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Sparknotes - Sparknotes are Cliff's Notes online. Find a detailed summary, content, and characters for well-known novels, plays, poems and several non-fiction books.

Rocketbook - These video study guides provide summaries and detailed analysis of literary works.

Pink Monkey - offer hundreds and hundreds of detailed and comprehensive study guides.

Databases

American and English Full Text Literature Collections contains poetry, drama, and fiction. Full text. Updated every six months. 600 A.D.-present.

LearningExpress Library offers interactive courses in computer skills, math, reading, and writing, as well as hundreds of online practice tests including grade school achievement, SAT, GED, US Citizenship, and civil service positions.

Literature Resource Center contains literary criticism, author biographies, journal articles, and more.  Full text.  Peer reviewed. Updated daily

Middle and Junior High  Core Collection is a guide for readers in grades 5 through 9 looking for fiction and nonfiction books, electronic resources, and more. Full text. Updated daily.

Senior High Core Collection is a guide for readers in grades 9 through 12 looking for fiction and nonfiction books, as well as curriculum-related materials. Updated continuously.

Kids Search is designed for students in grades K through 8 researching any variety of subjects. Full text.

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 WRITING RESEARCH

Online Writing Lab - Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
All the details for writing your paper.

Getting an A on an English Paper
How to turn your topic into a finished paper.

Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
Create your own unique research paper - all the steps from gathering information to using it for communicating your ideas.

Databases

Student Research Center is designed for students in grades 6 through 12 researching any variety of subjects. Full text. Peer reviewed. 1965-present.

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SHAKESPEARE

Absolute Shakespeare
Comprehensive resource for Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Babel Fish Translation
Translate from or to popular foreign languages.

I Love Languages
Your Guide to Languages on the Web

Free Translation
SDL is the world's number 1 provider of free and professional language translation services for websites and documents

Activities for ESL/EFL StudentsStudy English with Quizzes, Tests, Crossword Puzzles, Exercises and other activities for students of English as a second language

Databases

World Book French is World Book's French encyclopedia.

World Book Hispanica is a Spanish language encyclopedia resource for adults and upper grade students.

World Book Spanish is World Book's Spanish encyclopedia.

Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject dictionaries and reference works.

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