Virtual Library Learning Commons

• American Authors (Washington State University)
• C-Span - American Authors (this site also offers videos)
• Historical Guide to American Literature (freebooknotes.com)
• Mark Twain in His Times (University of Virginia)
• Walt Whitman
• Walt Whitman Biography

• American Literature (World Book)
• American Literature (Washington State University):
  • American Authors
  • Timeline
  • Literary Movements
  • American Literature Sites
• The American Novel (PBS) 
• Major Literary Movements in America (Longwood University)
• Norton Anthology of American Literature Student Website
• Perspectives in American Literature (California State University, Stanislaus)
  • Be sure to click on "Introduction" for characteristics of each movement
• Romanticism (Brooklyn College)
• The Web of American Transcendentalism (Virginia Commonwealth University)

• PBS History
• EHistory
• The White House - Presidential Biographies

Find information sources and create a Source Note Card for each source.

Type of Source	General Websites (i.e., using a basic  Google search)	At least (1) Source
		Print Books	Online Databases Require a subscription FREE for you
Selection Tips	Evaluate websites  to ensure you use  reliable information.	Search the Library Catalog  to find books on your topic.	Start with an Easy Search.
Source Note Card  Record as much as you can find.*	Label with Source # Author Last Name, First Name "Title of Article" Website Name Date information posted, revised, or updated Date you used website URL (just so you can find it again)	Label with Source # Author Last Name, First Name Book Title Place of Publication Publisher Year Published	Label with Source # Author Last Name, First Name "Title of Article" Periodical Name Date published Page numbers Database Name Date you used database

Take notes, coding each Note Card with the corresponding source.

• Label with Source #.
• Note page numbers, if available.
• Use quotation marks for direct quotes

When you start to type your paper, use EasyBib to help you create your bibliography.

• Langston Hughes
• Harlem Renaissance Multimedia Resource 
• A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance (Academy of American Poets)

• MedLine website on various medical conditions: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
• Wikipedia list of Mental Disorders. (Alpha list.  Conditions in blue can be used to access information.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mental_disorders_as_defined_by_the_DSM_and_ICD

• Theoi Greek Mythology
• Encyclopedia Mythica
  • Covers mythology from around the world
• The Family Trees of Gods and Goddesses
  • Includes Greek, Norse, and Roman family trees
• World Book Mythology Resource Guide, Advanced Version (Requires login when accessing off-campus)
• World Mythology Resources (Mount Miguel Library)

• Mythweb
• Mythology Guide

• Handbook of Native American Mythology (pdf of book - may take a few minutes to load and 2nd page is blank)

• Norse Mythology for Smart People

• Absolute Shakespeare
• Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria)
• Elizabethan England (Springfield Public Schools)
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet (Palomar College)
• 16th Century Costume Links

• Arthur Miller Biography
• Perspectives in American - Arthur Miller
• Salem Witchcraft Trial 1692
• Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
• Puritanism in New England
• Puritanism, Puritans General Information

• F.Scott Fitzgerald
• F.Scott Fitzgerald Biography and more

• Review slides about EBSCO databases:

• Use EasyBib to help you create your bibliography.

• For more help citing sources, search MLA OWL for detailed information.

• Teen Ink
  • A Magazine, website & books written by teens
• Figment
  • Write yourself in.