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ALEX Catalogue of Electronic Texts (North Carolina State University) collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
Bibliomainia "800+ texts of classic literature, drama, and poetry together with detailed literature study guides. Large reference book and nonfiction section" Some of the authors with works re-published here are: Alcott, Austen, Joyce, Conrad, Bronte, Kipling, Dumas, Cooper, Fielding, Hardy, Huxley, London, Melville, Swift, Thackery, Tolstoy, Twain and Dickens... amongst many, many other classic writers."
Early American Fiction Database (University of Virginia) a collection of 440 full texts of the first editions of American novels and short stories written before 1850 by authors of significance during their lifetimes. EAF is sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University of Virginia Library, and published by Chadwyck-Healey in collaboration with the University of Virginia.
GaleNet (Access On Campus Only) Literature resource tool that combines Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism. All articles are full text.
Project Gutenberg the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books

BookList Center lists prepared by authorities in dozens of fields as well as comprehensive listings of award-winning books complete from the first year of the award to the present.
CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide
GaleNet (On campus access only) Literature resource tool that combines Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism. All articles are full text.
Internet Public Library: Online Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Links to Places Literary
Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary
Mysteries & More (Librarians Index to the Internet guide to Mystery fiction
Pulitzer Prizes
SciFi Literature Web Guide

19th Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals (Library of Congress)
PAL: Perspectives on American Literature (California State University) "With nearly 300 pages, including over 240 author pages, this site is a significant presence in American literature on the web; provides students leads to do their own research and suggests themes and ideas to write their own papers. This site is particularly useful for those who have no or limited access to university libraries and databases."
Project Crow: American Literature Surveys Sections include: Major Site Reviews ; Global Resources; Author Chronologies ; Annotated Links ; Internet Links.
Wright American Fiction (Indiana University)

Canadian Literature Archive information about Canadian writers, novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, Canadian literary organizations, magazines, publications, texts and library archives.
Canadian Poetry (University of Toronto)