Nov

10

Hahti Trust digital library

November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of research libraries (in the US) in digital form, preserving them securely to be accessed and used today, and in future generations.  Holdings include out of copyright materials covering all subject areas.

Nov

8

Penn University online resources

November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Links to online resources at Penn University.  This lists some of the major sources and indexes of free online texts, in all languages, both general and specialized.

Nov

2

Internet Archive

November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Online archive of books, moving images (films), audio and live music. “The Internet Archive, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.”

Oct

22

Literature Online: Author Biographies

October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The latest release of Literature Online sees the addition of 57 new or revised biographies, including biographies for Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Frank Kermode, Ted Olson, Sterling Plumpp, Mario Puzo, Sapphire, Susan Sontag and Alice Walker. Literature Online now contains over 4,500 biographies. Author biographies are specially commissioned for Literature Online, and give an authoritative and [...]