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Here are some sites to help you find out about English language: novels, poetry, plays etc.

* Books and Authors
Explore the latest genre fiction, essential non-fiction and the authors behind the titles. Browse these and other works, using tools that make finding them and remembering them easy. Was What Do I Read Next?
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Gale Literature Resource Centre
Access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Over 90,000 authors covered, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Golden Bay High School Wiki
A great resource to help choose NCEA wide reading and themed reading. Use the links to explore reading options for English at Levels 1, 2 and 3.
* LitFinder
Search more than 126,500 full-text poems and 850,000 more poem citations, thousands of essays, speeches, plays and stories.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* NoveList
The guide to practically everything - you can even do a plot search if you can't remember the title of the book.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Oxford English Dictionary
A searchable online version of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Oxford Reference Online
Use the subject search to search full text Oxford reference books.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Study It - for NCEA students
Your one stop site for achieving in NCEA maths and science. Find what you need to know, contact subject teachers, and get encouragement from other students.
* Acronym Finder
Stuck for words - literally? This site covers thousands of abbreviations and acronyms - just type it in - LOL - and get the answer - Lots of Laughter.
* BookRags
Comprehensive free on-line booknotes, with over 150 literature study guides and 1500 complete e-text novels.
* Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. On the day added there were, 85 million web pages, 112,163 movies, 48,221 concerts, 243,673 recordings, and 381,262 texts. You can even contribute your own material.
* Janet Frame 1924 - 2004
Janet Frame was one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers. This backgrounder links to information about her life and works.
* Literature Collection
Recommended site all about famous authors with over 70 of their titles on line. From Animal Farm (George Orwell) to David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
* New Zealand Literature File
Provides references to enable you to locate the works, reviews of work and biographical information on a selected list of New Zealand and Pacific Island authors. Not under active development.
* New Zealand Writers
The New Zealand Book Council offers biographical information on New Zealand authors, along with photographs of the author and book covers, and relevant web links. The biographical information is taken from the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, which is held in most libraries.
* Urban Dictionary
Are you comin' across language that you just don't understand? This site is the greatest slang dictionary on the web, so if phrases like Gabby Shiznitzle Izzle faze you then go no further!
* Visual Thesaurus
Stuck for words? This Webby nominated site is a lot of fun and a lot of help.
* Writing Lab
Everything you need to know about writing. Covers essays, grammar, plagiarism, structure, 20 common mistakes & FAQs
* Writing Lab / Apostrophes
Don't know where to put that apostrophe? Find out right here