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French Language and Literature Databases
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Many of these sites have extensive links to additional resources
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American and French Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL)
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Contains over 1,880 French texts available in full text. Useful for comparing an authors use of a word in various texts, or the use of a word by many authors in a given time period.
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Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (part of the ARFTL Project)
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The Encyclopédie database contains 20.8 million words, 400,000 unique forms, 18,000 pages of text, 17 volumes of articles, and 11 volumes of plate legends.
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Modern Language Association International Bibliography
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A PC resource. 1963-present, Indexes critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covering literary and language scholarship from 1963 to the present, it provides access to over 3,000 journals and series published worldwide, monographs, working papers and proceedings, and bibliographies.
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Dictionaires: language/historical/regional |
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| LATL--Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Technologie du Langage |
Includes DICOVOX, a collection of bilingual dictionaries with speech output. |
| Dictionnaire de l'Académie Français Database Project |
The ARTFL project has three editions currently available: 1st (1694), 5th (1798), and 6th (1835). |
| Comparative Lexicography of French and English in Canada |
A Canadian English-French, French-English dictionary and database of English- and French- Canadian texts for comparative work in the fields of translation and lexical research. Begun in 1988, this is a cooperative project between the University of Ottowa, University of Montreal, and Laval University. |
Concordances and Full-Text | |
| Gallica |
Gallica is an experimental server maintained by the Bibliothèque nationale de France which contains numerous electronic texts, images, animation and sound files of French literature. |
| University of Virginia : French collection |
Most of the texts provided on this site are for the UVA community only. However, there is still a substantial number of e-texts available to make this site a worthwhile peruse. Includes additional French web resources. |
Histories of the Literature |
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| History of the French Language |
General history of French Literature. |
| Old French Language Page |
This site (available in French or English) contains information and links regarding the history and development of the language and literature of France through 1400 A.D. |
| Literature of the French Middle Ages |
History of French Literature during the Middle Ages |
| French Renaissance Literature |
History of Early Modern and Renaissance French Literature |
| Neoclassical Nirvana |
Histories of the Literature: 17th Century - Neoclassicism and Baroque |
| Enlightened Discourse: 18th-Century French Writings |
Histories of the Literature: 18th Century - The Enlightenment |
| 19th Century French Literature |
Histories of the Literature: 19th Century |
Literary Movements/Genres |
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| International Dada Archive
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Provides information on the resources and services of the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa Libraries. The site aims to become a resource for bibliographical information about the historic Dada movement and the individual Dada writers and artists.
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| Oulipo (OUvroir de LIttérature POtentielle)
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The website for Oulipo, the group co- founded by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais, offers a history of the movement, list of members, bibliographies and some of the basic texts. |
French and Francphone Studies |
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| LIMAG : Littératures du Maghreb
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Covers the literatures of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia., emphasizing modern/contemporary authors.
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| Early Canadiana Online (ECO)
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The site emphasizes literature, women's history, native studies, and the history of French Canada. There are digital images of the pages from over 1,100 selected books and pamphlets, and the collection may be searched by keyword, title, author, subject, or publisher or browsed by title or author. The site is available in French and English.
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| L'ÎLE, le Centre de documentation virtuel sur la littérature québécoise
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This site contains detailed biographical and bibliographical information about more than 500 authors. Several Québéois government agencies sponsor this effort.
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| Littérature québécoise
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This site provides brief biographical and bibliographical information on contemporary Quebecois authors.
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Other Sites of Interest | |
| PERSEE
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Contains scientific journals in social and human sciences, established by the Ministry of State Education, Higher Education and Research. Launched on the initiative of the research community, the PERSEE website has as its mission the digitization and online distribution of back collections of a vast corpus of periodicals. Wider availability of this rich scientific heritage will benefit French research by making it freely and publicly accessible.
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| French Studies Web
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The French Studies Web provides annotated links to scholarly web resources and includes sites of particular interest to librarians specializing in Western Europe. It does not strive for exhaustiveness. Where possible, links to high-quality, scholarly meta-sites are given.
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| French Resources at Yale
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Yale University Library list of Internet Resources for all things French.
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Associations and Libraries
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Alliance Française de Hartford
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Their mission is to contribute to a wider knowledge of the French culture.
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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The National Library of France
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French and Franophone Public Libraries
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This site provides links to public library websites in France, Belgium, Québec, and Switzerland.
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The French library and Cultural Center
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The French Library and Cultural Center, located in Boston, is the largest institution of its kind in New England. It houses an extensive collection of French books, periodicals, films, audio and video cassettes. Their mission is to promote French language and culture by serving and educating the culturally diverse Francophone and Francophile communities of Boston and New England. |
Government and Country Information |
| World Factbook | U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |
Country Reports
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U.S. Department of State
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| Les Pages de Paris |
French and English versions are provided for this electronic guidebook of Paris |
| Maps of France |
WWW servers by region |
