Neglected Genres Related Resources

The following information is intended to provide background information as well as aid you in your project development. You may also want to return to the program site.

• Getting Started
• Travel Writing
• Detective Fiction
• Science Fiction
• General Literature
• General Writing Resources
• American Studies General Resources

GETTING STARTED

• Workshop Project Description- http://www.salsem.ac.at/csacl/progs/genre/progdes.htm
• Salzburg Seminar Library - http://www.salsem.ac.at/libarch/libarch.htm
• Library Services- http://www.salsem.ac.at/libarch/libserv.htm
• Search Engines- http://www.salsem.ac.at/libarch/otsrch.htm
• ASC Resources- http://www.salsem.ac.at/csacl/resc/resc.htm
• ASC CD-ROMs- http://www.salsem.ac.at/csacl/resc/CDrom.htm
• ASC Videos- http://www.salsem.ac.at/csacl/resc/VIDEOS.htm

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TRAVEL WRITING

• Art of Travel Writing- http://www.sirius.com/~mcmardon/Come/Travel_Writing.html
• Fiction and Travel Writing- http://pemtropics.mit.edu/~jcho/works.html
• Globe Books Travel Writing- http://www.globecorner.com/p/i117.html
• Bob's Travel Writing Page- http://www.cybergate.net/~bramsak/travdir.htm

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DETECTIVE FICTION

• Popular Mystery and Detective Fiction Collection- http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl10.html
• Blue Mountain's Detective Fiction- http://staff.bmcc.cc.or.us/~gberlie/eng211/det_fic.htm
• Introduction to Detective Fiction- http://staff.bmcc.cc.or.us/~gberlie/eng211/dfintro.htm
• Archives of Detective Fiction- http://www.esc.edu/archives/default.html

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SCIENCE FICTION

• Index to Female Writers in Science Fiction- http://www.uic.edu/~lauramd/femsf/womensfwritersindex.html feminist fiction, fantasy, and utopia
• The X-Files- http://www.thex-files.com/
• Science Fiction Literature- http://homepages.together.net/~painless/gateway.htm
• Star Trek- http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Admin/corona/trek.html
• Science Fiction Technology Terms- http://tommy.jsc.nasa.gov/~woodfill/SPACEED/SEHHTML/SFTerms.html

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GENERAL LITERATURE

• Fiction Net- http://www.fictionnet.com/ Novels, short stories in the internet
• Amazon Bookstore- http://www.amazon.com
• Barnes and Noble Bookstore- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
• Native American Authors--An IPL bibliographic project- http://www.ipl.org/ref/native/
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color- http://www-engl.cla.umn.edu/lkd/vfg/vfghome
• Virtual Bookshelf- http://www.islandmm.com/islandmm/cgi-bin/sitemmainst.pl

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GENERAL WRITING RESOURCES

• Storyline Pro http://www.wga.org/journal/1996/0796/scriptware/storylinepro.html software developed to aid in writing stories
• Dramtica- http://www.dramatica.com/ software which combines writing theory to aid the intermediate level writer
• A Web of On-line Grammars- http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/grammars.html

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GENERAL AMERICAN STUDIES RESOURCES

• American Studies Association Crossroads Project- http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/subject_maps.html Links to several American Studies divisions
• American Studies Links- http://www.uc.edu/~milljw/amerstud.html Highly eclectic and personal collection of links with descriptive annotations
• Yahoo American studies Website- http://www.yahoo.com/txt/Social_Science/American_Studies Over 350 links to sites
• United States Information Agency- http://www.usia.gov
• American and International Studies Resources- http://www.ala.org/acrl/resrces.html
• American Studies General Resources- http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/readings/amstudies.html Historical resources links
• Yahoo English as a Second Language Site- http://www/yahoo.com/Education/Language_Education/English_as_a_Second_Language/
• Argus Clearinghouse- http://ww.clearinghouse.net/ Central access point for topical guides for internet based resources
• White House Virtual Library- http://www1.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/libary.html Access to publicly released documents and radio addresses
• Library of Congress- http://lcweb.loc.gov/ Searchable collection of primary source materials, documents, photographs, and recordings
• Supreme Court Decisions- http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm Database of historic decisions from 1937 through 1975
• US Census Bureau- http://www.census.gov/ Access to census data reports with searchable indexes
• Statistical Resources on Demographics and Housing- http://www.lib.umich.edu/ census information from government agencies
• US Culture and Historical Maps- http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/map_hp.html
• GPO Access- http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html Searchable databases of US government documents