Learning from the Past: Drama, Science, Performance 

Online dictionaries from many different fields

Web version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Great source for information on particular kinds of literary theory.

Contains biographical information on individual writers, as well as links to articles about them.

Excellent source of biographical information on individual writers, as well as summaries of the significant trends of what literary critics have written about them.

Great source for quick information about playwrights, terms, theatre trends, and more.

Great source of information for all things Shakespearean.

Contains biographies of remarkable people who shaped British history worldwide from the 4th century BC to the year 2004.

Core reference work in the history of science, includes lengthy biographical essays about deceased natural scientists and mathematicians from all countries and historical periods.

Biographical information on more than one million notable people throughout history, around the world, and across many fields of study.