Resources

Internet Resources

These are suggested starting points for finding resources on the Internet. While you may wish to use general search engines for your search, you might more profitably begin with indexes of literary sites, such as the Voice of the Shuttle , the Univ. of Pennsylvania's excellent On-Line Literary Research Tools, or the other sources listed below. Check out the Virtual Reference Desk for a huge set of links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, and other information sources.

Please note that as researchers you are obligated to keep track of the sources of your information. Any web sources that you use for research projects must be properly cited and quoted; please consult your writing handbook for assistance.

Tools and Resources

General Literature Resources

American Literature

English Literature

World Literature

Linguistics

Writing

Libraries

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term 2012, students observed lizards in Bermuda, studied modern economic development in India, performed dance in Taiwan, examined renewable energy in Europe and investigated medicinal plants in the Amazon rainforest.

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Graduate Profile

Julie Bolitho-Lee

Julie Bolitho-Lee
Graduation: 2006
Major: English

Since graduating from Alma College in 2006, Julie Bolitho-Lee has gotten married, finished a master’s degree, earned status as a dual citizen, published poetry, adopted two dogs and a cat, and traveled to more than 15 different countries.

Yet not once has Bolitho-Lee forgotten the incredible support she received from the English faculty when she was a student at Alma.

“I have always loved English—reading and writing,” she says. “I knew it would be my major before I even went to Alma, but the faculty in the English department fed and indulged my passions in unexpected and beautiful ways.”

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