Resources for Academic Investigations
a collection of links to get you started...
Literature
General
The English Server has scholarly articles, sources, and texts to get you started on just about any project in the humanities.
Medieval
The Labyrinth is probably your best bet for finding medieval texts and information. Aside from literature, they cover art, history, archeology, music, and a plethora of other sujects related to the middle ages. Also has a wonderful medieval Latin section.
The Luminarium's section on Medieval lit has essays, author profiles, and historical background to make your life easier.
Try Women Writers of the Middle Ages for specific information.
Saxo Grammaticus is a searchable online dictionary of medieval Latin.
Shakespeare and the Renaissance
The Luminarium's Renaissance section provides information on a number of authors.
Their 17th Century page is also very helpful and beautifully done.
Try Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet for information on the Bard and his day.
Webspeare, while geared for the high school student, still has some interesting information and helpful study guides.
Romanticism
Romantic Circles is devoted to providing information on the Canon Romantic writers and their historical context.
Romantic Movements ties the development of Romantic literature to geography.
The Voice of the Shuttle's Romanticism section is an excellent starting point for searches and general information.
Victorian
Brown University's Victorian Web has good information on a variety of authors and issues within the Victorian era, including literature, religion, and the visual arts.
The Victorian Women Writer's Project specializes in bringing to light the facts behind many outstanding Victorian writers who happen to be female.
The Victorian Canon investigates the problem of aesthetics in the Victorian Canon and in the question of the Academic Canon in general.
Modern and Contemporary
The Voice of the Shuttle provides a good starting section for Modernist literature, both English and American.
Brown University maintains an Index of Web Sites on Modernism that is a good place to find out where to go on your specific topic.
The University of Pennsylvania maintains a wonderful listing of resources, including online syllabi, classroom resources, and essays.
Calls for Papers
U Penn's archive has a very comprehensive CFP listing for all periods of literature, including special studies.
Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies page has Calls for Papers and Conference Announcements.
Irish Studies
My Irish literature page has sections on major figures from the modern and contemporary periods, including Louis MacNeice and Eavan Boland.
The Irish section of the Luminarium is a great place to start for information on myth, literature, music, etc.
As daunting as Joyce can seem, Ulysses for Dummies will make it easier.
Information on medieval Irish poetry can be found at Medieval Irish Poetry.
CELT's corpus should get you started with medieval Irish texts.
Feminist Studies
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World provides information on women in the classical period.
The Feminism section of the English server is a collection of links presenting information on all aspects of feminism, from literature to health issues.
A Celebration of Women Writers has texts and information about women writers.
African-American Studies
Writing Black is a great resource for African-American lit.
The African-American literature page has many listings for poems, plays, and other dramas, as well as research assistance with everything from dissertations to film.
Also check out Frontlist's African-American Culture page for reviews and more.
Asian-American Studies
Try Spotlight on Asian Writers for beginning information on this subject.
The Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library has all kinds of sources on Asian and Asian-American studies, including literature and sociology.
The Asian-American Resources page will take you to a wide variety of pages and organizations that can provide support and information on your quest.
UCLA's Asian-American Studies Center has lots of useful and easy-to-find information.
Native American Studies
Karen Strom's Native American Sources on the Internet will get you started here.
The NativeLit-L homepage, the page for the mailing list, has archives, texts, and other resources for study.
Indigenous Peoples' Literature contains a wealth of information on Native writings, tales, and culture.
Jewish Studies
The Jewish American Literature Research Homepage will begin your investigation of Jewish literature.
Jewish on the WELL has a online projects, information, and a section of links.
Philosophy
Earlham Univesity's Guide to Philosophy on the Internet is an excellent compendium of all things philosophy. It will take you wherever you need to go.
The Philosophical Gourmet Report provides information on major programs in philosophy from a definate analytical perspective.
Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy has write-ups on major figures of philosophy and commentary on their major works.
The Primer for Existentialism has information on the movement in general, as well as key figures.
The Greek Philosophy Archive is a useful tool for studying major philosophers from the Classical world.
History
Medieval
The Labyrinth is again a wonderful place to start.
The Medieval Timeline Reference will help you get things into perspective.
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is an amazing collection of texts, articles, images, and more. There is a special section on hagiography.
Renaissance
The Renaissance Collection is a personal homepage dedicated to providing information and eyecandy related to this period.
The Virtual Renaissance is an interesting site dedicated to introducing students to the people and places of the Renaissance.
The Far East
The Internet East Asian History Sourcebook is one of the most comprehensive and easy-to-use sites available with information on literature, history, art, and more.
Lloyd's East Asian History Page provides a collection of links leading to information on specific areas of Asian history.
American
The Modern History Sourcebook The Modern History Sourcebook has articles, links, images, texts, and much more.
The HistoryNet is a great site created by the National Historical Society.
American Memory provides cultural and historical information.
The Classics
The Perseus Project is a searchable database devoted to the art, culture, literature, etc. of the ancient world.
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a beautifully designed page full of information on the ancient world.
The Internet Classics Archive by MIT has hundreds of classical texts online.
The University of Pennsylvania's Ancient Greek World Index provides detailed information from geography to biographies.
Bulfinch's Mythology is a hyperlinked online version of the classic mythology text.
The Ancient Roman History Timeline will help you orient yourself.
The Forum Romanum is dedicated to celebrating and explaining ancient Rome.
Archeology and Anthropology
The Ancient Life Center is a personal homepage providing an overview of anthropological and archeological matters.
The American Anthropological Association's homepage has wonderful information about current research and findings.
Archeological Adventure features articles, techniques, history, and interactive forums. Low and high graphics versions available.
The Wonders of Ancient Egypt provides a brief overview of some of the more famous Egyptian antiquities.
Online Syllabi and Study Guides
The World Lecture Hall provides online syllabi, class notes, etc. on a variety of subjects and grade levels. You might find some answers here, or another way to explain a difficult idea.
Try the Basic Guide to Essay Writing for help writing your next essay.
The Student Survival Guide will help you learn the ropes of higher education and find truly useful online resources. It includes a huge list of the author's "10 Tips for...", such as writing essays, the consequences of cheating, and more.
Current Events
Stay current with The Atlantic Monthly.
Visit the New York Times Online for up-to-date information and in-depth reporting.
CNN Interactive is updated frequently throughout the day.
Science and Technology
Chances are, if you are the average liberal arts student, you may be able to instincively find the correct web address for a poem or philosopher you are researching. Finding reliable scientific information may be a more daunting task. The following set of links should get you started on your way for a very general search. It's also good for you to research such things on your own from time to time. As you know, most authors are well read and educated, mentioning elusive scientific detail that you must understand to truly get all that you can out of the work in question. Besides, most of it is incredibly interesting. Some sources are cross-referenced.
General Sciences
Discover Magazine, that venerable source for popular science.
The Sciences Explorer has resources for scientific study, including online calculators and a periodic table.
The Why Files founded by the National Foundation for Science Education has all kinds of interesting and comprehensable information.
See what the government has to offer at the National Science Foundation page.
Life Sciences
Begin at the beginning with the Smithsonian's Paleobiology page.
Check out M.I.T.'s Biology Hypertextbook for information on biology, chemistry, and other life sciences.
The Diversity of Life webindex provides links and information on biodiversity.
The Online Biology Book is literally just that, easy to navigate, and has a huge glossary.
For a complete list of Taxa from Archaea to viruses, try The Web Lift to Taxa.
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
The Internet Pilot to Pysics (TIPTOP) is a fabulous place to begin your quest for scientific enlightenment. Look for the online Laboratory using Java and Shockwave.
The Astronomy Cafe explains things for the non-scientist, but does not insult your intelligence.
The Absolute Beginner's Astronomy Page is just that.
Mathmania's website provides games, online help, and more in order to make math, especially higher math, more comprehensible and interesting.
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