American Verse Project - A searchable electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. The website is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press.

Bartleby.com - A wonderful all-around reference tool.

Bohemian Ink - A website index for those writers outside mainstream literature.

BookNotes

CliffsNotes - CliffsNotes are free to read, $6 to copy.

Pink Monkey - Pink Monkey Notes are free to read, $6+ to copy.

Spark Notes - Spark Notes are free to read and require free registration to copy.

Internet Classics Archive - Text and commentary to Greek and Roman (some Chinese and Persian) classic authors.

Luminarium - Links to Medieval, Renaissance and seventeenth-century English literature.

Michigan Authors and Ilustrators - Authors and illustrators who were either born in Michigan, lived in Michigan or have works about or set in Michigan.

Poets.org - The award-winning website of the Academy of American Poets. Contains essays on poetry, biographies of more than 450 poets, text of more than 1400 peoms, and Real Audio of one hundred poems read by either their authors or other poets.

A Celebration of Women Writers - A celebration of women writers throughout history.

Complete Review - A selectively comprehensive, objectively opinionated survey of books old and new, trying to meet all your book review, preview, and information needs.

Compiled by Liz Lauder