See Also
For more resources, see also
Databases for Finding Articles and Books
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowCovers journal articles in the fields of literature and folklore more comprehensively than any other source. Also includes some linguistics. Also includes references to individual book chapters, which is an important way of publishing in this field. You might want to limit your search to English and French. Go to the Advanced Search screen, and hold down the Ctrl (or Cmd) key while you select those two options.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowHas some literature criticism, but its best feature is the overviews of works.
ZSR Homepage Search & Primo
Good place to start when your topic is cross-disciplinary. Try using French-language keywords to retrieve French-language results.
Databases from Related Fields
- International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new windowA bibliography of modern scholarship concerning the European Middle Ages (c. 450-1500). Coverage: 1967-
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance This link opens in a new windowIndexes books and journals concerning Europe and the Middle East from 400-1700. Coverage: 1784-
- Film and Television Literature Index This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and indexes journals on topics such as film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. Coverage: 1973-
French Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopédie Larousse
Also includes a monolingual and bilingual dictionary.
French dictionaries are shelved in PC—some in the Reference stacks (4th floor Wilson Wing); others in the Main Stacks (Reynolds 5). Besides basic dictionaries, specialty dictionaries cover topics like:
- Regional varieties (e.g. Louisiana, Quebeçois)
- Old French
- Historical and etymological dictionaries
- Monolingual French dictionaries
- Slang dictionaries/argot
A few special-topic dictionaries are shelved in other places, e.g. scientific terms in the Science section. To browse the entire collection, search the catalog for
- Huguet, Dictionnaire du 16e s. This link opens in a new windowA dictionary of almost all of the known words of the Renaissance French language. Coverage: 15th and 16th centuries
Source Texts
- ARTFL - American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language This link opens in a new windowSearch corpora of French texts by keyword and see results in context. The complete text cannot be displayed. Other databases available through ARTFL include sources like Textes de Français Ancien and Provençal Poetry. Coverage: 12th-20th centuries
- Grand Corpus des Littératures (Moyen Âge-20e s.) This link opens in a new windowFour corpora of French texts: (1) le Corpus de littérature médiévale- des origines à la fin du 15e siècle, (2) le Corpus de littérature narrative du Moyen Âge au 20e siècle, (3) le Corpus de la première littérature francophone d’Afrique noire, des origines aux Indépendances, (4) le Corpus de la première littérature francophone de l’Océan Indien, des origines aux Indépendances Coverage: Middle Ages- 20th Century
Search Tips
Watch out for variant spellings of names of works, characters, etc.
Example: An article about The Stranger may use the title L’Étranger even if the article is in English.
Use a * to cut off a word at its stem, e.g. Haiti* retrieves Haiti, Haitian, haïtien, etc.
Type the word AND (or use the second row) if you want to enter more than one word that is not an exact phrase.
If you can't use a star to search for spelling variants, use OR
france OR french OR français
Special MLA Style Rules for French
Consult the MLA Handbook Plus for citation advice.
Specific rules for French are given for the capitalization of titles of works, capitalization of terms and names of persons.
