DATABASES:

Literary Reference Center Plus (Provides information on thousands of authors and their works)

MagillOnLiterature Plus (Critical analyses, character studies, author biographies and plot summaries of the most studied literary works.)

Play Index (Covers classic and historical plays, along with the works of contemporary playwrights.)

PBS Learning Media (Videos, audio clips, lessons, and more)

WEBSITES:

TeachingBooks.net: Profiles of books and writers, including author interviews, reading guides, and more. 

Purdue OWL: Features lots of help for formatting and citations. 

Harvard College Writing Center: Good for carrying you through the writing process, from ideation, to draft, to final copy. 

The University of Michigan Sweetland Center for Writing: Features style guides on topics like, "How do I make a  great title?" and "How do I write a strong thesis?"

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center: Wide-ranging and tools, including ones that cover grammar and how to write in specific fields or contexts. 

Grammarly: A grammar-checking software that explains the corrections it suggests, so you can learn while you edit. (Requires sign-up and installation.)