Online Resources for Entire School Community

These information resources provide fast and reliable information for entire the school community and general public.

• ALA Best Free References 1996-2006 http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.cfm
• Bartelby http://bartleby.com/
• Info Please http://www.infoplease.com/
  
• Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/
• Librarians' Internet Index http://lii.org/
• Ref Desk http://www.refdesk.com/
• WWW Virtual Library http://home.istar.ca/~obyrne/

Words, Words, Words

The following links are a collection of online dictionaries and thesauri. The resource, Information Please, also contains an encyclopedia and almanac.

Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus http://www.m-w.com/

Information Please -- Reference site that has access to an encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary and more.http://www.infoplease.com/index.html

Rhyme Zone - Definitions, Synonyms, Antonyms, and more http://www.rhymezone.com/

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, is a collection of over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic citations, and over 80,000 cross- reference entries. http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Preparing Your Bibliography

How to do a MLA-style works cited page: kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/mlastyle.htm

OWL (Online Writing Lab) - MLA Citations http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

A Checklist for Papers in MLA Form http://www.aug.edu/writing_center/docs/mla.htm

Noodle Tools - Citations, Plagiarism http://noodletools.com/

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Resume Writing

These sites can help with writing a resume.

Resume-Writing 101 - College Board http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/36957.html

Resume Tutor from University of Minnesota http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/careerdev/resources/resume/

Online Writing Lab - use the navigation bar to the right to take you through the steps involved in writing a cover letter and resume.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/543/01/

Literary Analysis

Use the links below to find literary criticism and information on authors.

American Literature on the Web http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/authorlist/f_list.htm

Contemporary Women Writers http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/

British and Irish Authors on the Web http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html

The English Server Fiction Collection http://eserver.org/fiction/crit.html

The Internet Public Library - Literary Criticism http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

Literary Resources -- Lynch --A collection of literary criticism web sites put together by Professor Jack
Lynch of Rutger's University. http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

Discovering the Bard

Renaissance: The Elizabethan World http://elizabethan.org/

Educating Shakespeare http://www.likesnail.org.uk/es-sirhughevans2.htm

Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=863

Internet Shakespeare Editions - Life and Times and other information http://ise.uvic.ca/index.html

Frontline: The Shakespeare Mystery - PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shakespeare/

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

Mythology Resources

Discover mythology from around the world by following the links below.

Windows to the Universe - Classical Mythology http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/myths.html

Mythology - Subject Index http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Mythography http://www.loggia.com/myth/index.html

Poetry Links

ImageChef.com Poetry Blender

Poets.org http://www.poets.org/index.php

Poetry 180 (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

American Verse Project - University of Michigan http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/

Representative Poetry Online http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm