Title: ABYZ News Links Provider: ABYZ News Links Subject Heading/s: Newspapers; Peridicals; Broadcasting--United States. LC Class: PN4700 Reference Category: Directories Description: A directory of news media arranged by county, then city. Each source is identified as to media type and focus and the language used

Title: Academy Awards Database Provider: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Subject Heading/s: Motion pictures. LC Class: PN1995 Reference Category: Histories Description: "The Academy Awards Database contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees. The database is searchable by nominee name; film title; song title; award category or year, alone or in combination; and results can be sorted, displayed and printed in multiple ways."

Title: Academy of American Poets Provider: Academy of American Poets Subject Heading/s: Poets--Biography; Poems. LC Class: PN834 Reference Category: Bio-bibliographies Description: Biographical information, for over 500 poets, many of whom are not American, with some of their poems. Includes links to poems, essays and interviews and "a National Poetry Almanac that provided 365 days' worth of poetry highlights, activities, ideas, and history for individual exploration and classroom use." Updated 6/24/05

Title: Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts Provider: Infomotions Subject Heading/s: Literature--Collections. LC Class: PN6010 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: The text of over 125 authors (many classics) is collected here and convertible to a number of formats, including pdf.

Title: Arts & Entertainment Provider: Information Please Subject Heading/s: Performing arts--United States; Broadcasting--United States--Periodicals.; Music--United States; Publishers and publishing--United States. LC Class: PN1560 Reference Category: Almanacs Description: This InfoPlease almanac contains sections for Movies, TV & Radio, Entertainment People, Art, Music, Awards, Computers & Internet, Performing Arts, etc.

Title: Awards and Best-of-the-Year Lists Provider: Cooperative Children's Book Center Subject Heading/s: Literary prizes; Children's literature. LC Class: PN1008.2 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: "Here you will find direct links to lists of annual awards and distinctions. Whenever possible, we have tried to link directly to the official page created by the sponsoring organization. To search by subject, author, title or grade level try the Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature."

Title: [Barlett's] Familiar Quotations Provider: Bartleby.com Subject Heading/s: Quotations. LC Class: PN6080 Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: The 9th edition of this standard work was published in 1999. Indexed by author both alphabetically and chronologically. Unfortunately, it has no subject index other than that which searches all Bartlbey references.

Title: British Journalism: 1700-1945 Provider: Spartacus Educational Subject Heading/s: Journalism--Great Britain; Cartoonists--Great Britain. LC Class: PN4700 Reference Category: Bio-bibliographies Description: An interactive biographical dictionary of over 100 British journalists , cartoonists, illustrators, and artists. Brief information is also given for over 60 newspapers and periodicals.

Title: Cambridge History of English and American Literature Provider: Bartleby.com Subject Heading/s: American literature--History and criticism; English literature--History and criticism. LC Class: PN441 Reference Category: Histories Description: The 1st eds. of the Cambridge History of English Literature and the Cambridge History of American Literature. Valuable history and criticism prior to the twentieth century.

Title: Children's Literature Index Provider: University of Calgary Subject Heading/s: Children's literature; Lesson planning; Teaching--Aids and devices. LC Class: PN1008.2 Reference Category: Indexes Description: "The Doucette Library's Children's Literrature Index provides access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books."

Title: Children's Picture Book Database Provider: University of Miami Libraries Subject Heading/s: Picture books LC Class: PN Reference Category: Databases Description: Created by the University of Miami Libraries, the Children's Picture Book Database indexes over 4,000 picture books for the design of literature-based thematic units for all disciplines.

Title: Classic Reader Provider: Classic Reader Subject Heading/s: English literature; American literature; Short stories. LC Class: PN6010 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: "All books published on the Classic Reader website are out-of-copyright, meaning their copyright protection has expired. This means you won't find the latest Stephen King, Tom Clancy, etc. You will find classic literary works from the start of the 20th century and previous centuries, from authors like Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, William Shakespeare and more." A collection of over 600 books and 900 short stories in the public domain with biographies and portraits of the more famous authors. Ever want to read War and Peace on a computer screen?

Title: CMU Poetry Index of Canonical Verse Provider: eserver Subject Heading/s: Poetry--Collections. LC Class: PN1010 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: The E[nglish] Server (Washington University) contains the texts of famous poets from Homer and Sappho to Housman and Angelou. The index was created at Carnegie-Mellon University.

Title: Columbia World of Quotations Provider: Bartleby.com Subject Heading/s: Quotations. LC Class: PN6080 Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: "The 65,000 essential quotations that constitute this authoritative collection represent the research of 154 experts. Entries from more than 5,000 authors and speakers are multiply classified into 6,500 subjects." Web version of the same title published 1996 by Columbia University Press.

Title: Crime Fiction Canada Provider: Brock University Subject Heading/s: Crime--Fiction LC Class: PN3377.5 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: "The web site and its ongoing development and maintenance represent the establishment of a bibliographic tool that is essential to the study of this particular genre. We are particularly interested in encompassing through our work all forms of critical materials related to Canadian crime/mystery/detective narratives as produced in a variety of media, from print to film and television." This site specializes in Canadian crime fiction, but lists works of criticism to the genre generally.

Title: Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature Provider: Lisa R. Bartle Subject Heading/s: Childrens literature--bibliography LC Class: PN1009 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: Indexes some 6,000 English-language award-winning children's books from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland. Profiles the 73 awards identified for inclusion. Added 10/24/06

Title: David's Glossary of Theatre Terms Provider: Dramatic Online Subject Heading/s: Theater. LC Class: PN2000 Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: The online version of the 1992 book by David Eedle. Some terms specific to Australian theater.

Title: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Provider: Bartleby.com Subject Heading/s: English language--Terms and phrases; Literature; Mythology; Allusions. LC Class: PN43 Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable comprises over 18,000 entries that reveal the etymologies, trace the origins and otherwise catalog 'words with a tale to tell.'" Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell. To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature. New ed., rev., corr., and enl. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1898. E. Cobham Brewer's new and enlarged edition of 1898 is now searchable by key words. Last Viewed 5/5/04

Title: DocumentaryFilms.net Provider: DocumentaryFilms.Net Subject Heading/s: Documentary films LC Class: PN1995.5 Reference Category: Reviews Description: Provides news about and reviews of documentary and independent films as well as links to official film sites, an index to interviews, information about film schools and festivals and resources for locating hard-to-find films. Added 11/18/05

Title: Douglass Archives Provider: Douglass Archives Subject Heading/s: Speeches, addresses, etc., American. LC Class: PN6121 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: The Douglass Archives of American Public Address from Northwestern University contains the text of speeches and documents of historical significance from 1645 to the present.

Title: Editorials/Opinions Provider: RefDesk.com Subject Heading/s: Editorials--United States. LC Class: PN4784 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: RefDesk.com links to editorials, opinions, and gossip from over 100 U.S. newspapers and other sources. No revision date is given.

Title: Encyclopedia of Television Provider: Museum of Broadcast Communications Subject Heading/s: Television programs. LC Class: PN1992 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: "The Encyclopedia of Television includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal. It also includes histories of major television networks as well as broadcasting systems around the world and is complemented by resource materials, photos and bibliographical information. To prepare the Encyclopedia, the MBC chose Dr. Horace Newcomb, Heyne Professor of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin as curator and editor. Professor Newcomb, one of the first scholars to examine the content and history of television...assembled an advisory committee [to reduce] the vast array of possible "television topics" to around 1,000. An early decision was made to focus the majority of the work on major English-speaking, television producing countries, and for that reason the bulk of the material presented here deals with television programs, people, and topics drawn from the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia.

Title: Glossary of Literary Terms Provider: Gale Subject Heading/s: Literature. LC Class: PN45 Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: A comprehensive interactive dictionary of terms used in literary criticism and history.

Title: Glossary of Poetic Terms Provider: Bob's Byway Subject Heading/s: Poetry. LC Class: PN1010 Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: An interactive glossary with links to and from the text of poems that illustrate poetic terms.

Title: Great Books Provider: Access Foundation Subject Heading/s: Literature--Collections LC Class: PN6010 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: " . . . a list compiled by ACCESS FOUNDATION from a variety of sources, and based most notably from the one developed for the Great Books collection of the Encyclopaedia Britannica by Robert M. Hutchins, Mortimer J. Adler, and Mark Van Doren." Links are arranged chronologically, from Hammurabi to Annie Dillard.

Title: Internet Broadway Database Provider: League of American Theatres and Producers Subject Heading/s: Theater--United States. LC Class: PN2000 Reference Category: Almanacs Description: "IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics. Get a list of every production of Hamlet on Broadway or a list of your favorite actor's credits. Find out what played at a particular theatre or what shows opened in a specified Broadway season."

Title: Internet Movie Database Provider: Internet Movie Database Subject Heading/s: Motion pictures; Motion pictures--Reviews; Television broadcasting. LC Class: PN1995 Reference Category: Databases Description: Search this interactive database by movie or TV title, cast or crew name, character name, etc. Links to reviews, a few of them published in print sources.

Title: Literaryhistory.com Provider: Literaryhistory.com Subject Heading/s: British Literature--History and criticism; American Literature--History and criticism. LC Class: PN441 Reference Category: Indexes Description: "Literaryhistory.com is an index to free internet articles on topics in English and American literature. It is designed to be convenient and useful for students, scholars, writers, teachers, reading groups, and general readers. All links lead directly to articles, and articles must meet basic academic standards to be included. Literaryhistory.com is edited by Jan Pridmore and has been online since 1998."

Title: Literary Index Provider: Gale Group Subject Heading/s: Literature--History and criticism; Authors; Literature--Bio-bibliography. LC Class: PN451 Reference Category: Indexes Description: An index to books containing literary biography and criticism, many of which are in most college reference collections.

Title: LitLinks Provider: Bedford/St. Martin's Subject Heading/s: American literature--History and criticism; English literature--History and criticism; Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.; Criticism--History. LC Class: PN80 Reference Category: Bio-bibliographies Description: "LitLinks, created by Bedford/St. Martin's, provides clear, concise annotations and links to over 500 professionally maintained literature sites." The site is divided into five major genre, Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Drama, and Critical Theory. Within each are selected authors, most ly American or British; each author page has links to other sites followed by a brief biography.

Title: Movie Review Query Engine Provider: Movie Review Query Engine Subject Heading/s: Motion pictures--Reviews. LC Class: PN1995 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: Links to reviews in over 250 sources, including cinema periodicals, newspapers, and ezines.

Title: Movies Provider: New York Times Subject Heading/s: Motion pictures; Motion pictures--Reviews; Motion picture actors and actresses. LC Class: PN1995 Reference Category: Reviews Description: Movie reviews, some dating back to 1929, may be searched by title. Biographies information and filmographies are supplied by the All Movie guide.

Title: NewsDirectory.com Provider: NewsDirectory.com Subject Heading/s: Newspapers; Peridicals; Broadcasting--United States LC Class: PN Reference Category: Directories Description: A searchable directory of over 17,000 links to English language magazines and newspapers worldwide, and U.S. television.

Title: Newspaper Links Provider: Newspaper Association of America (NAA) Subject Heading/s: American newspapers; Canadian newspapers. LC Class: PN4700 Reference Category: Directories Description: "Newspaperlinks.com provides links to U.S. daily and weekly newspaper home pages and sections, Canadian and international daily newspapers, newspaper groups, associations and other media organizations."

Title: OnlineNewspapers.com Provider: OnlineNewspapers.com Subject Heading/s: Newspapers. LC Class: PN4700 Reference Category: Directories Description: A directory of over 10,000 links to newspapers worldwide; U.S. papers are arranged both by one alphabet and by state.

Title: Paradigm Online Writing Assistant Provider: Paradigm Online Writing Assistant Subject Heading/s: Authorship; Writing. LC Class: PN101 Reference Category: Handbooks Description: "Paradigm is intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced. Chuck Guilford [the author] has thirty years of experience teaching a variety of university level writing courses. He holds a Ph.D. in English and is presently an associate professor of English at Boise State University, where he teaches composition, creative writing, and literature." Last Revised: 07/11/2003

Title: Performing Arts Encyclopedia Provider: Library of Congress Subject Heading/s: Performing arts--United States; Performing arts--Bibliography LC Class: PN1584 Reference Category: Bio-bibliographies Description: "The Performing Arts Encyclopedia serves as a guide to the collections and resources at the Library of Congress that pertain to music, theater, and dance. . . Each collection or resource has a descriptive summary and additional information when available. If the collection has been digitized or is available online, a link to it will be provided." Added 5/3/07

Title: Plagiarism Provider: Sharon Stoerger Subject Heading/s: Plagiarism. LC Class: PN167 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: Annotated links to articles about plagiarism, with additional information in these categories: Copyright & Intellectual Freedom, For Instructors, For Students, Plagiarism Case Studies, Plagiarism Detection Tools, Term Paper Sites--Examples, Additional Plagiarism Resources, and Additional Ethics Resources.

Title: Poetess Archive Provider: Miami University (Oxford Ohio) Subject Heading/s: Poetry; Poetry--History and Criticism LC Class: PN1111 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: "A bibliography of over 4,000 entries for works by and about writers working in and against the “poetess tradition,” the extraordinarily popular, but much criticized, flowery poetry written in Britain and America between 1750 and 1900." Added 4/27/07

Title: Poet's Corner - Timeline Provider: Gale Subject Heading/s: Poetry LC Class: PN1010 Reference Category: Chronologies Description: Events in the history of poetry are linked to the text of some poems and to over 30 biographies of both contemporary poets and poets of previous centuries.

Title: Proverb Resources Provider: CogWeb Subject Heading/s: Proverbs. LC Class: PN6400 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: Links to over 30 collections of proverbs from various languages, several of which are on the CogWeb site.

Title: Representative Poetry Online Provider: University of Toronto Libraries Subject Heading/s: Poetry; Poets. LC Class: PN1010 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: "Representative Poetry Online, version 3.0, includes about 2,900 English poems by over 400 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work of living poets today. It is based on Representative Poetry, established by Professor W. J. Alexander of University College, University of Toronto, in 1912 . . . . Since 1994, the editor has newly prepared several hundred poets not in the original printed editions and added them to the online version. The "what's new" file gives details of these additions. Version 3.0 also offers six indexes (title, first-line, poets, timeline, calendar of year's days, glossary, and the poets' works by date of birth), a bibliography, and a search engine . . . ."

Title: Rotten Tomatoes Provider: Rotten Tomatoes Subject Heading/s: Motion pictures--Reviews. LC Class: PN1995 Reference Category: Almanacs Description: Despite its title, Rotten Tomatoes has information on good films as well as bad. The main features are: "The movie database includes more than 87,000 titles. We've also been hard at work with MRQE to bring you more than 200,000 reviews. The Tomato Picker an interactive movie title browser that allows users to browse through the 86,000 titles on our database by Genre, Tomatometer, MPAA Rating, Era & Decade, and Year. Critic pages with a critic's review history. You can access these pages by clicking on a critics name on the reviews page. Ability to sort reviews by Rating, Quote, Source, or Author. Actor and Actress filmographies, with their average Tomatometer rating and awards history."

Title: Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database Provider: Texas A&M Subject Heading/s: Science fiction--History and criticism; Fantasy fiction--History and criticism. LC Class: PN3433 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: Citations to articles, books, news reports, obituaries, motion picture reviews, and other materials about science fiction and fantasy based upon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index; 1878-. Automatic truncation.

Title: TV Acres Provider: TV Acres Subject Heading/s: Television broadcasting--United States. LC Class: PN1992 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: " . . . an easy-to-use, on-line subject guide that quickly finds information about the characters, places and things that appeared o television programs broadcast from the 1940s to the present (during prime time and Saturday mornings)." Use the Search feature to find information on actors or charactors.