English

Useful Links

English Links:  Useful Pages for Students in English and the Humanities

• Composition Corner
• Writing Essays for Literature Classes
• Faculty Profiles
• Faculty Resources (including links to suggestions for English 103 and 104)
• Revised Critical Thinking Page for English Dept.

Dictionaries, Translators, and Quotations

• Dictionaries on the Web: An extraordinary collection of English and foreign dictionaries. Includes a translation function.
• Babelfish: A page where you can get loose translations from a number of languages.
• Webster's Dictionary
• Dictionary of Symbolism
• Bartlett's Quotations
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Encyclopedias

• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: All 18 volumes.
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Libraries Online

• Viterbo University's Library
• Library of Congress
• British Library
• UW-Madison Library

Online Writing Guides

• Strunk and White: The most famous (and well-written) handbook.
• Grammar Guide: From Capital Community Technical College. A complete handbook online.
• UW-Madison Writing Guide: An excellent collection of pages devoted to academic writing, with lucid explanations and illustrations.
• Online MLA Stylesheet: From Columbia University. Not as complete as the MLA's book.
• Avoiding Plagiarism: From Hamilton College, a clear description of plagiarism and how to avoid it.
• Writing about Poetry: Also from Hamilton College. A good supplement to Viterbo's own guide on the page linked above.

Literary Criticism and Books Online

• Online Literary Criticism Collection: A place to look for online criticism. Searchable by title and author. From the Internet Public Library.
• Literary sources on the Web: This is an excellent page to find useful literary Web pages - from syllabi to general overviews on literary periods to pages on individual works and authors.
• The Gutenberg Project: The most comprehensive list of books online. Search for books online. The number of books you can find is pretty amazing.
• Heath Guide to the Study of American Literature: This contains some reliable basic information on a large number of American authors and works. It will be especially useful to future high school teachers because it provides excellent teaching advice.

Useful Historical Information

• Biographies: A very extensive list of biographies. Not a lot of information on each person.
• Biography Page: Good for political figures.
• History: The History Channel supports a useful site to get answers to general history questions.
• Historical Currency Conversions: The relative price of things in the U.S. and Great Britain and other financial matters. 

Art

• Web Museum: including bios of artists and reproductions.

Careers in English

• From Rutgers' Career Services Office