Etexts—Literature

Primary Literature |Literature Reference | Secondary Literature: Journal Articles & Electronic Journals | More Sources for Secondary Literature

For more resources, view the ODU Library's Literature Subject Guides.

Primary Literature Online

Collections of Literature by Multiple Authors:	Collected Works by a Single Author:
Drama & Poetry Collections*	The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Centenary Edition (University of Michigan)
Electronic Poetry Portal (Emory University)	The Jack London Online Collection (Sonoma State University Library)
The Harvard Classics & The Shelf of Fiction (see also the Index to Primary Authors)	The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Oxford, 1914)
The Modern English Collection (1500-present) (University of Virginia Library)	Editions & Adaptations of Shakespeare* (click here for information on the editions)
NetLibrary*	Open Source Shakespeare (1864 Globe Edition, with concordance)
Perseus - Greek & Roman Literature (in translation)	Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: A Multi-media Archive
Project Gutenberg†	William Butler Yeats Collection* (Autobiographies, Macmillan 1955)

Literature Reference Online

Start Here:	Additional Resources:
Oxford Reference Online - Literature*	OhioLINK Electronic Books Center* (strengths in mythology, folklore; click here for list of select e-books)
Cambridge History of English & American Literature	Greek Mythology Link
	Lexicons of Early Modern English (LEME)

Secondary Literature:
Journal Articles & Electronic Journals

Search for Journal Articles:	Search for E-Journals:
ODU Library English Language & Literature Databases*	OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Finder
	Project Muse (click here for a list of journals)
	InfoMine (under Subject Categories, select only EJournals)

Additional Resources for Secondary Literature

English Literature and Literary Periods:
Anglistik Guide to Scholarly Anglo-American Literature Resources on the Internet (Göttingen State & University Library)
Literary Resources on the Net: English & American Literature (J. Lynch, Associate Professor of English, Rutgers)
BUBL Link Catalogue of Internet Resources: Literature & Rhetoric
Literary History: Annotated Index to Articles about British & American Writers
Victorian Research Web: Scholarly Resources for Victorian Research
The Victorian Web

*Library databases restricted to ODU community.
†Project Gutenberg also links to Wikipedia, which is a resource that ODU Library Reference & Instruction Services does not recommend for academic use.

Page last updated: 14 January 2008
Author: Christina L. Bonner, Reference & Instruction Services Librarian