Mrs. Jacy Nichols- Library Media Specialist

Nichols@wlake.org


ENGLISH & LITERAUTRE

Reference Tools

Bloom’s Literary Reference: Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.

 Chadwyck-Healey Literature Online: Full-text, searchable works available online including poetry, drama and fiction.

Gale/Infotrac Multifaceted database for all subject areas with reference materials, periodicals, images, and primary source documents. 

 Oxford Reference Online: More than 100 complete reference titles, fully indexed and cross-searchable, from a wide range of disciplines.

Grammar & Writing

Literary Terms:  A listing of Literary Terms and their definitions.

MLA Style Manual:  Westlake City Schools writing manual

Noodletools:  Works Cited guidelines

OWL: Online Writing Lab from Purdue University

Plagiarism Review- Indiana University Bloomington

Literature

Bloom’s Literary Reference: Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.

Chadwyck-Healey Literature Online: Full-text, searchable works available online including poetry, drama and fiction.

Literary Terms:  A listing of Literary Terms and their definitions.

Absolute Shakespeare

American Authors

British and Irish Authors on the Web

C-Span American Writers’ Series

Internet Public Library Literary Criticism

Myth Net: Greek Mythology

Myth Web: Greek Mythology

UNC: African American Literature

Poetry

Bloom’s Literary Reference: Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.

Contemporary American Poetry Archive

Library of Congress Poetry Resources

Modern American Poetry

Poem Hunter

Poetry Archives

Poetry.Com

Poets.Org: The Academy of American Poets

The Poetry Resource Page

Representative Poetry On-line

A Shortlist of Modern and Contemporary Poets  

 

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