English Language & Literature: 1. English Literature and English, Rhetoric & Professional Writing

"The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy. "

"The Canada Council for the Arts, reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, is a national arm's-length agency which fosters the development of the arts in Canada through grants, services and awards to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations, as well as administering scholarly awards, and having under its aegis the Public Lending Right Commission and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO."

Founded in 1921, the CAA is Canada's national writing organization. It has played a key role in the support and development of the Canadian writing community. The CAA also provides a Writing Links Index which contains links for various writing resources.

An education, research and information centre based at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.

"A national not-for-profit organization and registered charity, the Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) was founded in 1976 to promote, support and encourage the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens."

From Library and Archives Canada, this links to a part of the subject guide which highlights resources relevant to Literature, Authorship & Professional Writing in Canada.

From Library and Archives Canada, the Research and Reference Services "provides a comprehensive range of services" by using its collections and staff specialists.

"The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing."

From the University of Toronto, "the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies (CRRS) is a research and teaching centre with a library devoted to the study of the period from approximately 1350 to 1700."

Sponsored by the College Writing Programs, University of California (Berkeley), CHORUS is an international "meta-resource" exploring and supporting the use of new media in the Arts and Humanities.

Crossroads is an international networking and curriculum innovation project of the American Studies Association with sponsorship from Georgetown University. American Studies Web is a topical database of over 2,000 web-based resources. The site supports keyword searches and browsing within "categories" established by the editors of this project.

One of several rich websites for literary research, created and managed by George P. Landow, Professor of English and Art History, Brown University.

Folger is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare works, as well as magnificent collections of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines. Included in the collection are over 310,000 books and manuscripts; 250,000 playbills; 27,000 paintings, drawings, engravings and prints; and musical instruments, costumes and films. HAMNET is the online catalog of The Folger Shakespeare Library.

From Michigan State University, "H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web".

Developed by a team of historians, literary scholars, librarians, and information specialists, this research project seeks to “establish a research model for Canadian book history which is broadly based in cultural, literary, social, and economic studies . . . promote the use of Canada’s recorded heritage” and “. . .to represent Canadian book history to the international book history community.”

A comprehensive guide to resources maintained by the Centre for Humanities Computing (CHC) based at Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS).

A site devoted to researching and thinking about hypertext fiction.

"iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources."

"The Internet Shakespeare Editions (ISE) is a non-profit corporation, created by letters patent of the Federal Government of Canada. It is affiliated with the University of Victoria both through its academic structure and through the support of the Innovation Development Corporation (IDC), the developmental arm of the University."

"The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world."

"The League of Canadian Poets, a non-profit arts service organization, is the national association of professional publishing and performing poets in Canada. Its purpose is to enhance the status of poets and nurture a professional poetic community to facilitate the teaching of Canadian poetry at all levels of education and to develop the audience for poetry by encouraging publication, performance and recognition of Canadian poetry nationally and internationally."

This is an extensive catalog of literary sites on the Internet, which is maintained by Jack Lynch, Assistant Professor in the English Department of the Newark Campus of Rutgers University. The catalog features a keyword search interface.

Maintained by Lisa Mitten and is the home of the American Indian Library Association Web Page.