Research Guides: French Literature & Language

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Journals/Magazines

Pamphlets and Periodicals of the French Revolution of 1848 Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Digitized copies of pamphlets and periodicals from the French Revolution.  In French.

Literature Online (LION) with MLA Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
English and American poetry, drama and prose plus other world literatures (French, Spanish, German, etc.); full-text literature journals, criticism, plays, and reference resources.
Note: Cross-search MLA under Criticism & Reference

JSTOR Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available Resource contains images
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal (1 or more), keywords, author, title etc. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years. The content is delivered as page images.  Results from image searches can be dragged from the website to your desktop and then used in a paper or presentation (for educational use only).

Project Muse Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.

Academic Search Premier Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available Resource contains images
Multi-disciplinary database which includes a large collection of peer-reviewed journals in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.  Coverage varies, but begins in the 1990s for most journals.

General OneFile Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile

ProQuest Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Business, humanities, general information, social life, law etc. ABI/INFORM databases, ProQuest Newspapers, Research Library and several others.

ERIC (Ebsco interface) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full-text for journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, and lesson plans covering  all areas and levels of education.

Web Sites

Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures other than English Unrestricted Resource
Gateway to Web sites & text collections -- African languages through the Welsh language

The ARTFL Project Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Website for French language texts, most available for free & other resources. ARTFL databases, subscription-only, not available to IC

Français dans le monde, ou FDM Unrestricted Resource
Website of French-language teaching journal; news, jobs, other information. Print journal & audiorecordings available


Call Number: PER PC2002 .F79
Unrestricted Resource

Language Center : Ithaca College Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Description of Center services, catalog by language of resources for language study, schedule of language tutoring services.

Literature & Culture of Francophone Africa & the Diaspora Unrestricted Resource
A guide to Francophone resources on cinema, dance, literature, theatre, sociocultural issues, and visual art, developed by the Brown University Library.

Atlases

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Theory and research in international affairs; working and occasional papers, research projects, conference proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs. 1991-

Bibliographies

Literature Online (LION) with MLA Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
English and American poetry, drama and prose plus other world literatures (French, Spanish, German, etc.); full-text literature journals, criticism, plays, and reference resources.
Note: Cross-search MLA under Criticism & Reference

WorldCat (via FirstSearch) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
WorldCat (via FirstSearch) provides bibliographic information for over 41 million books and multimedia owned by libraries worldwide.

Dictionaries

LanguageGuide.org Unrestricted Resource
This interactive website includes images, text and sound. It includes the following languages:

Ultimate Business Dictionary Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Includes "Multilingual glossary", which translates all terms into Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.

Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
French-French official dictionary of the language. The 8th ed (1935) is available for free.

Le Petit Larousse illustré
Call Number: REF AG25 .L25 2001
Unrestricted Resource
French-French contemporary dictionary, with illustrations

WordReference.com Unrestricted Resource
Free contemporary dictionaries - French-English, English-French, Italian-English, English-Italian. Spanish-English, English-Spanish,  German and Russian

Diccionarios.com online / Editorial Spes Unrestricted Resource
Free contemporary dictionaries - Spanish-Spanish, Catalan-Spanish, Spanish-English, English-Spanish, French & German to Spanish, Spanish to French & German.

Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française de Paul Robert
Call Number: REF PC2625.R553
Unrestricted Resource
French-French dictionary & thesaurus for standard French usage.

Oxford Reference: Bilingual Dictionaries Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Bilingual dictionaries, including specialized vocabularies, for: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Irish, Welsh

Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française
Call Number: REF PC2889.G6 1965
Unrestricted Resource
French-French scholarly dictionary for language usage through the Middle Ages.

Dictionnaire général de la langue française au Canada
Call Number: REF PC3637 .B4 1974
Unrestricted Resource
French-French dictionary of French-Canadian vocabulary & idioms

French dictionary of business, commerce and finance
Call Number: REF HF1002 .F75 1996
Unrestricted Resource
French-English, English-French dictionary of business & financial vocabulary

Routledge French dictionary of telecommunications
Call Number: REF TK5102 .R68 1997
Unrestricted Resource
French-English, English-French technical dictionary

Thresor de la langve francoise
Call Number: REF PC2620 .R18 1960
Unrestricted Resource
French-French dictionary of medieval French usage.

Lexicool.com Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Directory of online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries freely available on the Internet. Intended for translators, linguists, language students and all those interested in foreign languages.

Directories

MLA Directory of Publications Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Incl. 7,100+ titles; of these, 4,400+ are currently indexed. The entries list editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines. The directory also provides statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted.

E-books

Association des Bibliophiles Universels Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Free access to integral books in French literature, in ebook format.

International Children's Digital Library Unrestricted Resource

A collection of online children's books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.  Books can be searched by age group, genre, award, country, and language. Here are just a few of the languages available:

Encyclopedias

France 1789-1962
Call Number: REF DC35.C66 1975
Unrestricted Resource
Historical dictionary from the French Revolution to the early '60s.

French culture, 1900-1975
Call Number: REF DC33.7.F26 1995
Unrestricted Resource
Brief entries on French culture in the first 3 quarters of the 20th century.

Medieval France: an encyclopedia
Call Number: REF DC33.2.M44 1995
Unrestricted Resource
Brief entries on French history, culture and literature through the Middle Ages

Le Quid Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
An almanac and encyclopedia that covers France and the world. Includes statistics and maps of French regions and departments.

Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education
Call Number: REF LC3707 .E53 1998
Unrestricted Resource
This is a most comprehensive and informative reference source for bilingualism and bilingual education. It is an important resource for interested scholars, students.

Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture
Call Number: REF DC33.2.M44 1995
Unrestricted Resource
Brief dictionary-style entries on writers and literary movements in France and French-speaking nations.

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Call Number: REF B802 .E53 2003
Unrestricted Resource
Comprehensive coverage of topics relevant to French intellectual history in the eighteenth century.

Handbooks & Guides

Quelques elements de grammaire Unrestricted Resource
French-French explanations of French grammar, with exercises

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Call Number: REF LB2369 .G53 2003
Unrestricted Resource
The Modern Language Association guide to writing research papers in the Humanities, covering grammar & punctuation, formatting, and citation.

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
Call Number: REF PN147 .G444 1998
Unrestricted Resource
The Modern Language Association guide to the basics of scholarly writing, the preparation of dissertations, and the publication of journal articles and books.

Twayne's Authors Series Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Full-text biographies and literary criticism of authors (ancient to modern); discussion of literary genres and literary movements.

Introduction to French linguistics / Claude Vandeloise & Frank A. Anselmo
Call Number: PC2073 .V36 2001
Unrestricted Resource
Basic information on underlying linguistic structure of French

Coursebook in Romance linguistics / Jurgen Klausenburger
Call Number: PC43 .K53 2001
Unrestricted Resource
Introduction to linguistics of the Romance language family; French, Italian, Spanish, etc.

The ARTFL Project Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Website for French language texts, most available for free & other resources. ARTFL databases, subscription-only, not available to IC

Images

ARTstor Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images
Database of more than 1,000,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. ARTstor tools enable the ability to save groups of images online for personal and classroom use. IC's Visual Resources Collection (VRC) of over 20,000 images is now available. Look for the Ithaca College-Visual Resouces Collection link in the lower middle section of the page.

Newspapers--International

LexisNexis Academic Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Full-text access to continuously updated news; French language sources in "Toute la presse". Use link in "Tips" (to right of screen)

Eufeeds Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
News feeds from 300 European newspapers, organized by country

Kidon Media Link Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Links to 18,776 newspapers and other news sources from almost every country and territory in the world.

Foreign Language News and Magazines Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Links to electronic newspapers, journals, and magazines from around the world. Compiled by MIT Libraries.

Imooty Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
European news navigator

Primary Sources

The Online Books Page Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
25,000 e-texts, search by Title, Author, or Subject; browse by LC Call Number.

The Online Medieval & Classical Library Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Berkeley Digital Library e-texts of important literary works of medieval and classical civilization.

Project Gutenberg Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Full text books. 13,000+ e-books.

Gallica (Bibliotheque Nationale de France) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
A project of the French national library. Comprehensive access to texts, images, and audio files covering the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

Video

Europa Film Treasures Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
A film initiative from the Treasures of European Archives project that provides free streaming films. The films date from 1895 to the present and are representative of film efforts in Europe and the Americas.