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Internet Resources
Here is online information about book awards, bestsellers, language, literacy, literary criticism, literature, philosophy, poetry, current news and general reference. This collection of online resources provides helpful links to humanities-related websites.
| Book awards | Literature |
| Booklists & Bestsellers | Newspapers |
| Language | Philosophy & Religion |
| Library Science | Poetry |
| Literacy | Reference |
| Literary criticism |
Book Awards
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Man Booker Prize
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Edgar Allan Poe
Awards
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National Book Awards
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National Book Critics Circle
- Nobel
Prize
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Poetry Society of America Awards
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Pulitzer Prize
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The Quill Awards
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Yale
Series of Younger Poets
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Booklists and Bestsellers
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The Booklist Center:
Booklists by category
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Essence Bestseller List
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New York
Times Bestseller List
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Oprah's Book Club
- Overbooked: "A website for ravenous
readers." Booklists and readers' advisory services.
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Readers’ Café: A Virtual Meeting Place for Books and Readers: Booklists
and readers' advisory services.
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Stop, You're Killing Me!:
"This site is a resource for lovers of mystery, intrigue and suspense books.
Stop! has hundreds of authors, with complete, chronological lists of their
books in this sub-genre." Indexed by authors and characters.
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USA
Today Best-Selling Books Database
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Who Reads What? Celebrity Reading
List
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Language
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World: "An encyclopedic reference work
cataloging all of the world's 6,912 known living languages."
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Evolution of Languages:
Exploratorium Magazine Online explores
the evolution of language.
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Foreign Languages for Travelers:
Offers useful phrases and expressions for travelers in over 80 languages.
- Foreignword.com: Links to online
dictionaries for over 73 languages.
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Yamada Language Guides:
"The definitive guide to language resources on the World Wide Web."
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Library Science
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Accredited Library and Information Science Programs from the American
Library Association
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AcqWeb: A gathering
place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions
and collection development.
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American Library Association
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American Society for Information Science
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Banned Books Week: Information on activities and programs for Banned
Books Week, steps to take if material is challenged in your area, and
100 of the most frequently challenged books.
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Become a Librarian:
Information on what librarians do, the types of libraries, and stories
from librarians.
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Booklist Online: Digital
counterpart to the American Library Association's print magazine
Booklist.
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Censorship Pages:
Information about the freedom of speech and of the press in reference to
the written word. These pages provide the resources needed to explore
how and why censorship happens not only in the United States, but all
around the world.
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Public Libraries of Europe: Listing of libraries in every European
country.
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Public
Library Locator: The Public Library Locator and the Public Library
Outlet Locator will help you find information about a public library or
library service outlet when you know some information about it. The
information in this locator comes from the NCES Public Libraries Survey.
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Sample Library
Policy Statements from the Ohio State Library: This policy list has
been compiled to assist Ohio public libraries in the development of
effective policies and practices.
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Literacy
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LIFT: Literacy Instruction for Texas: "The mission of Literacy
Instruction for Texas is to enhance lives and strengthen communities by
raising the adult literacy rate in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex."
Offers information about basic literacy instruction.
- Public Broadcasting System Literacy:
"Helps adults build the basic skills for lifelong learning."
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Texas Center for the
Book: Dallas Public Library celebrates books, reading, and libraries
throughout Texas.
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Texas Reading Initiative:
Offers information on the Texas Reading Initiative curriculum,
assessment, and rules.
- Verizon Literacy Network: Offers
information about the Center for Early Literacy Information, America's
Literacy Directory, the Verizon Literacy Campus, as well as literacy
news, events, and more.
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Literary Criticism
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Critical Reading: A Guide to Literary Criticism: Study guide
with suggestions for analyzing literature.
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Literary Index: Internet Resources in Literature: "Provides both
an overview and a review of Internet literary sources of interest to
scholars, students, and lovers of literature."
- LitLinks:
Provides links to literary criticism websites. Organized
alphabetically by author within five genres: fiction, essays, drama,
poetry, and critical theory.
- Online Literary Criticism
Collection: The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains
critical and biographical websites about authors and their works
that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and
literary period."
For information about finding
Literary Criticism sources within the library and online, please
also visit the Humanities division pathfinder: How
to Find Literary Criticism.
Literature
- African American Literature Book Club: Offers author profiles, book reviews, literary events and more, related to African American literature.
- Luminarium: Provides information about Medieval/Middle English literature (1350-1485), 16th Century Renaissance English literature (1485-1603), and Early 17th Century English literature (1603-1660).
- Authors by Region: Browse websites about authors, categorized by region.
Newspapers
- Internet Public Library: Newspapers: Online newspapers from around the world. Categorized by region and by title.
- Journalism.org: Research, Resources and Ideas to Improve Journalism: Offers research, reports, and tools for journalists.
- Newsbank: America's Newspapers: Includes Dallas Morning News archive and major regional newspapers from across the country.
- Dallas
Public Library Newspaper Holdings: Newspapers currently
available in the Humanities Division at the Central Library.
Philosophy & Religion
- Adherents.com: A growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.
- Bible Gateway: A free service for reading and researching scripture online, in all languages and translations. The website provides advanced searching capabilities based on keywords or scripture references.
- Catholic.net: Provides access to leading Catholic magazines and newspapers, papal encyclicals, Church documents, devotional services, and weekly updates.
- Christianity Today: Numerous resources and articles are listed to help individuals and church leaders with the Christian community.
- EpistemeLinks: Includes over 18,500 categorized links to philosophy resources on the Internet. Search by philosopher, time period, or topic.
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Online encyclopedia of philosophy, indexed alphabetically.
- Librarians' Index to the Internet: Religion and Philosophy Topics: Hundreds of links to various religious groups plus many philosophical and religious topics.
- Philosophy Pages: "Offers helpful information for students of the Western philosophical tradition." Includes dictionary of philosophical terms and names, a survey of the history of Western philosophy, a timeline for intellectual figures, and philosophical discussions, links, and study guide.
- Philosophy Research Base: Categorized by history, subject, and author. Includes text and online resources.
- Virtual Religion Index: "The virtual religion index is a tool for students with little time. It analyzes and highlights important content of religion-related websites to speed research. Hyperlinks are provided not only to homepages but to major directories and documents within."
Poetry
- American Verse Project: "an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920." Offers basic searches, proximity searches, Boolean searches, word index, and bibliographic searches.
- National Poetry Month: Offers poetry & quotations, collections, poetry awards, and more.
- Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress: Offers poetry news, events, webcasts, fellowships, archives, and more.
- Poetry Magazine: Includes submissions, contests, current poets, spoken poetry, and archives.
- Poetry 180: A poem a day for American high schools.
- Poets & Writers, Inc.: Poets & Writers Magazine offers essays, interviews with writers, articles with practical applications for writers, and information about literary grants, awards, deadlines, and prizewinners.
- Poets Laureate of the United States: Poet Laureate Timeline
Reference
- Bartleby.com: Provides access to online dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books, thesauri, quotations, and more.
- Bartlett’s Quotations: "A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature."
- Citation Style Guides: Citation style guides for MLA, Chicago, APA, and AAA.
- FedStats: "The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies."
- Internet Public Library: Maintains collection of links to informative websites, categorized by subject.
- Internet Public Library Reference: IPL's collection of links to reference sources.
- Librarians' Internet Index: Maintains collection of links to informative websites, categorized by subject.
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: Provides online dictionary, word of the day, word puzzles, and more.
- Quoteworld.org: Over 15,000 quotations and famous quotes.
- Voice of the Shuttle: Website for Humanities Research: Offers links to humanities resources, categorized by subject.
- World Factbook: Includes country profiles, rank order, flags of the world, and more; maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency.