English

YALSA: young adult library services assocation

Extensive book lists, book award, and reader’s advisory assistance.

The Literature Network

Find full text books and poetry online as well as author biographies.

This site contains the full text of many, many books. There are a number of categories including literature, youth, history, social sciences, etc. Also Shakespeare, all 86 chapters of Middlemarch by George Eliot, U.S. census statistics back to 1680, classic books in other languages including Latin, autobiographies of famous historical figures and more!

Shakespeare Online

Play analysis.

Canadian Poetry Archive

Luminarium

Early English literature and criticism.

TeenReads.com

Book reviews of teen reads.

Metacritic.com

Reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, books, music, television and games.

Sparknotes

Free online study guides from Barnes & Noble.

IPL On-Line Literary Criticism

Critical and biographical information on authors and their works.

Anti-Study.com

Information on books. Find chapter-by-chapter summaries, plot analysis, character studies, quotes, themes and historical context for over 500 novels, plays and poems.

Internet Movie Database (IMDB)

A great starting place for movie and film details and reviews.

Essays

How to write an essay.

The Five-Paragraph Essay

More essay-writing help.

BibBuilder1.3

Free bibliography and citation maker.

A+ Research and Writing

…for High School and College Students.

On Line Resources for English

Handy links to literature, author, writing and media sites. This site courtesy of Waterloo-Oxford Secondary School, Baden, Ontario.

Reader’s Corner

Looking for the best sellers’ lists, recommended reading lists, weblinks for book lovers? Look no further!

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