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Background Sources
Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought (2004)
Ref DC 33.7 .E55 2004
Entries include both biographies and topics.
French Studies Web: Reference Shelf
Western European Studies Section of ACRL
Guide to French Literature (1992-1994, 2 volumes)
Ref PQ 226 .L48
Volume 1: Beginnings to 1789
Volume 2: 1789 to the Present.
Life and works format.
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to critical analyses and biographical information on more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, and other writers from around the world. Search by author, title, genre, literary movement and literary theme. Includes full-text of several reference sources.
Medieval France: An Encyclopedia (1995)
Ref DC 33.2 .M44 1995
Covers 5th to late 15th centuries, with references.
Le Petit Larousse (2001)
Ref AG 25 .P48 2001
A one-volume dictionary and encyclopedia, in French.
The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French (1995)
Ref PQ 41 .N48 1995
Presents a good one-volume overview of authors, themes, periods.
Portals to the World: France
European Division, Library of Congress
Quid.fr
French encyclopedia site
Finding Books
The Library of Congress Classification for these topics is:
| DC |
French history |
| PC 2001 - 3761 |
French linguistics |
| PQ 1 - 3999 |
French literature |
MaconCat
The library's online catalog, providing access to books, journals, music, and movies in the library.
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Books and articles not owned by our library can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Allow sufficient time for processing. Average turnaround time is 3-5 days for articles and 3-14 days for books, excluding holidays and weekends. Submit ILL requests well in advance of deadlines.
Locating Articles (Databases & Indexes)
Arts and Humanities (AH Search)(1980-present, citation only)
ISI database through FirstSearch.
Academic Search Complete
MLA International Bibliography (1963-present, citation only) .
Modern Language Association of America's database of critical scholarship.
Revues.org
Full text of some French/English journals, project of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, among others.
Websites
Franco-Monde
Lehman College
FrenchConnection
Howard University
HAPAX: French Resources on the Web
Sweet Briar College
France-Amerique
(online magazine)
Literature and Culture of Francophone Africa and the Diaspora
Brown University Library
Lycos
(search engine for French sites)
Paris Match
(online magazine)
Poesie francais
(full text of 6,000 French poems)
Le Quartier francais du village planetaire
University of Richmond
University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center
(French language resources)
Voice of the Shuttle
(site for humanities research)
Yahoo! France
(search engine for French sites)
Evaluating Sources
Is it POPULAR or is it SCHOLARLY? (R-MC)
Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet (University of Alberta Libraries)
Citing Sources
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (Duke University Libraries)
Choose the type of source you want to cite to see examples in MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles.
Citation Styles Online!
Includes examples of citations of various online sources in MLA, APA, Chicago and other styles.
KnightCite automatically formats citation information according to MLA, APA, or Chicago styles.
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