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UT English Department


Contact Information:

Lindsey Schell
English Literature Bibliographer

PCL 3.317
(512) 495-4119

Web Resources for English Literature

Web resources can change quickly and are of varying quality; be discriminating in your choice of information sources. Please do remember that many of the best resources for literary research are still available only in print--check with the English Literature Bibliographer or with any reference librarian if you're having trouble finding the information you need.

 

Comprehensive Literature Sites

The English Server (opens to new window) Primary works and critical analysis for the humanities, also serves as alternative to corporate publishing.

Humble Humanities Hub (opens to new window) Hosted by Oxford University, provides annotated links to scholarly web resources.

MIT Literature Guide (opens to new window) Annotated links to scholarly literary Web sites.

Voice of the Shuttle (opens to new window) Considered by many to be THE Internet resource for literature, it contains genre and era specific listings.

 

Austin Book Scene

BookPeople (opens to new window) Austin's largest independent book store.

Book Woman (opens to new window) Austin's only feminist book store.

Resistencia Books (opens to a new window) Austin's grassroots political activism bookstore.

Texas Book Festival (opens to new window) Held Each year in November at the state capitol.

University Co-op Bookstore (opens to new window) The one, the only.

Writers' League of Texas (opens to new window) Professional non-profit support group for writers.

 

Diversions

Forbidden Library (opens to new window) Banned and challenged books.

Shakespearian Insulter (opens to new window) Revolving and mostly humorous jabs from the Bard.

Word A Day (opens to new window) Improve your vocabulary, one esoteric word at a time.