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Reading, Full text Sources & Book Catalogs
Contents: Full-text sources | Book Catalogs
Full Text Sources for Novels, Short Stories, Drama & Poetry
Alex: A Catalog of
Electronic Texts on the Internet
Alex is an attempt to catalog full-text items on the Internet. It
not only includes fiction, but speeches as well. If you prefer,
take a look at the list
of authors in Alex. Novels, poetry, short stories, plays
and drama
American Literary
Classics-- A Chapter a Day
Read a chapter a day and join in on the discussion about classic
American literature. Or, if what they are reading doesn't strike
your fancy, go into the library archives for additional books.
American
Literature Classics: 18th & 19th Century
This is actually a hodgepodge collection of full text items, but
the focus is on American authors. Novels, Poetry
American
Literature Classics: 20th Century
This is another hodgepodge collection of full text items, but the
focus is on American authors. Novels and Poetry
American
Studies: Black History and Literature
This site covers texts and Web-based resources. Novels, poetry,
short stories
The Atlantic
Monthly
Features a great collection of critiques - old and new. Novels,
poetry
Bibliomania
Free online texts of over 2000 classics. Includes study guides to
the most read books. Novels, short stories
Bohemian
Ink
Links to the anti-canon of modern literature. Includes Beat
authors.
British
Poetry
From 1780 to 1910, this is a hypertext archive of scholarly
editions. Poetry
A
Celebration of Women Authors
Read any good books or poems by a woman lately? Here's a great
collection by such notables as Jane Austin, Dorothy Parker, Louisa
May Alcott, Willa Cather, and Virginia Woolf. Novels,
poetry
Classic
Short Stories
This is a really nice collection of short stories- just the
classics! Short stories.
Classic Works of Literature
A collection of classic works of literature. Novels,
poetry, short stories, plays and drama
Electronic Poetry
Center-- SUNY- Buffalo
Contemporary poets with sites on the Web. Poetry
The English Server
This is a collection of thousands of online books.Includes Upton
Sinclair, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Willa Cather.
Novels, poetry, short stories, plays and drama
Free
Books on the Net
A wonderful collection of free books on the net maintained by
Michael LaRocca, who, by the way, is an author! Enjoy.
Internet
Public Library Online Texts Collection
Has over 7500 titles that can be browsed by subject, author, or
title. Speeches, novels, poetry, short stories, plays and
drama
Middle
English Collection- Virginia Electronic Text Center
Includes Chaucer, "Sir Gawain", "The Owl and the Nightengale" and
others. Novels, Plays
Modern
English Collection- Virginia Electronic Text Center
Covers 1500 to the present. You can also browse by
subject. Novels, Plays
Modern
English Collection- University of Michigan
Everything from Louisa May Alcott to Edith Wharton, Rudyard
Kipling to Edgar Rice Burroughs.
NetLibrary:
Electronic books which requires that you can first set
up an account in the Library. You will then have full user
privileges from home!
On-Line Books
Page
Includes over 8,000 titles, all full-text. Novels, poetry,
short stories, plays and drama
Page by page books. Read hundreds of classic books. Novels.
Project
Gutenberg
for thousands of copyright free electronic texts. The collection
includes works of fiction and nonfiction. Search for the work by
author, title, subject or notes. Once located, download (via ftp)
the entire work to your computer in text or zip formats.
Short Fiction-
The English Server- Short Fiction
Aesop, Poe, James, Wollstonecraft- these and other writers are
represented here. Short stories
Short Stories -
UK
a variety of links. My personal favorite is: From their home page,
go to Fiction, then go to "All collections". You'll see American
Classics, British Classics, and more !!!!!
Women's
Studies Collection- Univ. of MD
There is no commentary here, just the books!
Book Catalogs
LOCATORPlus
Online Catalog from the National Library of Medicine
WorldCat
Search the catalog record of OCLC participating libraries. This
link will work if you are accessing the databasse from one of the
NHMCCD campuses. To access the database
from home, use the Off-Campus
link (must be currently enrolled student)
Library of Congress Online Catalog
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