A free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works in every language, translations of non-English quotes, and links to Wikipedia for further information.
The Phrase Finder is a large collection of English phrases and sayings." Find phrases by the word they relate to, find their meanings, and their origins.
The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB.
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
This is the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. It has searchable capability and links to other Shakespeare resources on the Internet, such as Bartlett's familiar Shakespeare quotations.
Divided into four main eras, Medieval, Renaissance, the 17th Century, and the restoration. Links lead to biographies, criticism, and much more for major English (from England) writers.
From Texas A&M University, "...designed to cover all aspects of science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural and weird fiction." Includes online texts of prints reference sources.
A collection of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults, featuring links to authors, stories, journals, book reviews, movies and television based on children´s books, resources for teachers, parents, writers and illustrators.
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.
Open Folklore is devoted to increasing the number of useful resources, published and unpublished, available in open access form for folklore studies and the communities with which folklorists partner.
This site contains articles on world mythology and materials drawn from standard mythology sources. A list of links provides connections to related sites on mythology.
From the University of Pittsburgh, full texts organized alphabetically by title or by theme. There are also links to Folk and Fairy Tales and Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas.
designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as a practical guide for students struggling to bring their writing up to the level expected of them by their professors and instructors. For more detail, see the Introduction chapter.
Database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.