Art and Culture - This virtual encyclopedia of the arts is well organized and searchable. There is also an online magazine with articles on the arts and a worldwide arts event calendar. This site is best viewed using the Flash Player.

Artcyclopedia--view artists' works, searchable by artist's name, title of work, or museum name.

Artifact -- guide to quality Internet resources in the Arts and Creative Industries, searchable.

ArtNet - The Artworld Network

Artnetweb

Artsource--A thorough and well-organized index to art resources.

Bibliomania - Keyword search allows search through all or each of 5 categories or literature.

FineArt Forum--a comprehensive guide to art resources, with especially good links to online journals. A Magellan 4 Star Site.

International Center of Photography
 

Literary Arts WebRing - resources, links & tips.

Literary Calendar: An Almanac of Literary Information - Calendar of past literary events. Search by clicking on any day of the month and view notable events that happened on that day in history. Other key features include a search engine and links to relevant topics within each entry.

Literary Resources on the Net - "An incredibly comprehensive collection of Web sites related to literature & the humanities. Includes Syllabi and Other Course Materials for Literature Courses." Searchable.

Literary Timeline - With this handy search tool, users can look up "significant literary events" for each day of the year. For example, on January 1st, 1811, James Fenimore Cooper married Susan Augusta De Lancy. On the same day 139 years later, Eudora Welty's Short Stories was first published.

The Literary Menagerie - "...is a collection of the best of the best authorbased sites on the net. Includes mystery poem of the month."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Modern English Collection - History, Civil War, Best sellers 19001930

The New York Times Book Review - Over 50,000 book reviews back to 1980 from the famed New York Times Book Review are archived and searchable, plus special Web-only features. Registration required.

Perseus Digital Library - An evolving humanities digital library. Presently collects materials on classics/antiquity, Victorian London, natural philosopher Robert Boyle, the history of Tufts University, and part of the Library of Congress-sponsored American Memory collections.

PhotoArts

Pilot-Search.com - "Pilot-Search.com is a free online search engine - comprised strictly of literary links. Pilot includes over 10,000 searchable links. With over 250 categories Pilot covers Book Reviews, Interviews, individual writers like Tennessee Williams, Ghost Writing Services, e-Text, MFA Programs, Short Story Contests, and much more."

PoemHunter.com - A database of nearly 36,000 poems, modern and classic, that allows searching by poet name, poem title, and poem text. More than 5000 poets are included and the site allows poets to submit poems as well. This site does have a large number of pop-up ads.

ARCHITECTURAL IMAGES | ARTISTS | DIGITAL LIBRARY | E-JOURNALS
 GENERAL RESOURCES | INDEX TO ART RESOURCES | LINKS
REFERENCES | MAGAZINES | PHOTOGRAPHY

Illuminating the Renaissance - This site presents an interactive view of an epoch in Flemish illumination when some of the most stunning works of art of the Renaissance could be found within the pages of books.

The Collage Machine - The National Gallery of Art's NGAkids Art Zone Collage Machine is fun for children of all ages. This Shockwave interactive encourages compositional experimentation and an exploration of photomontage and collage techniques though a hands-on virtual art activity.

Ancient Arcade - Boost your knowledge of mythological figures with this game of gods and symbols. From the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Teachers can also check out the art-related resources at http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/

Strange Fruit - "This overview highlights some of the American songs and songwriters whose words and music served as catalysts for thought, action and even social change." Listen to songs and read lyrics at this thought-provoking companion Web site to the film by the same name. Brought to us by Independent Lens. You will need the free Real Player.

Musictheory.net - What are ties and dots and how in the world do these relate to music? Find out at this great Web site developed by a musician/college student. You will need the free Flash Player.

LACMA: Places - How can a place inspire and artist? What do artists communicate about places? Find out here!

Fritz Lang Motion Pictures - Movie director Fritz Lang shot 16mm film as he toured around the American Southwest between 1938 and 1953. View digital versions of these films at this site.

Roden Crater - Learn about James Turell's ambitious plans to transform a volcanic crater into large-scale art. Roden Crater is situated on the southwestern edge of the Painted Desert in northern Arizona

A Drum Lesson Database - The authors of this site call it, "the percussion resource for players and music educators." With over 400 great drum lessons on rhythms from around the world, it's easy to see why their claim is true!

Music of the Holocaust - This collection of songs written in Jewish ghettos, concentration camps and partisan outposts during the Nazi era demonstrates how music acted to preserve a sense of humanity for those living under inhumane conditions. The pages include audio files of the songs, links to further reading, photos, and in some cases, sheet music.

Heart and Soul: A Celebration of African American Music - Did you know that almost all popular American music contains elements of African American rhythms and culture? Find out more at this site!

Radio Science Orchestra - "Music inspired by the theremin and space phenomena" - including a Theremin lab with a virtual theremin and explanations of how the theremin creates sound.

Color Theory - You will learn lots about color at this fun online color workshop!

The Fantastic in Art and Fiction - Angels and demons, danse macabre, weird science, bestiary, the marvelous, the grotesque, possession and insanity, freaks, monsters, and prodigies! This beautiful browsable and searchable "visual resource for the study of the Fantastic or the supernatural in fiction and art," has them all.

Dia Center for the Arts: Artists' Projects for the Web - Here you will find lots of interesting, interactive Web art.

Wigged.net: Interactive Television - This Web-zine is for "audiences seeking innovative alternatives to traditional forms of entertainment." Visit this site to watch innovative short videos, animations, and more! You will need both the free RealPlayer and Flash Player to enjoy many of the features on this site.

What is a Print - What is a print? Find out at this great interactive multimedia exhibition. You will need the Flash Player.

The Glory of Chinese Printing - This site explores the ancient history of Chinese printing. There is a wealth of photos of ancient artifacts and texts that illustrate concepts and periods throughout history.

The Last Expression: Art from Auschwitz - This site explores the role of art to prisoners of Auschwitz. You can read about the artists' lives, view their work, and watch video interviews of surviving artists (you will need Windows Media Player for this). You can also read related articles and essays, and take a chilling virtual visit to Auschwitz (you will need the QuickTime Player 4 Plug-in for the tour).

Rhythm Web - Open your ears to the rhythms of the world! This site educates about world music with a focus on rhythm through audio clips, articles, and Web links. Check out "the woodshed" section. It hosts sound files, notations of basic rhythms, and articles that look at rhythm from many different perspectives. You can search this site by keyword or browse by world region or instrument.

Van Gogh at Etten: Sketches and Billboards - This ThinkQuest site features the life and work of Van Gogh, focusing on the time he lived in Etten. You can browse through the galleries to see his work and read about his life. You can also take an online art course.

The @rt room - Take yourself on an "art adventure!" At this site, you will find mind-expanding art activities, a gallery of children's artwork from around the world, and a list of Web links for art teachers.

The Textile Museum - Learn about a culture through the textiles its people create! You can view an online exhibit and browse through an illustrated "stitch glossary." Lesson plans for teachers are also available.
Cool Site: September 2000

Art and Culture - This virtual encyclopedia of the arts is well organized and searchable. There is also an online magazine with articles on the arts and a worldwide arts event calendar. This site is best viewed using the Flash Player.

The Art of Tibet - This gorgeous site has an amazing collection of the sacred art of the Himalayas. There are searchable indexes and exhibits along with detailed descriptions of the artwork. You will also find an audio glossary where you can hear Tibetan and Sanskrit names and terms pronounced. This site is best viewed using the free Flash Player.

The Violin - At this beautiful site you will learn everything from the history to the science of the violin. You can also listen to violin music written by famous composers.

Terri Windling's Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts - Endicott Studio is a monthly online journal featuring works by writers, painters, sculptors, photographers, and performance artists who produce contemporary art and literature that is rooted in folklore and myth. A visit to this site will help you uncover the magic and mystery that lie beneath the surface of our modern existence.

World Arts West: People Like Me Activities - This site is a good resource for teachers who want to incorporate performing arts and cultural appreciation into their curriculum. The basic exercises on this site help students explore these topics.

Essentials of Music - Learn about the major eras of classical music and the lives of classical composers. You can hear RealAudio clips of musical pieces and look up definitions of musical terms in a glossary.

I Hear America Singing - At this site you will "...learn about the composers, poets, writers, artists, ideas, and events that have shaped the American song saga." Check out the songbook that has RealAudio clips of selected songs.

Energy in the Air - Through this ThinkQuest Jr. site you can learn about every instrument in a classical orchestra and hear examples of each on audio clips specially selected to highlight each one. You can also try the suggested musical activities and quiz yourself after surfing to see how much you've learned.

The Experience Music Project - Watch this space! This site highlights an interactive music museum, which will open in year 2000 in Seattle WA, offering features on musicians old and new, games, and an on-line recording studio.

The Art of Japan - Gaze upon calligraphy, mosaics, tea gardens, castles, and more. This site has a rich combination of images and historical background on many of the traditional arts of Japan.

The Jazz Review - This site offers an excellent set of resources about jazz, including discussion areas, expert reviews, and more.

Drawing in One-point Perspective - How do artists draw things so they look three-dimensional? This site explains the principles of one-point perspective, and provides some hands-on activities to help you learn!

ArtSafari - The Museum of Modern Art in New York has created this nifty art activity for kids ages 5 to 12, in which kids get to explore and write about art.

Kinetosaurs - Check out the amazing animated dinosaur sculptures of artist John Payne. Explore the art and science of Kinetosaurs!

East Carolina University Glassblowing Services - Learn about the science and art of glassblowing! Though this site is rather rudimentary in its visual design, the information on glassblowing is clearly organized and fascinating.

Haring Kids - Making use of cutting-edge animation plug-ins like shockwave and flash, this site creates a colorful and compelling whirlwind of art, with beautiful images from artist Keith Haring.

BadArt.Com - What constitutes bad art? Is it in the eye of the beholder, or is there some other standard? Check out this site and decide for yourself. Whatever you decide, this is a visually impressive and provocative site.

WhiteBoard - At this site, you and other Web visitors can create art on a shared white space. Though it can be messy, this is a promising and entertaining experiment.

1200 Years of Italian Sculpture - This site offers a wide-ranging archive of images, organized by sculptor and by region.

Vignette - This site offers daily notes about the history of architecture and design, and it has a clean, elegant look.

Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling? - Produced by High School students, this site has a rich store of information about the life, art, and science of Leonardo da Vinci. Check out the MIDI recordings of da Vinci's musical compositions!

Global Children's Art Gallery - This site makes the most of a simple idea: Let children from around the world submit their artwork, and display the pictures in an online gallery. Children ages one through twelve have posted their work, and free scanning is provided if needed.

Gaudi Central - A gorgeous and comprehensive look at the life and buildings of Antonio Gaudi, the Spanish architect who designed some of the most fantastic and beautiful buildings of the past two centuries.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Learn about this remarkable designer, architect, and artist. The site contains photographs of buildings and furniture designed by Mackintosh, as well as his paintings and drawings.

Vision and Art - A tutorial dedicated to teaching how visual information is used in art. The site covers "Interposition," "Relative Size," "Impossible Figures,"Aerial Perspective," and more. This is part of a larger tutorial on sensation and perception.

Art Watchers - An interesting site with information for both both beginners and more advanced art enthusiasts. The site is limited in scope but the articles are thoughtfully written and presented.

National Endowment for the Arts Homepage - Learn about the important work the NEA is involved in, check out the featured artist, or browse the online gallery.

Rube Goldberg Official Site - Learn about the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist. He is best know for his cartoons of wacky inventions--some of which appear on this site. Only one complaint--a few of the cartoons are a bit hard to read. Still, this site is worth a visit.

A. Pintura: Art Detective - A creative way to teach art history. A. Pintura helps visitors solve "The Case of Grandpa's Painting." Is the painting a Raphael? Van Gogh? Titian? You'll have to find out for yourself!

Eileen Gray Home Page - A comprehensive look at a fascinating woman. Eileen Gray was an an architect, an artist, and a designer. The site is attractive and easy to navigate.

Paul Friedlander: Light Sculpture and Computer Art -The artist himself says it best, "Light is the closest we come to directly sensing the universal energy. My intention is to make those who see my art aware of this evergy and inspire them with a sense of wonder." These sculptures have a startling beauty as they create delicate, changing, three-dimensional patterns of light which float in the air.

IllusionWorks - It is true that you can spend hours on the Web-especially so if you land upon this site. I could barely tear myself away to write this blurb. This extensive site hosts the largest collection of illusions on the Internet.Check out the Java and Shockwave illusions.

The Florence Art Guide - View the art and architecture of beautiful Florence. A "clickable" map of the city provides easy navigation.

The Incredible Art Department - An excellent resource for art teachers. It includes lessons, art site of the week, pet peeves, and much more. The "Art News" section wasn't very up-to-date, but my guess is that once school starts, new stories will appear.

Cusimano: Surrealist Artist - Interesting work. Cusimano is described as..."Canadian metaphysical surrealist artist known for his enigmatic excursions into the landscape of the soul where the unreal can seem real in the metamorphosis of time."

Marque Cornblatt Sculpture Gallery - An interesting collection of sculpture. Check out the robotic sculpture. Well presented.

The ArtMetal Project -The introduction says it best, "The ArtMetal Project is a not-for-profit volunteer venture of a group of metalsmiths and organizations which aims to disseminate information about various aspects of artistic metalworking and to provide a forum for artists and art lovers to experience this outstanding medium."

Common Boundaries - An interesting and provocative site, Common Boundaries presents artwork, poetry, and other forms of expression. Well designed, and the content is interesting and thought-provoking.

Kaleidoscope Resource -This site certainly qualifies as "cool"! Learn about the history of Kaleidoscopes, view beautiful Kaleidoscope images, or find out how to build your own.

Salvador Dali's Homepage - A great site with stunning images by Salvador Dali. Included at this site is "A Docent's Tour of Salvador Dali Resources on the Internet." This site is well worth the visit.

The WebMuseum - Visit the WebMuseum network. View the work of Paul Cezanne or Art of the 20th Century.

Travels with Samantha - An interactive book where you'll come face to face with examples of the stunning ethnic, scenic, and cultural richness of North America.

The Leonardo Web Site - A great collection of Leonardo da Vinci's work. This site includes oil paintings, drawings and sketches, and much more.

National Museum of Women in the Arts - March is Women's History Month we highlight the National Museum of Women in the Arts, "the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists."

Museum of Web Art - At this Web-based art gallery you'll see examples of the latest technologies in Web design and computer art. On view are interactive computer art installations, stories and game-like activities for kids, and innovative Web designs. Check it out and expand your idea of what art is and what it can do!

The Useum - A visually elegant experiment into what an online, interactive museum might be like. This site will disappear for revision in September, so take a look!

Centre George Pompidou - This well-constructed site contains online exhibits and information about this famous art center.

The Posters of Toulouse-Lautrec - The site is well designed and the works are compelling. The site contains historical information as well as reproductions of the posters in two different sizes (for those who are bandwidth challenged).

Krannert Art Museum -An interesting collection of both historic and contemporary works. The site itself is simply designed and easy to navigate. This site is full surprises like a QuickTime Player VR tour of the African Art collection and a special feature on "Science in the Art Museum."

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco -This site features works from the De Young Museum and the Legion of Honor. This site also contains "Imagebase," a collection of over 60,000 works of art.

The Whitney Museum of American Art - As you'd expect, this site is beautifully designed. General information as well as some selections from the Whitney's current exhibitions are included here. The exhbit "Beat Culture and the New America 1950-1965" caught my eye.

The WebMuseum - Visit the WebMuseum network. View the work of Paul Cezanne or Art of the 20th Century.

The Incredible Art Department - An excellent resource for art teachers. It includes lessons, art site of the week, pet peeves, and much more. The Art News section wasn't very up-to-date, but my guess is that once school starts, new stories will appear.

The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography - This site is unusual in that it documents ancient history leading to the birth of cinematography. This historical chronicle starts with the discovery of the pinhole image around 900 B.C., and ends in the late 1800s A.D.

120 Years of Electronic Music - Learn the history of electronic music from the musical telegraph of 1876 to the Kurtzweil synthesizer of 1983.

Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Student - This site offers a range of online resources related to traditional arts, folklore, anthropology, and oral history, including RealAudio interviews.

African-American History Through The Arts -This site, produced by high school students, features contributions from famous artists, articles on photograph and the cinema. In addition, there is a chronology of African and African-American art from the ancient world to the present.

Click Here! - Visit this amazing online exhibition of "anti banners!" "The idea behind this exhibition was to convert the dying banner-ad into an art form and fill it with sense and beauty. It was not supposed to sell anything but an idea..." Another must visit is the related interactive music/art site, Soulbath.com .

Opt Technology - The Web is becoming more than a source of information: more and more, it is home to some strange and beautiful hybrid art. This site is both thought-provoking and strange. Requires the QuickTime Player.

The Great Globe Gallery - Many, many globes for you to check out. There are 83 different globes included on this page. The page is a bit heavy on the graphic side, so you may need to be patient when connecting.

Cartoonbank.com  - "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog," one canine remarks to another in a New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner. The New Yorker is known for its clever cartoons from respected cartoonists, including Charles Addams and Jack Ziegler. Now you can find your favorite New Yorker cartoons online (even if you are a dog). You can browse through hundreds of cartoons by subject, or search for specific cartoons. You can even download cartoons (for a fee) to include in your next PowerPoint presentation.

Olga's Gallery - Online Art Museum - Large collection of images of the works of the world's best artists with biographies and historical comments. Sorted by alphabet, topic, movement, and nationality/country. Offers a newsletter, and archives are available.

Picklebird: Los Angeles Alternative Art Magazine - This e-zine focuses on alternative art: "outsider, contemporary folk, pop, naive, lowbrow, visionary or intuitive." Regional work is also featured.
 

Humbul Humanities Hub - Searchable, browsable collection of Internet resources in the fields of: English, History, Philosophy, History & Philosophy of Science, Theology, Religion, Modern Languages. Intended audience is students and faculty of higher education institutions, and other itnerested persons.

Index Translationum: International bibliography of translations - A free database for researching whether a book has been translated into another language. Use the search form to locate "bibliographical information on books translated and published in about a hundred of UNESCO's Member States since 1979 and totalizing some 1,300,000 notices in all disciplines: literature, social and human sciences, natural and exact sciences, art, history and so forth." In English, French, and Spanish.

The Internet Book Information Center - A guide to book and literature related Internet resources, arranged in a narrative style. Areas covered include authors, publishers, booksellers, libraries, readers, rare books, online books and magazines, and poetry.

Links: Anglistik, Romanistik, Klassische Philologie - A link-list page in German, for English, Romance-language, and classical language and literary studies.

Literary Calendar: An Almanac of Literary Information - Calendar of past literary events. Search by clicking on any day of the month and view notable events that happened on that day in history. Other key features include a search engine and links to relevant topics within each entry.

Literary Resources on the Net - "An incredibly comprehensive collection of Web sites related to literature & the humanities. Includes Syllabi and Other Course Materials for Literature Courses." Searchable.

Literary Timeline - With this handy search tool, users can look up "significant literary events" for each day of the year. For example, on January 1st, 1811, James Fenimore Cooper married Susan Augusta De Lancy. On the same day 139 years later, Eudora Welty's Short Stories was first published.

The Middle English Compendium - "The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources."

The New York Times Book Review - Over 50,000 book reviews back to 1980 from the famed New York Times Book Review are archived and searchable, plus special Web-only features. Registration required.

Perseus Digital Library - An evolving humanities digital library. Presently collects materials on classics/antiquity, Victorian London, natural philosopher Robert Boyle, the history of Tufts University, and part of the Library of Congress-sponsored American Memory collections.

Pilot-Search.com - "Pilot-Search.com is a free online search engine - comprised strictly of literary links. Pilot includes over 10,000 searchable links. With over 250 categories Pilot covers Book Reviews, Interviews, individual writers like Tennessee Williams, Ghost Writing Services, e-Text, MFA Programs, Short Story Contests, and much more."

PoemHunter.com - A database of nearly 36,000 poems, modern and classic, that allows searching by poet name, poem title, and poem text. More than 5000 poets are included and the site allows poets to submit poems as well. This site does have a large number of pop-up ads.

Pulp Fiction Central - This site is an excellent introduction to pulp fiction. It includes an in depth definition of pulp fiction, information on the popular serialized characters, in addition to a few electronic versions of literature which is deemed to be "pulp fiction."

The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site   - For children's books, this is a great site. It was created by an editor for kid's books. It provides advice for writers, links to literature for kids on the net, on-line books and reviews, book awards, educational resources, and various visual reference materials.

Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census - "This is a database of information about worship books printed before 1601... RELICS now includes information on over 8,890 titles. This information is based upon personal inspections of books in most of the major research libraries of the United States and also libraries in a few selected European cities. Some additional information derives from published bibliographies and library catalogs."

Spanish Literature Resources - This is a good place to find online Spanish literature available throughout the world. Links include the National Library of Spain, on-line Spanish texts and publications, and book review sites.

The Tale of Kieu - The Tale of Kieu, written by Nguyen Du,(1766 - 1820), is Vietnam's epic national poem. This site offers two lectures about the poem, one by Mr. Tien, Dong Khahn Hotel manager,(formerly a Vietnamese high school teacher), and one by John Swennson, DeAnza College faculty and organizer of this site. This resource provides, among other things, biographical information about Nguyen Du, the historical context of the poem, the concept of the tale, and various commentaries on different sections of the tale.

Vintage Reading Group Guides - This site offers online reading guides for various books. Designed especially for book groups, the guides include a description of each book, questions, discussion topics, and author biographies. Titles are arranged alphabetically, but they are also grouped according to category such as mystery.

Others:

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Literary News Features current news stories related to books and literature. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Bible Gateway - Search by passage or keyword.

Thinkexist - A great collection of inspiring quotes from great thinkers and artists.

What Do You Want to Know Today? - Ancient and classic culture, literature and languages search and retrieval tool.

Transparent Language: the Internet Language Community - Learn to say common phrases in over thirty different languages! This site features English translations and audio clips of about two dozen phrases from each language to help you learn the correct pronunciation. There are also sections on the history of the languages, statistics on their use, and basic grammar information.

The Evolution of Alphabets - On this page you will find educational animations that show the evolution of many different alphabets from their root alphabets.

The Acronym Finder - As the world fills up with more and more acronyms, how can anyone know what they stand for? This site rides to the rescue, turning any acronym back into plain English.

Brain Candy - This site collects an ever-growing resource of puns, word games, limericks, misunderstood song lyrics, and even insults! It's not much to look at graphically, but there is plenty to read.

Alexander Chislenko home page - An interesting collection of essays and links.You may not agree with everything he says, but the material is interesting. Check out the "Great Thinkers" section.

Researchpaper.com - A great resource for those needing inspiration. The site has tips and ideas to help with your writing. The site even includes a chat room so you can talk to other students.

The Book Arts Web - This site is dedicated to the art of bookmaking, and to artists using the book as an art form.

Ancient Scripts of the World - Take a look at some beautiful ancient scripts, and explore the phenomenon of human language.

Fonetiks.org: the Online Language Laboratory - Want to learn to speak Thai or Brazilian Portuguese? This online language laboratory can help. It features easy to use audio tutorials on some of the world's major languages. You will need the free Flash Player to listen.


Online ASL Dictionary - A visual dictionary of American Sign Language. Some things can only be said in pictures, and this site uses animated photographs to display the beauty and meaning of sign language words and phrases.

Private Art - A collection of World War II letters to and from the home front. Graphically the site is quite impressive and the letters are interesting, I just wish there were more of them.

American Folklore - "This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, Tall Tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States."

Poets.org: Listening Booth - Poetry is best when read aloud. Head to the listening booth to hear music made from words. You will need the RealPlayer.

Folk Legends of Japan - Explore Japanese folk legends as you journey to "a fairy-tale world of heroes, terrible ogres, animals matching wits, and more!"

Spotlight on Voices and Visions - This site explores the work of 13 of America's most famous poets. You can listen to audio clips of poetry readings and watch video clips that incorporate other forms of art into the exhibition of the authors' poetry. Also provided is a list of links to sites where you can learn more about each author.

Favorite Poem Project - America's Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky says, "Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument." The power of poetry can be felt by visiting this site and sampling the available audio and video clips of American people reading their favorite poems aloud.

Philosophy Research Base - Stumped by the difference between existentialism and buddhism? Despite its dry title, this is an amazing research site, with countless cross-referenced links to philosophy on the Web.

The Visual Thesaurus - Think about words in a whole new way after perusing this excellent site. This thesaurus is a visual exploration of the sense relationships within the English language.

The Moonlit Road - Read or listen to folktales from the American South. This storehouse of Southern history adds new stories every month.

The Literary Traveler - This site explores the human enthusiasms for travel, self-discovery, and literature. Its correspondents wander a different region of the world each season, examining life and writing along the way.

The American Verse Project - This site offers an ever-growing archive of poetry, with digital versions of poetry published before 1920. Though access to some collections of texts is restricted, the site is still a great public resource.

Bartlett's Quotations - Never be at a loss for the right quote again! This site provides an on-line version of Bartlett's Quotations, with a search engine and an author index.

The Burning Press - How will literature and poetry change when seen through new media? This site links several intriguing efforts to push the boundaries of the written word.

Kabuki for Everyone - Learn about this fascinating theatre art from Japan. See Manjiro, an "onnagata" (female role specialist), morph from man to woman!

Webbed Feats - Be a part of a stage production by contributing your own ideas through the Web. There are separate stages to choose from, with submission categories ranging from writing scenes to composing of scores.

Literary Kicks - The author of this site introduces it. "This is my personal project, unaffiliated with any corporation, university or organization, and dedicated to a couple of writers who mean a lot to me." Biographical information on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and others.

Bjorn's Guide to Philosophy - A very well-organized site with information on a number of famous philosophers. The site contains biographical information, published works, links to other sites and discussion groups. Worth a visit and a bookmark!

Poetry Daily - A new poem every day, news, and a poetry archive make this site worth a visit and a bookmark.

Medieval Drama Links - Information on everything from set design to medieval props and makeup. There are over 200 links. A great site for drama teachers.

American Literary Classics-A Chapter a Day - As is recommended by this site, make a resolution for the New Year to keep up with your reading! I didn't think reading could be so engaging through the Internet but this site proved me wrong. The chapter is supplemented with reader's comments and additional supplementary readings.

Pyrowords - A literary site that features mostly poetry. Visually, the site is somewhat interesting; the combination is quite engaging.

Today in Literature [read review] - a calendar of engaging stories about the great books, writers, and events in literary history.

Whichbook.net [read review] - allows users to choose a book to read based on their mood, and also to find out where it's available for loan.

Penn On-Line Literary Research Tools

Publishers' Catalogs Home Page - comprehensive list of links to publishers and their catalogs; arranged by country.

BookSpot - information sweetspot of book-related resources on the Web.

Culture and Recreation Portal - providing access to resources about Australia's culture and recreation.

Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature

BookZone's Literary Leaps - comprehensive collection of book-related sites on the Internet.

Mythology - "a site dedicated to making your search for myths, legends, folklore, and religions both past and present easier and more enjoyable."

WordLab Trying to come up with the perfect word to describe a situation? Or the perfect phrase for wrapping up the latest instalment of your novel? Then check out WordLab; it's a repository for all sorts of weird and wonderful (if not always, um, real) words and phrases, from goofy buzzwords ("Drone Happy") to nonsensical military operations ("Operation Baitless Angler"). It's great fun.

Bibliomania - Keyword search allows search through all or each of 5 categories or literature.

Symantic Rhyming Dict.  - "...use it to help write poetry, song lyrics, greeting cards, witticisms, and more."

Language Identifier - "...will attempt to identify automatically the language of a sentence, phrase, or word..."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary - "...pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions."

Word Central - "...offers kids a student dictionary, Word of the Day, and interactive word games. Includes homework help and lesson plans for parents, teachers."

Crossword Solver - "...finds only single English words, not phrases, names, or proper nouns (yet), and it only supports words up to 10 letters long (so far)...."

Encyclopedia.com - "...more than 14,000 diverse articles to the resources available on Infonautics' popular online research service."
Koran - Use either the search or browse link.

Quote Search - Search options include multiple quotations databases.

Web of Online Dicts. - "...linked to more than 1,000 dictionaries in 200 different languages."

Symantic Rhyming Dict.  - "...use it to help write poetry, song lyrics, greeting cards, witticisms, and more."

Language Identifier - "...will attempt to identify automatically the language of a sentence, phrase, or word..."

Acronyms and Abbreviations  - Very fast searcher and useable even with Lynx.

Onelook - One word describes OneLook: comprehensive, as in covering completely. This site collects definitions from more than 100 dictionaries, ranging from garden-variety Merriam-Webster's to the (who knew?) Yiddish-Hebrew-English-German-Russian Picture Dictionary. We love being able to see definitions from such a variety of sources (and it frees up a lot of bookshelf space).


Acronymfinder - When you need an acronym PDQ, check Acronym Finder. If you're caught in a snafu over instant-messaging jargon like ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing) or technical specifications like kbps (kilobits per second), Acronym Finder can track it down, ASAP.

Anagram Generator - "Over 1143888 anagrams served!"

Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus - "...dictionary and a thesaurus with powerful and flexible search capabilities."

WWWebster Dictionary - From the time-honored Merriam Webster company.

DICT  - Uses "...several freely available dictionary databases, with over 300,000 total headwords..." Ongoing project.

LOGOS  - Multi-language translating dictionary.

ARTFL Dict. - "1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary"

Slanguage Dictionary - All those words that give English it's flavor.

Middle English Collection - University of Virginia Library search of middle English texts.

BooksOn-Line by Author - 9000+ listings of online books. Search form or alpha directory.

MIT's Shakespeare - Wonderful resource for finding the works of the beloved bard.(Hopefully the search will be restored soon.)

biographie.net - Biographies across the web in 4 languages.

Biography - 
"...puts over 20,000 of the greatest lives, past and present, at your fingertips."

Literary Calendar
This delightful site has been with Beaucoup almost since Beaucoup started. Well worth a visit.

Poetry
Gopher search of poetry.

Mythology - "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated."

Argos - "...designed to cover the ancient and medieval worlds."

Bibliomania - Keyword search allows search through all or each of 5 categories or literature.

Ency. Mythica - "An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore and legend."

Quote Search - This quote search will search multiple quote databases.

Bible Gateway - Search by passage or keyword.

American Verse - "...an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry." A work in progress.

Representative Poetry - "From this page you may keyword search the full text of all poems in the Representative Poetry collection."

T. S. Eliot - "...a simple online concordance to Eliot's Collected Poems."

The Open Scroll - "A forum for previously unpublished poetry and prose."

Project: Gutenberg - "Our Collection of E-texts is mainly about Literature..."

ALEX - "...documents collected in the subject areas of English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy."

Koran - Use either the search or browse link.

Online Medeval and Classic Lib. - "...ollection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization."

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - A quotation guide, convering 1950-1988. "Nearly 10,000 notable quotes from 4,000 quoatable notables. Covers all of modern American life--including politics and government, architecture, art, music and dance, theater, radio and television, and religion." Use either the author index or the subject index, or search for a quotation.

Short Stories at east of the web - A growing collection of classic and newly-written short stories made available on the Web. Stories are organized by theme: fiction, romance, crime, sci-fi & fantasy, humor, horror, hyperfiction, children's, and non-fiction. Includes works by many famous authors.

The Modern English Collection - History, Civil War, Best sellers 19001930

O. Henry Awards - Annual collection of the year's best stories published in American and Canadian magazines and written by American or Canadian authors.

The Literary Menagerie - "...is a collection of the best of the best authorbased sites on the net. Includes mystery poem of the month."

The Literary Review - "The Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing has been published quarterly by Fairleigh Dickinson University since 1957. Its many special issues have introduced new fiction, poetry, and essays from many nations, regions, or languages to English readers. Issues focus on such topics as contemporary Portuguese literature, Iranian exiles, the Jewish diaspora, North African authors, and Russian women writers. Works from issues devoted to writing in English have won awards and been reprinted in many collections."

The Prose Poem - "The Prose Poem: An International Journal is published annually by Providence College. It is the only international journal dedicated to the publishing of prose poetry, essays on prose poetry, and reviews of recently published books on prose poems. Each volume also includes a constantly expanding bibliography on the prose poem."

Psyart - "Psyart is a peer-reviewed, archived journal focused on psychological studies of the arts: literature, film, visual arts, or music."

Say Hello to the World - "Learn to say "hello" in over 30 different languages, plus find links to resources about the languages, the cultures, and language learning on the Web."
 

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Literary News - Features current news stories related to books and literature. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Chapman - Scotland's Quality Literary Magazine - "Chapman magazine is contraversial, influential, outspoken and intelligent. Founded in 1970, it has become a dynamic force in Scottish culture covering theatre, politics, language and the arts. Our highly-respected forum for poetry, fiction, criticism, review and debate makes it essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Scotland. Chapman publishes the best in Scottish writing - new work by well-known Scottish writers in the context of lucid critical discussion. With our strong commitment to the future, we energetically promote new writers, new ideas and new approaches."

Encontro - "Encontro developed from a desire to create connections between artists and writers in the Maryland/Washington, D.C. area and their counterparts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also an effort to better acquaint these cultures with each other by exploring their identities and influences, from the Afro-Brazilian religion of Macumba to the diversity of American pop culture. Encontro will provide a means of sharing these experiences through fiction, art and poetry. Each issue will present the work of four or more artists in either exhibition or studio tours format, as well as fiction, poetry and criticism in English and Portuguese. It will take the reader to related topics by establishing links to them."

English Matters - "This electronic magazine is designed for teachers and students of English who are questioning and creating new texts and pedagogies on the internet. It features related essays, exhibits, and performances, as well as an annotated resource center for English studies."
 

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