A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet--or Mrs. DeRose's Poetry Project

Okay. I will refrain from all the corny poetic references. Here are accurate, reliable sites to conduct poetry research.

http://poets.org from the American Academy of Poets

http://maps.google.com to find an image of where your poet lived or lives.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/library.html sponsored by Lucidcafe. Scroll down to poets and don’t be distracted by the numerous other wonderful links.

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor

http://www.shmoop.com/poetry by Shmoop of course.

http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48518 Poetry guide by the Internet Public Library

http://lii.org Search the Librarians’ Internet Index for your poet.

Here are our tried and true reference links. Please get IDs and passwords from the library.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Launch from the library Web page at www.hopatcongschools.org/hs/library. Inside the building, you do not need to enter a password.

EBSCOHost is found at search.ebscohost.com. Try a search at the Literary Reference Center.

Jersey Clicks http://www.jerseyclicks.com
Access this site directly inside the building. Outside the building, enter 28023 or use the barcode from your Sussex County or other public library to access this database.

Q & A New Jersey http://www.qandanj.org
If you need help with research, you can ask a librarian online 24 hours a day.