Selected Resources for:
French

FRANCIS   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=francis-set-c&adv=1.If

FRANCIS is a multilingual, multidisciplinary citation index produces by the CNRS. It contains more than 1 million citations for publications on archaeology, geography, linguistics, philosophy, religion, and sociology. Its coverage of articles and books on French language and literature is particularly strong.

MLA International Bibliography   

http://0-collections.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/initCritRefSearch.do?listType=mla

1926- .

The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, provides access to worldwide scholarly research in over 4,400 journals and series pertaining to literature (including drama), language, linguistics, folklore, film, radio, television, and theater. Provides citations to journal articles, books, book chapters from multi-author works, dissertations, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies. Does not include book reviews. MLA International Bibliography represents all national literatures.

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Academic Search Premier   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph

1965- (varies).

Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed.

CNRS - Revues  

http://www.revues.org/

Full-text access (with embargo) to French social science and humanities journals published by the CNRS. Includes titles such as Anthropology of Food.

International Medieval Bibliography   

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

1967- .

The IMB database comprises some 300,000 records, deriving from articles published in periodicals (journals) and in miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues) published world-wide. All subjects relating to the Middle Ages are included, within the date range 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Location: Z 6230.I63 1967-1978 and 1997

JSTOR   

http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Contains the full text of articles from a range of core journals in various fields of literary criticism, humanities and social sciences including art, music, and performing arts. Search can be limited by language, and French is one of the selections. NB: does not offer access to the most recent, or current issues of the journals

Project Muse   

http://0-muse.jhu.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu:80/journals/

Mid-1990s- (dates vary by title).

Access to full text of scholarly journals from the mid 1990's in fields of literature and criticism, French Studies, cultural studies, visual and performing arts, and francophone Africa, among others.

Banque de Données d'Histoire Littéraire  

http://phalese.univ-paris3.fr/bdhl/bdhl.php

Concise biographical entries for French authors, including lists of works, and timelines. The search interface allows users to search by name, date, period, location, school, or affiliation.

Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne  

To 1865

Since the monumental "Dictionnaire de biographie française" remains incomplete (in 2008, it had reached 'Lefevre' in vol. XX: 3), this work remains a primary source of reference for individuals born well before 1865, and with surnames beginning L-Z. Even the earlier volumes (A-L) may afford useful information to supplement the entries in DNF.

Location: LAU Ref Biography CT143 .M5

Dictionnaire de biographie française  

Covers: A-Lefèvre (t. XX: 3 [2008])

"Chronologiquement on se limite aux temps historiques - pas d'homme de Tautavel ou de Cros-Magnon -, la période d'histoire envisagée s'étendant de l'antiquité à nos jours; les figures de l'ancienne Gaule, peu nombreuses, il est vrai, ne sont donc pas exclues du dictionnaire, pas plus que les personnalités décédés ces dernières années.

Géographiquement, les limites sont plus délicates à fixer. Les territoires d'outre-mer ne sont étudiés que depuis leur attachement à la France; de même, les anciennes colonies ne sont prises en considération que pour la période où elles lui ont été unies. Pour la Corse et l'Alsace, ce n'est aussi que depuis qu'elles entrent dans le cadre du dictionnaire... avec quelques exceptions cependant. Par contre, la Flandre française, la Franche-Comté, la Lorraine, la Provence, la Savoie et le Comtat Venaissin, qui ne sont jamais demeurés entièrement hors de la sphère d'influence française et dont l'histoire fut de tout temps liée à celle de la France de façon si intime, sont étudiés depuis leurs origines.[...]

D'autre part, bien qu'il s'agisse de biographie française, il est fait une place aux personnages nés à I'étranger mais dont l'activité soit politique, soit scientifique, soit littéraire et artistique, voire criminelle, s'est exercée principalement en France. Mazarin, Law, Moréas apprennent à l'histoire de la France et doivent figurer dans sa biographie nationale. De même y prennent place les personnages d'origine française qui ont longtemps et quelquefois toujours vécu à l'étranger et y ont acquis une grande notoriété, explorateurs, missionnaires, protestants émigrés… [...]

Location: LAU Ref Biography CT143 .D5

Le Robert des Grands Ecrivains de Langue Francaise  

Compact work of reference on 150 French-language writers. Each entry includes a brief biography, a bibliography, an analysis of the writer's work, and selected quotations. Covers writers from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century.

Location: Ref. PQ 41 .R57 2000

Literature Resource Center (LRC)   

http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/itweb/wash43584?db=LitRC

Full-text biographical, bibliographical, and critical analysis of more than 100,000 world authors and works throughout history and across all literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and journalism). Enables you to search by literary movement (e.g., Dadaism), gender, or author nationality (e.g., Algerian)

Actualité du livre  

http://www.actualitedulivre.com/index.php

Reviews of current French publications. Also includes reviews and previews of BDs.

Passion du livre  

http://www.passiondulivre.com/

Book reviews, publishers' advertisements, author statements, media files with book excerpts read by the authors, and more for current French publications.

Vient de paraître  

http://www.culturesfrance.com/publications-et-ecrit/revues/po25.html

A bibliographic newsletter with short reviews of new publications in France. Distributed through the portal Cultures de France as PDF download.

Country Profiles (EIU)  

http://0-db.eiu.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/index.asp?layout=publications&publication_type_id=30000203&eiu_publication_id=2000000800

1996/97- .

Annual analysis of major trends in economies of over 180 countries. Includes forecasts for the upcoming year and evaluations of foreign trade data and background data on political developments in each country.

Regions of France: A Reference Guide to History and Culture  

Contains a chapter for each of the 22 recognized regions of France. Each chapter has a section on geography, history, recent politics, population, economy, architecture, and culture (art, literature, customs, food). The culture section includes a local recipe.

Location: Ref. DC 33.7 .N63 1996

Dictionnaire de l’Académie française  

http://www.academie-francaise.fr/dictionnaire/index.html

The ninth edition of this magnum opus by the Académie française. The editors have prefaced their work with these words of wisdom:

"La confection d’un dictionnaire, surtout quand il doit être de référence pour des centaines de millions d’usagers d’une langue de par le monde, est une marche de longue haleine, où chaque pas rencontre une embûche, une rigole, un caillou. La langue, comme la mer, toujours recommence.[...] L’Académie ne refuse jamais la modernité. Elle ne refuse que ce qui peut menacer la pérennité de la langue."

Dictionnaire des Littératures de Langue Francaise  

Contains concise articles on French literary authors, themes, genres, and periods. Includes bibliographies.

Location: Ref. PQ 41 .B4 1984

Dictionnaire des Oeuvres du XXe Siecle: Litterature Francaise et Francophone  

Analyzes 1547 French literary works and 73 movements and genres of the 20th century.

Location: Ref PQ 305 .D53 1995

Dictionnaire des Termes Litteraires  

Has a very broad scope, describing literary movements and including terminology from fields related to literature. Also contains many in-depth entries with bibliographical references.

Location: Ref. PN 44.5 .D48 2005

Dictionnaire du Cinéma Populaire Français: Des Origines a Nos Jours  

Alphabetical listings of French films, directors, actors, themes, and techniques. Includes many photos and reproductions of posters. some articles have bibliographical references.

Location: Ref. PN 1998.2 .D53 2004

Dictionnaires d'autrefois   

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/

French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries
This subset of the ARTFL project site offer a search engine that can be used to query simultaneously the following dictionaries:

• Dictionnaire de L'Académie française 1st (1694), 4th (1762), 5th (1798), 6th (1835), and 8th (1932-5) editions.
• Jean Nicot: Thresor de la langue française (1606)
• Jean-François Féraud: Dictionaire critique de la langue française (Marseille, Mossy 1787-1788)
• Émile Littré: Dictionnaire de la langue française (1872-1877)

• Pierre Bayle, Dictionnaire historique et critique (1740)
• Louis Moréri, Le Grand dictionnaire historique (1671-1759)
• Robert Estienne, Dictionarium latinogallicum (1552)

Lexilogos  

http://www.lexilogos.com/francais_langue_dictionnaires.htm

An interface to multiple free online dictionaries. Includes historic dictionaries, modern ones, and even a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. Try Alexandria (direct link) for rich content and related links.

Trésor de la Langue Française  

http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlf.htm

A detailed and scholarly monolingual dictionary, far superior to the online dictionary of the Academie. Includes citations and etymology.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture  

Contains more than 700 alphabetical entries. Covers post-1945 French and francophone culture. As well as entries such as economy, fashion, food, politics, sports, and the arts, includes entries under "francophone" for cinema, performing arts, music, radio, television, and writing in locations such as North Africa, Switzerland, Belgium, Indian Ocean, Martinique and Guadeloupe. Electronic version in ebrary. Search for book by title in ebrary.

Location: Ref DC 33.7 .E53 1998

Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature  

Biographies of women authors who lived and worked mainly in France, of all time periods, writing in various genres. Also includes influential women who were not writers. Topical essays cover a wide range: e.g., birth control, education, melancholia, travel literature, translation. Each entry includes a bibliography of primary or secondary texts, with a general bibliography and a chronology at the end of the volume.

Location: Ref. PQ 149 .F47 1999

Medieval France: An Encyclopedia  

Covers the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, literary and artistic history of France from the early fifth century to the late 15th. Includes both short entries and longer, in-depth essays, alphabetically arranged. Also has maps, genealogies, index and bibliographies.

Location: Ref. DL 33.2 .M44 1995

La Francophonie dans le Monde, 2002-2003  

Includes chapters on literature, film, music, media, French language education, development initiatives, and cultural differences in the francophone world.

Location: Ref. DC 33.9 .F735 2003

Dictionnaire des Ecrivains de Langue Francaise  

Many of the biographical articles include chronologies of works written as well as the writer's life. Articles also contain criticism of specific works. Contains entries for literary movements and terminology.

Location: Ref. PQ 41 .B412 2001

Guide to French Literature: 1789 to the Present  

Contains substantial entries for individuals and literary movements. Includes comprehensive bibliographies of works and selective lists of largely book-length studies. Also see: Guide to French Literature: Beginnings to 1789.

Location: Ref Biog PQ 41 .L48 1992

Guide to French Literature: Beginnings to 1789  

Contains substantial entries for individuals and literary movements. Includes comprehensive bibliographies of works and selective lists of largely book-length studies. Also see: Guide to French Literature: 1789 to the Present.

Location: Ref. Biog PQ 41 .L47 1994

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism  

http://0-litguide.press.jhu.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Alphabetically arranged entries on literary critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, the contributions of specific countries and historical periods, and nonliterary fields of inquiry shaped by literary theory and criticism. Entries consist of a critical essay addressing the subject's historical and philosophical importance and a selective primary and secondary bibliography.

Location: Ref. PN 81 .J554 2005

New Oxford Companion to Literature in French  

Discusses authors and works of French-language literature. Also has essays on literary movements and genres, historical subjects, linguistic topics, and the arts and media, including opera, cinema, and the press.

Location: Ref. PQ 41 .N48 1995

Bibliographie de l’histoire de France  

http://bhf.revues.org/index.html

5th Cent. - 1958

Annotated bibliography of works on French history, from the 5th cent. CE to 1958. In its first phase, the online version of this bibliography covers works published after 1998.

Bibliographie nationale française  

http://bibliographienationale.bnf.fr/

2001-

La Bibliographie nationale française est une bibliographie courante prévue par la loi sur le dépôt légal, dont l'article 2 commande "la constitution et la diffusion de bibliographies nationales". Elle donne une vue d'ensemble de la production éditoriale française.

La Bibliographie nationale française n'est pas un catalogue : elle ne signale pas l'ensemble des documents qui entrent à la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Pour effectuer une recherche sur l'ensemble de ces documents, il est nécessaire d'utiliser les catalogues de la BnF.

Critical Bibliography of French Literature  

Each volume covers a particular period of French literature and was compiled and critically annotated by specialists in the field. Arranged by topic, each volume has an author, title, and subject index.

Location: Ref. Z 2171 .C3

French 17  

An annual, annotated bibliography of scholarly work in 17th century French studies, including literature and linguistics. Literary authors are listed in Part V with references to criticism in earlier sections. Also lists research in progress. Formerly Bibliography of French Seventeenth Century Studies or "French III".

Location: Ref. Z 2172 .M6

French Language and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography  

A comprehensive, classified listing of sources with detailed annotations.

Location: Ref. Z 2175 .A2 B39 1989

Littérature africaine francophone (LITAF)  

http://www.litaf.cean.org/

"La base de données bibliographique LITAF donne des informations complètes sur la production littéraire en langue française de l'Afrique subsaharienne. [...] Extraite de la base générale, la version Web de LITAF propose près de 8800 notices " à jour " jusqu'à fin avril 2008."

Research and Reference Guide to French Studies  

An extensive bibliography of reference sources related to French literature, including bibliographies on individual authors. Includes author and subject indexes.

Location: Ref. Z 2175 .A2 O8 1981

Bibliothèque du CNBDI  

The OPAC of the library at the Cité internationale de la BD et de l'image - an affiliate of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Centre national du livre (CNL). Provides detailed records for BDs and secondary literature.

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Bibliothèque francophone multimedia de Limoges (Bfm)  

http://www.bm-limoges.fr/toute_la_bfm.html

Library OPAC with a special focus on all aspects of "francophonie". Contains some 600,000 records.

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Catalogue BN-OPALE PLUS  

http://catalogue.bnf.fr/

Le catalogue BN-OPALE PLUS est le catalogue en ligne qui contient la majorité des références des documents conservés sur tous les sites de la BnF. Il contient les références :

• des livres et périodiques conservés dans les magasins et en libre accès.
• des documents sonores (disques 78 t, microsillons, disques compacts et cassettes audios), vidéos (cassettes vidéos et vidéodisques), multimédias et électroniques sur supports (cédéroms, DVD-ROMS, jeux vidéos ...).
• d’une partie des manuscrits modernes et documents d’archives (brochures, programmes, scénarios, coupures de presse, tapuscrits, correspondances, lettres autographes…) concernant les arts du spectacle et la musique (théâtre, cinéma, opéra, ballet …) (site Richelieu-Louvois et Opéra).
• des documents iconographiques : estampes, photographies, affiches…
• d’une partie des documents cartographiques (atlas, cartes, plans, globes…).
• des objets (cuivres et bois gravés, pierres lithographiques, tissus…) (site Richelieu).
• d’une partie des partitions imprimées et manuscrites (site Richelieu-Louvois et Opéra).
• des documents numérisés par la BnF.
• d’une partie des microfiches et microfilms.
• d’une partie des périodiques électroniques dont la BnF possède aussi la version imprimée.

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Manuscript Catalogs  

http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/catalogues_num.htm

Access to digitized versions of the BnF's manuscript catalogs. Includes catalogs of manuscripts in French, other European, and Oriental languages.

Catalogue collectif de France  

http://ccfr.bnf.fr

The union catalog of France. Contains some 20 million records for printed books, manuscripts, electronic resources, etc.

GEORGE   

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/

Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the library's catalog. Search by keyword, author, title, or subject heading. To find a book by topic, search by Library of Congress Subject Headings, keywords, or try looking up a title you know and click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record.

WorldCat   

http://0-newfirstsearch.oclc.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/autho=100161383;dbname=WorldCat;screen=advanced;done=http://www.library.georgetown.edu;FSIP

WorldCat is a catalog consisting of over 100 million records for books and other materials in over 60,000 libraries. NOTE: Available only to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. A publicly accessible version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/.

WRLC Catalog  

http://catalog.wrlc.org/

The catalog of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC): George Washington, American, Catholic, George Mason, Gallaudet, and Marymount Universities, the University of the District of Columbia, and Georgetown University. Georgetown students may borrow directly from WRLC libraries or request items via the WRLC Catalog.

Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques  

http://www.insee.fr

The official website of the French bureau of statistics. Offers an exhaustive range of statistics both from the central government and the regions.

France - Portail du gouvernement  

http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/fr/

The French government's web portal. Provides basic information about government ministries and agencies, up-to-date statements on the government's positions and actions, and links to detailed files on current issues.

CIEF  

http://cief.info/liens.html

Council of International Francophone Studies (Conseil International d"Etudes Francophones) is a nonprofit with aims to encourage interdisciplinary studies within French speaking communities and all those interested in the Francophone world. This page contains a list of recommended links.

French Connection  

http://www.howard.edu/library/Assist/Guides/FrenchConnection.htm

Links to a wide variety of French and Francophone websites: current events and media, literature, education, language, art and culture, primary texts, gateways, and search engines.

HAPAX: French Resources on the Web  

http://hapax.french.sbc.edu/

List of key French metasites.

Les Signets de la BnF  

http://signets.bnf.fr/

A superb annotated gateway to internet resources, with a particular focus on libraries in France, French bibliography, and French literature and culture.

On-Line Literary Resources  

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Lit/

See "Other National Literatures", then "French (and Francophone)."

Voice of the Shuttle: French Literature  

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2719#id961

French literature websites; includes all time periods, many author websites.

French Studies Web  

http://lotus.libs.uga.edu/erms/wess/

Produced by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries.

Literature and Culture of Francophone Africa & the Diaspora: A Guide to Resources on the Web  

http://dl.lib.brown.edu/francophone/

Links by topic such as literature, music, visual arts, theater, and sociocultural context.

Le Monde  

http://ns01.newsbank.com/newsstand/servlet/com.newsstand.eDM.client.Main?authId=8399

Full color images of each page of the French daily newspaper, Le Monde, from 5/25/05 through the current issue. Searchable.

LexisNexis Academic   

http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/us/lnacademic

Varies by publication.

To conduct full-text searches for articles in current and back issues of French daily and weekly papers:

1. On the 'sources' tab just below the LexisNexis logo, select the geographic area = France, and topics = General news Sources.
2. Select individual newspapers from the 'News' folder.
3. click on "OK - Continue" on the right hand margin to save your selection, and start your search.

Archives de France  

http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/ressources/en-ligne/

Provides direct or indirect access to a vast number of archival materials in national, regional, or municipal archives throughout France and DOM-TOM. Resources are browsable by geographic region, or material type, and include parish registers, marriage records, photographs, urban planning documents, maps, etc.

Pamphlets and Periodicals of the French Revolution of 1848  

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/projects/CRL/

A part of the larger ARTFL project, this site offers digitized pamphlets and periodicals from the French Revolution of 1848. The 1848 collection is comprised of over 100 pamphlets and periodicals from 1848 to 1851. Currently, one can search the database by title and by call numbers (the call numbers have been provided by CRL). The pamphlets and periodicals are not separated in the search database; thus, a given title search will provide the titles of all pamphlets, and periodicals which have that title in the database.

ARTFL  

http://0-humanities.uchicago.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/orgs/ARTFL/

13th through 20th centuries.

Full-text database of French literary, religious, philosophical, political, and scientific works, based on Standard scholarly editions. Contains nearly 2000 texts written between the 13th and 20th centuries, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. Includes the following:

• Main Database: ARTFL - FRANTEXT, over 2600 texts ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing from the 12th to the 20th century.
• French Women Writers, over 100 works by French women authors from the 16th to the 19th century.
• Provençal Poetry, 38 collections of texts from the 12th and 13th centuries.
• Textes de Français Ancien (TFA), 65 works from the 12th through 15th century.
• The ARTFL Encyclopédie, a complete on-line version of the first edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie. with Panckoucke's 4-volume Supplément à l'Encyclopédie

Gallica  

http://gallica.bnf.fr/

Digital library of French and francophone culture maintained by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Contains electronic texts, images, maps, animation, and sound files of French and other publications in history, literature, science, philosophy, law, economics, and political science. Almost all "classic" works of French literature are represented.

RefWorks  

http://0-www.refworks.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/refworks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.