Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine;— they are the life, the soul of reading;— take them out of this book for instance, —you might as well take the book along with them.

Laurence Sterne,
Tristram Shandy


GENERAL

Bartleby.com: "great books online."

British Library

Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought: extensive collection of links

COPAC: free access to the merged online catalogues of 24 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland plus the British Library & the National Library of Scotland

Eserver.org: one of the largest collections of humanities resources on the web.

Humbul Humanities Hub: operated by Oxford University. Database and web search; links.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Public Library: the Online Literary Criticism Collection of over 2,500 sites.

A Literary Index—Internet Resources in Literature: "an extensive descriptive meta-index of literary resources, links, and collections."

Literary Resources on the Net: Jack Lynch's all-encompassing site. Offers both keyword search and directory topics.

The Literature Network: searchable online literature

Louisiana State University Libraries Webliography—Literature: reference links, bibliographies, style guides, e-texts.

Marxists.org: Internet Archive

MIT Libraries—Literature Resources: links organized by period, nationality, and genre.

Nelson's English Resource Centre: glossary; MLA style guide; links

ProQuest Digital Dissertations: citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database

Scholarly Societies Project: "facilitating access to information about scholarly societies across the world since 1994"

University of Connecticut—English and American Literature Resources: annotated links to e-texts, author sites, etc., arranged by period.

Voice of the Shuttle (VOS): website for humanities research. The comprehensive web site. Directories by period and topic.

WCL's English Literature and Language: an excellent, useful page.


ANGLO-SAXON AND MEDIEVAL

The Labyrinth: resources for medieval studies: Georgetown U's comprehensive site.

Luminarium: an excellent site of texts and articles; "a multimedia experience."

Voice of the Shuttle: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval: Alan Liu's excellent site. Many links.

WCL's Arthurian Legends and Romances: many links.

WCL's Medieval Studies: an excellent page.


RENAISSANCE AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

Emory Women Writers Resource Project: edited and unedited texts from the 17th to the 19th century.

Luminarium: an excellent site of texts and articles; "a multimedia experience."

The Perdita Project: a database guide to about 400 sixteenth- and seventeenth-century manuscripts compiled by women in the British Isles.

The Renaissance Woman

Voice of the Shuttle: Renaissance and 17th Century: Alan Liu's excellent site. Many links.


RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

The Bluestocking Archive

British Women's Novels: A Reading List, 1775-1818.

The Brown Women Writers Project: an electronic textbase of women's writing in English before 1830.

CSECS: Canadian Society for 18th-Century Studies.

Eighteenth-Century Resources: compiled and maintained by Jack Lynch. If you visit this site, you will need no other.

Eighteenth-Century England: a collaborative project of University of Michigan students.

Emory Women Writers Resource Project: edited and unedited texts from the 17th to the 19th century.

M. Jones's Restoration and 18th Century page: [go to http://unbsj.ca/arts/english/jones/ and follow the links]

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Feminist Bibliography: Some Selections

William Hogarth and 18th-Century Print Culture: The Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University.

Renascence Editions: An Online Repository of Works Printed in English Between the Years 1477 and 1799.

Voice of the Shuttle: Restoration and 18th Century: Alan Liu's excellent site. Many links.

Women and Eighteenth-Century English Literature, Part One: A Checklist of General Resources, with Some Entries Relating to Earlier Centuries, to the Colonies, and to Other Nationalities
By Martin Maner, Wright State University


ROMANTIC

The Brown Women Writers Project: an electronic textbase of women's writing in English before 1830.

Corvey Women Writers on the Web (CW3): An electronic guide to literature 1796–1834.

Emory Women Writers Resource Project: edited and unedited texts from the 17th to the 19th century.

Romantic Circles: "a Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture"

Voice of the Shuttle: Romantic: Alan Liu's excellent site. Many links.


VICTORIAN

Academic Info on Victorian English Literature: useful links to general sites and sites on specific writers

Emory Women Writers Resource Project: edited and unedited texts from the 17th to the 19th century.

Literary Resources: Victorian British: part of Jack Lynch's all-encompassing web project.

Victorian Research Web: "a collection of resources assembled by the creator and manager of the VICTORIA discussion list."

The Victorian Web: a comprehensive site.

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."

Voice of the Shuttle: Victorian: Alan Liu's excellent site. Many links.


CANADIAN

National Library of Canada: Canadian literature

UBC Library: Canadian Literature links

The Writers' Union of Canada

Note: Most of the CanLit associations, federations, etc.can be linked through these sites.



WOMEN'S WRITING / GENDER STUDIES

The Bluestocking Archive

British Women's Novels: A Reading List, 1775-1818.

The Brown Women Writers Project: an electronic textbase of women's writing in English before 1830.

A Celebration of Women Writers: a comprehensive listing of links to on-line information about women writers.

Corvey Women Writers on the Web (CW3): An electronic guide to literature 1796–1834.

Emory Women Writers Resource Project: edited and unedited texts from the 17th to the 19th century.

Endicott College International Women's Initiative: a bibliographic resource focused on fiction, poetry, and drama published by women in the last 30 years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. 

Feminist Theory Website: Hosted by the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech University

M. Jones's Women's Writing page: [go to http://unbsj.ca/arts/english/jones/ and follow the links]

Literary Resources: Feminism and Women's Literature: maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers.

The Orlando Project: An Integrated History of Women's Writing in the British Isles: from U of Alberta.

The Perdita Project: a database guide to about 400 sixteenth- and seventeenth-century manuscripts compiled by women in the British Isles.

The Renaissance Woman

Resources For Feminist Research/Documentation sur la recherche féministe Internet Resources: excellent links to wide variety of internet and print resources.

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Feminist Bibliography: Some Selections

: Public Media Foundation project on American women's literature

UNBSJ's Minor and Certificate in Gender Studies

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."

Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies Links: an excellent resource.

WCL's Gender and Women's Studies Links: an excellent, useful page.

Women and Eighteenth-Century English Literature, Part One: A Checklist of General Resources, with Some Entries Relating to Earlier Centuries, to the Colonies, and to Other Nationalities
By Martin Maner, Wright State University

WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Literature and Culture Web Sites.


SCIENCE FICTION

[Go to http://www.unbsj.ca/arts/english/jones/ and follow the SF links]


E-TEXTS

HTI Public Domain Modern English Collection

Online Book Initiative: FTP or Gopher

Oxford Text Archive

poetrymagazines.org.uk: free access site to the full-text digital library of 20th and 21st century English poetry magazines from the Poetry Library (London, UK) collection.

Project Gutenberg: "the Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books"


WRITING AND RESEARCH

Bartleby.com: Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus

Dictionary.com

Nelson's English Resource Centre: glossary; MLA style guide; links

UNBSJ Writing Centre: the Writing Centre is an excellent resource for all students, no matter what your programme or level of writing competence. Tutors are available for one-on-one appointments; call 648-5501 to book an appointment, or drop in at Oland Hall, Rm 18 (Student Services).

Ward Chipman Library: the Reference Librarians are always happy to help you improve your research skills. Drop by the Reference desk.

Writing Research Essays In North American Academic Institutions - A Guide For International Students, by William Badke: see particularly the information on plagiarism.

Other helpful links


MLA REFERENCE STYLE

Bibliographies: MLA Format: Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois

Citation and Documentation in the Humanities: MLA Format: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

from The Columbia Guide to Online Style

Documentation Guide (MLA): Concordia University Libraries

MLA Citation Examples: Honolulu Community College Library

MLA Documentation: The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison

MLA Format: Giving Credit To Sources: Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab

MLA Style and Documentation: Tod E. Jones

MLA Style Electronic Formats: Mary Ellen Guffey

Research and Documentation Online: Diana Hacker, Bedford/St. Martin's Press

Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources: Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format: Purdue University Online Writing Lab


UNB LINKS

English Department–UNBF

The Falstaff Society: the undergraduate arts society

Ward Chipman Library–UNBSJ

Writing Centre–UNBSJ: To make an appointment call 648-5501, email stuserv@unbsj.ca or drop by Oland Hall G18.


Thanks to Sandra Bell, David Crelman, Grant Heckman and Robert Moore, for contributing links.


Created April 16, 2003.
Updated Thursday, September 2, 2004.
This page maintained by Miriam Jones (jones@unbsj.ca).