The American Literature Archive

	The American Literature Archive Authors \| Courses \| Criticism \| Gallery \| Links \| Periods \| Works LINKS to GENERAL SITES and RESOURCES Academic Info. Self-described as "a directory of Internet resources tailored to a college or advanced high school audience. Each subject guide is an annotated listing of the best general Internet sites in the field, as well as a gateway to more advanced research tools. On each page you may find links to online publications, language and study aids, reference materials, databases, archives, virtual libraries, tutorials, as well as other educational materials." Not as expansive as HUMBUL or Voice of the Shuttle, but some interesting listings, including "African American History," "Buddhist Studies," and "Rock Art." American Literature on the Web. An extensive site of links maintained by Akihito Ishikawa, Professor of English at Nagasaki College of Foreign Languages in Japan. Includes Timelines, Authors, Related Resources, Music & Visual Arts, and Social Contexts. American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library. A project affiliated with The Library of Congress, American Memory has over 80 digitized collections available on line. Organized to facilitate searches by common themes as well as by key words, the collections range from African American pamphlets from 1818-1907, the Lincoln papers, baseball cards, films, and documents from the Women's Suffrage movement. American Studies Electronic Crossroads. A comprehensive site, sponsored by the American Studies Association. Includes links to the American Studies Web, American Studies@UVa Yellow Pages, and T-AMLIT (Teaching American Literature) Archives. American Studies@UVa Yellow Pages. An extensive and useful series of listings, organized by Ethnicity, Gender, Literature, Philosophy / Religion, Popular Culture, Regional Studies, Social Sciences, and Science / Technology. Diversity Database. At the University of Maryland, this archive contains "a comprehensive index of multicultural and diversity resources." Includes useful resources pertaining to cultural diversity and multiculturalism; diversity plans, statements, and initiatives of institutions in the country; definitions of words, phrases, and policy relating to multicultural and diversity issues; and directories on Age, Class, Disability, Gender, National Origin, Race and Ethnicity, Religion and Sexual Orientation The English Server. One of the original resources for English Studies at Carnegie Mellon; contains a wide variety of resources, articles on line, and links. Includes over 20,000 works on issues such as Feminism, Gender and Sexuality, Race, 18th Century Studies, Music, Audio and Video Recordings of scholarly presentations, Cultronix -- a journal of contemporary art and cultural theory, Cultural Logic -- an electronic journal of marxist theory and practice, a large selection of readings in cultural studies and critical theory, and a comprehensive list of links to journals and newspapers. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. A site designed both to supplement and to complement The Heath Anthology. Contains a particularly good set of Reader Resources, organized chronologically by author, time period, and thematic connection. The HUMBUL Gateway. Originally the HUManities BULletin board at Bath and Leicester Universities, this site has expanded into a dynamically searchable database at Oxford University. It includes a large series of listings for Literature, History, Film, Drama, and Media Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and the Visual Arts. The Library of America: Features. An interesting collection of roundtable discussions, photographic exhibits, and author sites from the publisher whose mission is "to preserve the nation's cultural heritage by publishing America's best and most significant writing in authoritative editions is as strong as ever. Newsweek called [the Library of America], 'the most important book-publishing project in our nation's history.'" Literature Resources (MIT). A useful, well-designed general site from the folks at MIT. Not extensive, but interesting sets of links organized by time period and author. Making of America. The Making of America collection is "comprised of the digitized pages of books and journals. This system allows you to view scanned images of the actual pages of the 19th century texts. A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, the collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. The project represents a major collaborative endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts." There are "branches" of the MOA project at Cornell and at Michigan. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. A site designed both to supplement and to complement The Norton Anthology. Organized by Periods (with a useful chronolgy of "contexts" alongside an historical listing of texts and authors), Authors, Topics, and "Explorations" -- a means of "exploring" an author through study questions and annotated links. O'Conner's American Literature Online. A useful site of links, arranged by period and area of interest. Maintained by Michael O'Conner, formerly of the University of Missouri. The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. Includes historical maps of the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Texas and the US; a site that archives map images on the web at the WWW Virtual Library at the Institute of Historical Research, London; and an archive of historical map web sites at UT. Resources for English And American Literature: UT-Austin General Libraries. An enormously helpful site, put together by Sara Seten Berghausen, Assistant for Collections and Administrative Programs and English Literature Bibliographer at PCL. This site organizes resources for English Studies both at PCL and the web. Headings include: Catalogues, Indexes, Reference Works, Electronic Books, Electronic Journals, Web Sites, Campus Resources, and Library Research Guides. The Voice of the Shuttle. Arguably the most comprehensive humanities site on the web. A great source for sites on all aspects of American Literature, Art and Art History, Cultural Studies, Cyberculture, History, Literary Theory, Minority Studies, Philosophy, Photography, Media Studies, Religious Studies, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, and Queer Theory. www.theory.org.uk--the media theory site. A popular new website of resources and reviews, covering media / cultural studies / gender / sexuality / identity / Adorno / Gramsci / and Butler. Authors \| Courses \| Criticism \| Gallery \| Links \| Periods \| Works Please e-mail me to let me know if any links are broken.