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Frequently used Sites
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Books:
| 881.08 AFR | African American quotations. Phoenix, AZ; Oryx Press, 1998. |
| 808.8 VAN | Quotations for special occasions. |
| 808.81 HEN | 5,000 quotations for all occasions. Philadelphia : Doubleday, |
| 808.88 SEN | Quotations for kids |
| REF 796. | Baseball's greatest quotations. |
| REF 808.8 BAR | Familiar quotations |
| REF 808.8 MAG | Magill's quotations in context |
| REF 808.8 RES | Respectfully quoted: a dictionary of quotations from the Library of Congress |
| REF 808.81 CHA | Chambers dictionary of quotations |
| REF 808.88 AME | American heritage dictionary of American quotations |
| REF 808.88 AND | The concise Columbia dictionary of quotations |
| REF 808.88 HOY | Hoyt's new cyclopedia of practical quotations |
| REF 808.88 OXF | The Oxford dictionary of modern quotations |
| REF 822.3 SHA | The Columbia dictionary of quotations from Shakespeare |
Websites:
| Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations | http://www.bartleby.com/100/ | |
| Quotations Page | http://www.quotationspage.com/ | |
| Quotations by Subject | http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/ | |
| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotation. The Most Notable Quotations: 1950 to 1988 | http://www.bartleby.com/63/ | |
| The Columbia World of Quotations | http://www.bartleby.com/66/ | |
| Quoteland.com is a good source for modern quotes form a variety of sources | http://www.quoteland.com/ | |
| BrainyQuote | http://www.brainyquote.com/ | |
| Wisdom Quotes | http://www.wisdomquotes.com/ | |
| Famous Quotes at QuoteDB | http://www.quotedb.com/ |
Online Dictionaries:
Oxford English Dictionary. http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. 2000. Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary
http://dictionary.com
Etymology Sites:
Oxford English Dictionary. http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
Online Etymology Dictionary http://www.etymonline.com/
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tell. http://www.bartleby.com/81/
Online Poetry Sources:
Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry. Poetry and prose edited by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto from 1912 to the present. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/indexcriticism.html
Contemporary Poetry Review: a journal devoted exclusively to the criticism of poetry. http://www.cprw.com/
The Cambridge History Of English and American Literature. Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published, the Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, songwriters, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole. http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
Academy Of American Poets site. http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C07000F
Click on Librarian's Index to the Internet. Then click on Literature. Click on Poetry. Choose from the links available for 33 poetry related sites
Others:
http://www.classic-poems.com/classicpoems.htm
http://www.poemhunter.com
http://www.quotesandpoem.com/poems/PoetryByTopic
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/SubjIdx/poetry.html
http://smiley00.tripod.com/archive.html