English Resources

Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature
"Covers world authors from many periods and genres, building an understanding of the various contexts -- from the biographical to the literary to the historical -- in which literature can be viewed. Identifies the significant literary devices and global themes that define a writer's style and place the author in a larger literary tradition as chronicled and evaluated by critics over time."

Litfinder for Schools
"...delivers up to a million examples of full-text, indexed and excerpted literature — along with thousands of biographies, explanations, overviews and images to enhance understanding."

High School Ace
“High School Ace is a web directory of the best free educational resources for high school students. It features academic subject guides, reference tools, games, puzzles, quizzes, and college information. The English resource page has links to poetry, vocabulary, grammar, writing and research guides.”

The Owl at Purdue
“The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and provides these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue.”

LEO: Literacy Education Online
Created by faculty at St. Cloud State University, LEO provides detailed advice for high school and college students interested in improving their writing. Citations, grammar rules, and organization of ideas are just a few of the topics presented.

EasyBib
Website that helps to automatically format citations according to the 6th ed. of MLA, 5th ed. of APA, and 15th ed. of Chicago (7th ed. Turabian)

EasyBib Reference
Reference material for APA and MLA style bibliographies, links that explain how to create the major types of citations that are used for work cited lists, a description of the source, the structure of formatting, and some helpful examples.

Turnitin
Turnitin allows students and instructors to check students' work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against continuously updated databases. Every Originality Report provides instructors with the opportunity to teach their students proper citation methods as well as to safeguard their students' academic integrity.

Poets.org From the Academy of American Poets
“The Academy is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. Poets.org is one of several programs presented by the Academy of American Poets.”?

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
“Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, Grammar Girl makes complex grammar questions simple with memory tricks to help you recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules.”

Shakespeare Searched
“Shakespeare Searched is a search engine designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. We cluster search results by topic, work, and character to make it easy to find exactly what you're looking for. From something as simple as identifying the speaker of a particular quote to discovering underlying thematic elements across works, Shakespeare Searched has you covered.”
This website is not a replacement for a copy of the text. It provides no analysis or footnotes. It is meant to supplement a traditional reading of a work.