LibGuides: English: Web Pages

Professional Organizations

This is a list of web pages that are useful for conducting research on English. Email the librarian listed to your left if you have suggestions for additions, or discover a dead link.

Academy of American Poets
Founded in 1934 in New York City, the Academy of American Poets is the nation's leading champion of American poets and poetry, with members in all fifty states. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.
American Oriental Society
Scholarly society devoted to conducting basic research in the languages and literatures of Asia.
Bibliographical Society of America
The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) is the oldest scholarly society in North America dedicated to the study of books and manuscripts as physical objects.
Dante Society of America
Scholarly organization dedicated to the scholarly study of Dante and his works
Early English Text Society
Linguistic Society of America
The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) was founded in 1924 to advance the scientific study of language.
Modern Humanities Research Association
A scholarly organization devoted encouraging and promoting advanced study and research in the field of the modern humanities.
Modern Language Association
Royal Irish Academy
Irish scholarly organization devoted to the study of humanities and sciences about Ireland
Shakespeare of Association of America
A non-profit, academic organization devoted to the study of William Shakespeare and his plays and poems, the cultural and theatrical milieu in which he lived and worked, and the various roles he has played in both Anglo-American and world culture ever since.
Sigma Tau Delta - International English Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta is the International English Honor Society.
Society for Classical Studies
Scholarly society in North America for the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations.
Victorian Society in America
The Victorian Society In America is a national non-profit organization committed to historic preservation, protection, understanding, education, and enjoyment of American nineteenth century heritage.

Literature Sources and Texts

These are links for finding and accessing online virtual books, plays, poetry and other types of literature. Be sure to also check the OhioLINK databases since Ritter Library provides access to many that offer full-text of works from American and British literature.

Complete Works of of William Shakespeare
Complete digital texts of Shakespeare's work from MIT.
Google Books
The Google Books Library Project is an effort by Google to scan and make searchable the collections of several major research libraries. If a book is out of copyright and in the public domain, the book is fully available to read or to download.
Luminarium
Texts of English Literature ranging from the Medieval period to the 18th Century
Medieval History Texts in translation
Perseus Digital Library
Contains full-texts and translation of history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony Reader or other portable device.
Text Archives from the Internet Archive
A resource offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Turning the Pages (British Library)
The British Library's online gallery of famous texts
Victorian Women Writers Project
The goal of the Victorian Women Writers Project is to produce highly accurate transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century, encoded using the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

Style Guides

Links for style guides and aid in citing sources.

Chicago Manual of Style Online
17th edition of the style guide. Includes both author-date and notes-bibliography references.
MLA Handbook Plus
MLA Handbook Plus is a subscription-based digital product providing online access to the current edition of the MLA Handbook.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Popular online resource for many different citation styles.
University of Wisconsin Writing Center
Another popular website useful for aiding in the citation and usage of various styles.

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