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General Websites
Literary Resources on the Net -- From Rutgers University
Literature Resources -- From the Internet Public Library
Recommended Literature (K-12)-- From the California Department of Education
Shmoop for Teachers -- Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.
ReadWriteThink-- from National Council of Teachers of English and International Reading Association
Google Lit Trips -- This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!
Narrative Magazine-- free access to thousands of works by world-class authors and artists.

Specific Aspects
Literature & Criticism
American Authors on the Web -- Information on authors born 1550-1963
American Verse Project -- From University of Michigan
A Celebration of Women Authors -- From Carnegie-Mellon University
Children's Literature Web Guide -- Rich resource from the Univ. of Calgary
Cliff's Notes Online -- Over 180 literature guides free for online viewing
Literary Resources on the Net -- Large searchable collection of annotated links
Online Literary Criticism Collection -- From the Internet Public Library
Poets.org -- From the Academy of American Poets
Voice of the Shuttle -- Literary theory page, from UCSB

Literary ezines
RealPoetik -- subscription site for email delivery of a few poems a week; includes archive of all past poems
ZYZZYVA -- Poetry, fiction and nonfiction by West Coast writers

Reading
Mind Tools- Information Skills-- Improving your reading & retention techniques
Speed Reading: Self-Paced Methods -- From Glendale Community College

Writing
Elements of Style -- By William Strunk Jr.
Guide to Grammar and Writing -- From Capital Community-Technical College
Online Writing Lab -- From Purdue University
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant -- Covers organizing, revising and editing, how to write various types of essays

Page last updated 5/11 by Madeline Britton, Librarian