The Internet as a Resource |
The Internet is a wonderful research tool by which to locate selections, as well as information about authors for documentation purposes. By all means, use this realm. A word of caution though: prose and poetry selections found only on the Internet and not published in print form are not considered to meet the category requirement of "published." Students locating material on the Internet may use it in contest only if they are also able to prove that it has been published in hard copy.
The Internet is also an easy way to locate required documentation for the categories.
Library of Congress Home Page
Dewey Decimal Classification
Booksinprint.com
Provides an advanced search for fiction and non-fiction.
The On-Line Books Page
Directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet.
On-Line Literary Resources
Collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature.
Bookwire
Includes original fiction, reviews, author interview and thousands of annotated links to book-related sites.
A Celebration of Women Writers
This site provides more in-debth biographical information about women writers and their books. The site is arranged A to Z by the authors last name and in some cases gives a full text version of some of the books or poems they have written. Most sites on the individual pages have pictures on the authors as well as the biography.
State-By State Sites for Notable Author
Caution: Read the content on these sites carefully. Research thoroughly. Not all authors listed on these state sites were actually born in the particular state that claims them.
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Try searching these on-line bookstores for information.
Amazon.com
BarnesandNoble.com
Borders
The New York Public Library Online
The New York Public Library also has an online bookstore on its site.
Books.com
A1books
The Association of American University Presses Online Catalog
This is a searchable site of Univeristy Press Catalogs (for example, The University of Texas Press)
Kingbooks.com
Library Resources
Contemporary Poets, Dramatists, Essayists, and Novelists of the South: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook, edited by Robert Bain and Joseph M. Flora
Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 248: Antebellum Writers in the South, (also known as the DLB series)
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