Electronic Text Archives
Electronic Text Archives
Electronic Text Archives Links
- The Internet Public Library Online public library features directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, reference materials with special sections for youth.
- Knowledge Rush Site contains Project Gutenberg etexts, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, literature and other non-copyrighted material.
- PSU's Electronic Classics Series Classics of literature in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Medieval and Classical Library Collection of literary works of classical and medieval civilization.
- Books-On-Line A searchable and browseable database-directory of online electronic texts covering a broad range of interests, from established literary classics to computer how-to manuals.
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library Classic Christian books in electronic format.
- Lewis H. Beck Center for Electronic Collections and Services
- Literature Project A collection of classic books, poems, speeches, and plays. Site offers online chapter-indexed hypertext that can be easily read and searched and each piece includes downloadable e-text of the work.
- Classic Reader A collection of classic fiction and non-fiction, poetry, and children's stories.
- The Modern English Collection History, Civil War, Best sellers 1900-1930
- Orange St. Press Classics Public Domain classic literature and humanities texts in Adobe Portable Document Format. Free for downloading, reading online or offline, and printing.
- Read It Connected Features selected classic literature texts.
- The ETEXT Archives Searchable archive of texts of fiction, poetry, history, politics and religion.
- Hypertexts in American Studies American literature including works by Poe, Jefferson, Madison, and Twain.
- Petals of Life Publishing Fiction of all genres and nonfiction published in electronic (PDF) and paperback formats.
- CARRIE: A Full-Text Electronic Library An extensive link resource, listing texts archived at various locations all across the internet. Also has a searchable database feature.
- Ditigized Library of Southern Literature There is a collection of 53 texts in HTML and SGML.
- Daoist Scriptures A large collection of Chinese Taoist literature.
- Classical Literature Library Online index of classical fiction and nonfiction, with links to search engine searches for each author.
- The World eText Library Read books on-line, download texts, or select a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, or other references. Searchable, browsable database.
- The On-Line Books Page Features over 10,000 online books free to the public.
- Electronic Texts and Publishing Links to electronic texts, electronic text archives, electronic publishers and booksellers, compiled by the Library of Congress.
- TheBuffer.com Features Aesop's Fables and Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
- Classic Short Fiction Online Selected classic short stories in html format. Authors include Hawthorne, Jackson, and Poe.
- Access The Great Books A compilation of classic authors and their works, along with biographies, background, study guides. Linked to other sites related to the study of literature.
- A Collection of Great Literature Online Includes archives of now public-domain works by various well-known American and British authors.
- Blackmask Online A very large selection of electronic online texts by a wide variety of authors from a wide range of literature; many works can also be downloaded in .zip file-format.
- Relic Books Selected downloadable, ebooks of classic literature.
- Bibliomania Houses an extensive online collection of texts ranging from fiction and poetry to general non-fiction and reference works.
- Arthur's Classic Novels Etexts, formatted with XML markup.
- SearchEBooks Specialized search engine for searching the full text of thousands of online books available on the web.
- Bartleby.com Etexts, focusing on classics and general reference works.
- Instinct.org Online Texts Selected online texts on a variety of topics.
- E-texts and Women's History From About.com, listing of electronic versions of books, poetry, speeches, and other writings that illuminate women's history.
- Literature of the Fantastic A fair-sized collection of classic works of fantasy/sf, along with fantasy/sf-related websites.
- Making of America A digital library of primary sources in 19th century American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
- Master Texts Collection of English literature.
- FreeLit Free online versions of classic literature, formatted in HTML and supported by a search engine, discussion group, and a dictionary.
- WebCab Library Collection of public domain e-texts in html, text, or downloadable in zip format, in literature, humanities, religion, science, and reference.
- The Society for the Appreciation of the Post-Dialogic Novel For theories on the status of the contemporary novel, reviewing texts in print form, with an eye toward the form's evolution via hypertexts and immersive environments.
- Owl-Eyes As well as other literature-education resources, the site provides brief biographical notes on various canonized authors along with links to a selection of online texts by each.
- Free Electronic Books Educational texts.
- Yahshuan Archives Online collection of books related to various world religions, philosophies, mythology, meditation, historical and traditional documents.
- Reading Place Features an mix of classic and new literature online, including poetry, short stories, children's section, essays, memiors, anecdotes, historical American documents.
- Bookvalley Classic literatures, and fiction.
- The Transformation Story Archive An electronic archive of over 400 stories that deal with transformations.
- Literature Online Home Page Over 210,000 links to third party sites, plus 12 extensive literary and reference databases including English and American Poetry (over 200,000 poems), English Drama (4,000 plays), Early English Prose Fiction and The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
- Bralyn E-text Archive E-texts, indexed and searchable, including literature, history, social sciences, humor and culture.
- Matt Michie's Digital Library Small, but diverse collection of online texts, including classic literature, military-related texts, and others.
- Page by Page Books Hundreds of books in the public domain. Online for free reading. View list by author or title. Each chapter is several pages, all linked to previous, next, table of contents.
- Electronic Library of the Bath House Primary historical texts and relevant secondary sources pertaining to the bizarre Roman Emperor Elagabalus and related subjects. An offbeat, fascinating introduction to Imperial Roman history, starting on the fringe. Texts in HTML format.
- Bootlegbooks Several dozen classic works of drama, fiction, nonfiction, reference, or poetry.
- byGosh.com Free, online illustrated childrens stories, 20 best out-of-copyright novels of the 20th century, out-of-copyright nonfiction of the 20th century. Also children's stories.
- Mysticism Texts Mysticism throughout the ages.
- The Online Literature Library A small, but easily-navigated selection of online etexts from English literature.
- Bragi Online text of selected book titles, including Wells, Verne and Twain.
- The Litrix Reading Room A sizeable online archive of literary texts, sorted by genre.
- Oxford Text Archive 2,500 texts, corpora, and reference works. Some are freely available.
- Free On-line Library Resource directory of online books and articles on fiction and nonfiction.
- Learn Library We invite your to enjoy the e-texts available at this site. Included in the selections are books, poems, speeches, plays and essays. You can discuss your favorite books in the discussion group forums, or download the text version.
- Twain Enterprises at Villa Gruntose Features selected electronic texts, including Doyle, Dumas, and Dana.
- Early Canadiana Online Collection of over 3,000 early works from Canada's history. Literature includes both fiction and nonfiction.
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