American Literature Background Colonial America (1600-1760)

Specific Websites
Puritanism in New England (from The Victorian Web) Puritanism in New England (from Gonzaga University) Perspectives in American Literature: American Puritanism Norton Anthology of American Literature: Literature Before 1700 Web Resources for Early American Literature: A Beginning (from Lehigh University) 17th Century: Historical Overview (from the GilderLehrman Institute of American History)
General Historical Websites
American Literature on the Web American Memory Historical Collections Biography.com
Other Electronic Sources
BCPS Digital content (Obtain a login and password from your library media specialist for home access) look in:	Baltimore County Public Library Databases (BCPL library card barcode number needed to access these) Biography Resource Center Encyclopedia Americana Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Online Interactive Information Service (Available as a cooperative service of Maryland libraries) AskUsNow
Recommended  Reference Resources (Print)
In addition, check for these specific print reference sources in your library:
Dictionary of American History (Scribner's) Encyclopedia of American Studies (Grolier) American Eras Series (Gale) American Decades Series (Gale) Literature and Its Times (Gale) Drama for Students (Gale) Nonfiction for Students (Gale)		Novels for Students (Gale) Poetry for Students (Gale) Short Stories for Students (Gale) Literary Lifelines (Diagram) American National Biography (Scribner's) Dictionary of American Biography (Scribner's) Encyclopedia of World Biography (Gale)
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