Databases
- Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert This site has been designed to make accessible to teachers, students, and other interested English-language readers translations of articles from the Encyclopédie edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert in the 18th century.
- French Revolution Digital Archive A multi-year collaboration of the Stanford University Libraries and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) to produce a digital version of the key research sources of the French Revolution and make them available to the international scholarly community.
- Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France The digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and its partners. Online since 1997, it is enriched every week with thousands of new features and today offers access to several million documents.
- Persée A digital library of open access, mostly French-language scholarly journals, established by the Ministry of National Education of France. The website launched in 2005. The resource is maintained by the École normale supérieure de Lyon, French National Centre for Scientific Research, and University of Lyon.
- Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine An overview of works by female African authors writing in French and others closely associated with Sub-Saharan Africa. It provides an opportunity to find out more about the authors' life and interests and to get acquainted with their novels, short stories, plays and poetry.
- French Political Pamphlets, Brigham Young University The collection of French Political Pamphlets in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections (LTPSC) at Brigham Young University features more than 2,400 pamphlets published between 1547 and 1626. This extensive collection will provide a depth of material that will serve students of French history for a long time to come.
- French17 Seeks to provide an annual survey of the work done each year in the general area of seventeenth-century French studies. It is as descriptive and complete as possible and includes summaries of articles, books, and book reviews. An item may be included in several numbers should a review of that item appear in subsequent years. French 17 lists not only works dealing with literary history and criticism, but also those which treat bibliography, linguistics and language, politics, society, philosophy, science, religion and the arts.
Journals
Contemporary French CivilizationPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom
Features articles dedicated to all aspects of civilization and cultural studies in France and the Francophone world.
Yale French StudiesPublisher: Yale University Press
Contains cultural, national and economic paradigms.
French ReviewPublisher: American Association of Teachers of French
The Review publishes articles and reviews on French and francophone literature, cinema, society and culture, linguistics, technology, and pedagogy six times a year.
Reference Books
Collins French Dictionary and GrammarCall Number: eBookPublication Date: 2014An up-to-date dictionary and a user-friendly grammar guide in one handy volume. Colour headwords, cultural notes and an easy-to-use grammar section make this the ideal book for intermediate learners. Designed for all intermediate learners of French, whether at school, at home, or for business. 96,000 references and 136,000 translations will help those learning French take their language skills to the next level.
Understanding Core French Grammar by Publication Date: 2016Publisher: Vernon Press
This book contains an explanatory treatment of the core areas of difficulty for the English speaking learner of French.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture by Call Number: eBookPublisher: Taylor and Francis
More than 700 alphabetically organized entries by an international team of contributors provide a fascinating survey of French culture post 1945. Essential cultural context for students of French, Modern History, Comparative European Studies and Cultural Studies.
Transnational France: The Modern History of a Universal Nation by Publication Date: 2015Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Beginning with the French Revolution and its aftermath, Stovall traces the definitive establishment of universal manhood suffrage and the abolition of slavery in 1848. Following this critical time in France's history, Stovall then explores the growth of urban and industrial society, the beginnings of mass immigration, and the creation of a new, republican Empire. This time period gives way to the history of the two world wars, the rise of political movements like Communism and Fascism, and new directions in popular culture. The text concludes with the history of France during the Fourth and Fifth republics, concentrating on decolonization and the rise of postcolonial society and culture.
Dissertations and Theses
- DART-EuropeA single European Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)