
Language and Literature
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096
(580) 774-3240
Fax: (580) 774-7111
langarts@swosu.edu
Links
Freshman Guide to Writing
Literature Resources
- The Academcy of American Poets
- Online Literary Resources Jack Lynch's very impressive list of links.
- Electronic Poetry Center
- Poetry Sites at Yahoo
- Shakespeare Homepage Complete works and searchable.
- Early Modern Literary Studies Journal of 16-17th century literature.
- William Faulkner
- Documenting the American South Nineteenth-century fiction, journals, slave narratives, some with illustrations.
- James Joyce
- Literature and the Environment
- Celebration of Women Writers Links to women authors around the world.
- Project Gutenberg Fre electronic downloads of books in the public domain.
Cultural Studies
- American Studies A rich and varied resource for American culture.
- Feminist Chronicles
- Graceland Just what you think...and it's "official."
- WWWomen A Yahoo-like listing of WWW resources focused on women.
- Popular Culture Association Home Page
- Twists, Slugs, and Roscoes A dictionary of hardboiled detective fiction slang.
- Urban Legends
Film
- All-Movie Guide A rich and detailed movie database.
- The Greatest Films A more selected database, but with excellent commentaries/summaries.
- Internet Movie Database Very sophisticated searches and fine material.
- Rotten Tomatoes: Movie Reviews and Previews
General Humanities
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Voice of the Shuttle A very thorough collection of Humanities Resources.
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Web Museum
- Web Gallery Excellent source of European art, 1200-1700.
- BookCrossing Share your love of reading!
- Oklahoma Humanities Council
Languages and Linguistics
- Linguist List
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World Information on over 30,000 world languages.
- Languages and Linguistics
Writing
- Accessible Writing
- Atlantic Monthly
- Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing Annotated
- Computers and Composition Online Bibliography
- Editorial Eye
- The National Writing Project
- New York Times Book Reviews (May require 'subscription' on your first visit; go ahead, it's free, and a great, searchable database of book reviews.)
- Salon Magazine
- Slate
- Story Bytes E-zine for short short stories.
- Writer's Digest Practical, publication-related writing resources.
- Online Writing Lab
Reference
- Evaluating Web Sites Help for determining credibility and value of online sources.
- Educator's Reference Desk
- Glossary of Rhetorical Terms With examples.
- Library of Congress
- Newspapers Online, U.S. and world
Professional
- Sigma Tau Delta The English honor society
- Calls for Papers UPenn Web site and discussion list of calls for papers in English research.
- Career Information Features include a "What can I do with a major in X?" section, and other useful career links and resources.
- Home Pages of American Universities.
- National Council of Teachers of English Includes "National Standards" information.
- Oklahoma's State Department of Education.
- Scout Report A monthly service cataloging and annotating internet resources for researchers and educators.
