Research Information

This FREE resource is  maintained by the faculty and students at Purdue University.  It offers help in all areas of research, writing, and citations (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc). Click here to access 

 

Internet History Sourcebooks Project - a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Primary sources are available here primarily for use in high-school.  The site took a very broad view of the sources that should be available to students and as well as documents long associated with a "western civilization" approach to history also provides much information on Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish, Indian, East Asian, and African history. You will also find many documents especially relevant to women's history and LGBT studies.  Click here to access

 

The Poetry Foundation - The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.  Click here to access

 

Project Gutenberg - a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among FREE epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's greatest literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.  Click here to access

 

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