articles, many of them freely available in full-text. Also contains useful links to websites of the journals included in the database. [03/2005] |
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Free Medical Journals |
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Links to medical journals that make their contents freely available via the web, either immediately or upon some limited time-lag after print publication (e.g., one year). [03/2005] |
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Full Text Humanities Resources on the Internet |
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Compiled by Susan Barribeau, at Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison library. Last updated Dec. 2004. [03/2005] |
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Gabriel |
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Gateway to Europe’s national libraries: allows one to search across the websites of all the participating national libraries of Europe. [03/2005] |
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Google Print |
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Allows one to search the full-text of books. (Although full content is searched, some pages from each work under copyright protection are restricted and not available for viewing. Users must register to make full use of viewing options.) [07/2005] |
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Google Scholar |
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Designed to search for “scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.” Includes full-text and citation only items. [07/2005] |
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Humbul Humanities Hub |
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“The Humbul Humanities Hub aims to be UK higher and further education's first choice for accessing online humanities resources.” Peer-reviewed guide, with annotations, to humanities web resources. [03/2005] |
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Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism |
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“[C]ontains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.” [03/2005] |
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MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) |
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Materials for higher education students and instructors, with peer review annotations and other additions, such as assignments. [03/2005] |
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Online Books Page |
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Guide arranged by LC (Library of Congress) call numbers. Compiled by John Mark Ockerbloom, at Univ. of Pennsylvania. [03/2005] |
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OWL (Online Writing Lab) |
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Est. in 1993, OWL contains a wide array of teaching materials for writing and composition: handouts, workshops & presentations, and a listing of internet resources. At Purdue Univ. [03/2005] |
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Oxford Text Archive |
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Archives high-quality electronic texts for use by scholars. Contains over 2500 items in 25 langauges. Requires user agreement for access to material. [03/2005] |
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Philosophy of Mind Resources |
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Comprehensive annotated bibliography and guide to online articles on the philosophy of mind, by David Chalmers. [05/2005] |
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Scholarly Journals Distributed via the Web |
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A guide (2002) to scholarly e-journals: it looks nice, but is now, unfortunately, outdated to a large extent. At Univ. of Houston. [03/2005] |
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Voice of the Shuttle |
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Est. 1994, offers a large listing of web resources for humanities students and teachers; literary studies is especially rich for British literature, less so for American literature, and increasingly less so for other literatures in English and then for literatures in other languages. [03/2005] |
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Australian & New Zealand Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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British & Irish Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Anglo-Saxon Index |
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A list of resources for the study of Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. Produced by S. D. Keynes, at Trinity College, Cambridge Univ. [03/2005] |
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CERES (Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service) |
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Contains some full-text materials, links and guides to web resources in its chosen field. [03/2005] |
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Eighteenth-Century Resources http://www.c18.org/li/index.html also at: |
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The richest guide to online resources for study of British literature, culture and history from about 1660 to about 1832. By Jack Lynch, at Rutgers Univ. [03/2005] |
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Scottish Online Resources |
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A rich variety of online bibliographies and databases, from the National Library of Scotland [05/2005] |
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Canadian Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Caribbean Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Despite my placement of Caribbean literature among the English-language dominated literatures, this section is not meant to be limited to the English-speaking Caribbean. Writers who are of Caribbean background, but who have subsequently moved elsewhere—often to Britain, the United States, or Canada—are also included here. |
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U.S. Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Early American Literature: Web Resources |
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A guide to web resources for the field of Early American Literature. By Edward J. Gallagher. [03/2005] |
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Nineteenth-Century U.S. Culture Studies |
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“This site is designed to bring together at one place the best materials available on the Web for studying and teaching about 19th century American literature, history and culture. Our aim is to make the site useful to teachers, scholars and students at all levels of education.” [06/2005] |
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Other English-Language Literatures & General Anglophone Literary Culture (table of contents)
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European Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Latin: Websites for Students |
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Compiled by Ted Higgs, Univ. of Kentucky. [03/2005] |
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World Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Note: Many of the links in this and the following sections on extra-European literatures and cultures result from the work of students in my English 350 class (Spring 2005): many thanks to them for their contributions, which carry a generic credit at the end of the site description: “[English350].” |
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Clio-Online Web Directory http://www.clio-online.de/site/lang__en/40208087/default.aspx |
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Offers “a gateway to historical resources on the world wide web. More than 5000 sites relevant to historical scholarship are currently included in its catalog, including institutions, databases, web sites, reference guides and other gateway sites.” [06/2005] |
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Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources |
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Lists resources assembled by the Library of Congress for the study of world cultures, including various content-rich sites. [03/2005] |
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History Journals Guide |
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Begun in 1997, this is “an international directory for journals and discussion lists in the fields of history and archaeology” by Stefan Blaschke. [06/2005] |
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Information Clearing House: World News Daily |
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Left-leaning assemblage of news reports focusing on US foreign policy and world news. [05/2005] |
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Social and Human Sciences Online Periodicals http://www.unesco.org/shs/shsdc/journals/humanities-culture-society.html |
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UNESCO’s guide to full-text online journals dealing with the humanities, culture, society. [06/2005] |
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East Asian & Southeast Asian Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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South Asian Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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South Asia Resources http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/southAsia.html |
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A collection of links—including to online South Asian journals and newspapers—from the Univ. of Virginia Libraries. [English350] [03/2005] |
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South Asia Study Resources |
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A rich collection of links to material for the study of South Asian literatures and cultures. Compiled by Frances Pritchett, at Columbia Univ. [03/2005] |
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Worldwide Web Links (for Asian studies) |
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Rich list of links assembled by the British Library staff for Asian studies (not just South Asia). [03/2005] |
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North African & Middle Eastern Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Arab Gateway http://www.al-bab.com/Default.htm |
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A site maintained by Brian Whitaker, a student of Yemeni politics and Middle East editor of The Guardian newspaper (at least he was, ca. 1999-2002). See especially the subsections on “Arabic Literature” and “Arab Media”: the latter section, the site claims, has “the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of links to Arab newspaper websites (in both Arabic and English) that exists on the internet.” [English350] [03/2005] |
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Middle East & Jewish Studies |
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Area studies guide, to internet resources and e-journals, prepared by Columbia Univ. libraries. [English350] [03/2005] |
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Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC) |
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Site maintained by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Univ. of Texas, Austin. See especially the subsection on “Arts and Humanities.” [English350]. [03/2005] |
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Sub-Saharan African Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Africa Web Links |
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From website of the African Studies Center at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. [03/2005] |
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African Studies Internet Resources |
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One the several very rich area studies web guides published by the Columbia Univ. libraries. [English350] [03/2005] |
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African Studies on H-Net |
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Gateway to the eleven Africa-related lists on H-Net. [English350] [03/2005] |
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A-Z of African Studies on the Internet http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.html
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An alphabetical listing of all sorts of internet sites dealing with Africa. [03/2005] |
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Literature & Culture of Francophone Africa and the Diaspora |
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Provides a searchable, annotated database of websites dealing with its topic. [English350] [03/2005] |
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Latin American Literature and Culture (table of contents)
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Other Particular Literatures and Cultures of the World (table of contents)
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Last modified: 20 July 2005 (originally created mid-March 2005)