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Databases and Indexes for French Culture and History

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Title	# Users	Access Restrictions
America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index ‡		On & Off Campus
CREDO Reference		On & Off Campus
eHRAF World Cultures		On & Off Campus
Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (EBSCOhost)	4	On & Off Campus
Humanities International Index (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection Old Platform (only available until Dec. 12, 2012)		On & Off Campus

To search for a specific journal, use the A-Z Journal List.

Databases and Indexes for French Language Materials

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Info	Title		# Users	Access Restrictions
	EBSCOhost Francais Interface is in French articles in English			On & Off Campus
	Global Reference Center Use: Encyclopaedia Universalis			On & Off Campus
	LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Use the News tab to narrow to 'Toute la Presse - Francais'			On & Off Campus
	Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection See "Bilingual Dictionaries"			On & Off Campus
	PRIMO			Special

To search for a specific journal, use the A-Z Journal List.

Reference Books

For books in the French Language use the Library Catalog

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The following are selected resources for research on French language, literature, and culture. For more books on these topics, please use the Library Catalog.

To find books in other libraries, try using WorldCat, a collective catalog for thousands of libraries in the United States, Canada, and around the world. This catalog should not be used as a substitute for this Library's catalog, but as another avenue of searching for books.

Contemporary French Culture

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture (Reference Collection: DC 33.7 E 53 2002): This encyclopedia contains articles on music, film, architecture, literature, language, media, politics, and more as they pertain to France and the French-speaking world.

Dictionaries

Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Française (Reference Collection: PC 2580. D 3): This dictionary defines French words and explains their origins and evolutions in the French language. This title is in French.

The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English/English-French (Reference Collection: PC 2640. G 684 2001): This dictionary provides up to date definitions of French words, idioms, and slang.

French Studies

The Essential Glossary of Francophone Studies (Reference Collection: DC 33.7 F 724 2002): This glossary defines and explains a wide variety of terms that are important to studies of the French-speaking work. There is an extensive bibliography at the end of the book to aid further research.

Literature

The Oxford Companion to Literature in French (Reference Collection: PQ 41. N 49 1995): This companion contains short articles on French-language authors from around the world, works from the Middle Ages to the present, and topics and concepts in French literature. There is no index in this volume; articles are arranged alphabetically.

Web Sites

Afrique Francophone: This collection of Francophone Web sites focuses primarily on French-speaking African nations. This site is maintained by the Department of Languages & Literatures at Lehman College, CUNY.

The ARTFL Project: Created and maintained by a number of French and French language research organizations, this Web site serves as a portal to French literature. This site also includes a smaller project to digitize Jacques Diderot's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.

ClicNet: French only. Created by faculty at Swarthmore College, this French language site can be used as a portal into French and Francophone studies.

Librarians' Internet Index: Collected and annotated by librarians, this site contains a searchable database of high quality Web sites. To find a Web site, browse the available topics or use the search box.

Livemocha: Social Language Learning - Online! Livemocha is the world's largest language learning community with over 4 million members! Designed for all language goals and skill levels, Livemocha offers free and plus learning options that actually work - and make learning languages social and fun!

Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links: This hugely popular collection of links for French and Francophone studies was created and is maintained by a professor of French at the University of Tennessee-Martin. This site is an excellent place to start for new French language students.

Language Learning Aids

French Grammar Practice Exercises: Interactive written quizzes on everything from Adjectives to Vocabulary.

Mot du Jour: French word a day blog

ParisByPod: Includes podcasts, videos, language lessons... sign up is free.

Librarians

Bibliographer & Reference Librarian for Foreign Languages	Reference Librarians for French
Sandra Shropshire Dean/University Librarian (208) 282-2671 shrosand@isu.edu	Kristi Austin Reference Librarian Interim Director of Idaho Health Sciences Library (208) 282-4073 austkris@isu.edu	Jenny Lynne Semenza Associate University Librarian for Public Services/Building Manager (208) 282-2581 semejenn@isu.edu

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