Guide to French Research

• Databases and Indexes: Find articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers
• Reference Books: A good place to find background information at the Library
• Finding Books and Other Print Sources: Search the catalog and find journals
• Internet Sources: Find web sites chosen by CSC Librarians
  

Databases for French

About off-campus access

MLA Bibliography
Indexes articles on literature, language, linguistics and folklore from 1963 to present.

JSTOR
Scholarly full-text articles on a wide range of subject areas.

EBSCO Academic Search Premier
Index to articles on a number of multidisciplinary topics.

LexisNexis Academic
Access to news, business, and legal information. Newspapers from around the world are available.

Reference Books

French-English Dictionaries

The Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (English-French) (French-English)
(via Oxford Reference Online - About off-campus access)

The Oxford Business French Dictionary (English-French) (French-English)
(via Oxford Reference Online - About off-campus access)

Grand dictionnaire français-anglais, anglais-français
Ref. PC2640.G68 1993

French Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionnaire des oeuvres litteraires de langue française
Ref. PQ41.B42 1994

Dictionnaire general de la langue française
Ref. PC2625 H28
(2 volumes)

Encyclopedie du bon français dans l'usage contemporain
Ref. PC2460.D88
(3 volumes)Insiders' French: beyond the dictionary
Ref. PC2680.L38 1999

Le Petit Larousse Illustre*
Ref. AG25. P43 2005
(dictionary and encyclopedia)

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Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture
Ref. DC33.7 E53 2002

The regions of France: a reference guide to history and culture
Ref. DC33.7.N63 1996

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Finding Books on CLICnet

CLICnet is the online catalog for the ACTC schools. You can search CLICnet by keyword by entering your search terms in the box. You can connect terms using AND, OR, and NOT. Find out more about searching and using CLICnet through our guide.

Materials in CLICnet are assigned specific subjects based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings (Subject). To do a subject search, select Subject and try subject searches such as:

Suggested Subject Searches:	French Literature	French poetry
	Academie Francaise	France History

If you are having trouble finding the exact subject heading, ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.

You may want to browse the shelves for French language and literature books just to see the range of books owned by the CSC libraries.

• French language books can be found in the call numbers PC2001 through PC3761.
• French literature books can be found in the call numbers PQ1 through PQ3999.
• General language books can be found in the call numbers PC1 through PC400.
• Books on the history of France can be found in the call numbers DC1 through DC947.
  

If you want to find books written in French, select Limit or Sort this search at the top of the results page or choose the Advanced Search option.

Example:	Search Subject: France History
	Select Modify this search from the top of the page
	Use the pull-down menu under Language to select French
	(This limited your previous list to those works under the topic France-History, written in French

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Internet Sources

ARTFL
Nearly 2000 full-text titles on French literature, philosophy, art, and sciences including dictionaries and encyclopedias.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/

College of St. Catherine French Department

College of St. Catherine Language Center and Language Lab

Alliance Française
A non-profit organization for the dissemination of French language and culture.
http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/alliance.html

American Association of Teachers of French
http://frenchteachers.org

ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form
A simple French-English dictionary with 75,000 terms.
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html

Learning Languages.net
A collection of websites intended for kids learning languages including French. A good place to practice for beginners of any language.
http://learninglanguages.net/

Collected French Verse
Choose "Collected French Verse." www.bibliomania.com/0/2/frameset.html

Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication Includes current events, exhibitions, recent publications, and much more. web.culture.fr/

ARTFL Nearly 2000 full-text titles on French literature, philosophy, art, and sciences including dictionaries and encyclopedias. www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/

L'Express
http://www.lexpress.fr/Express/

Le Figaro
http://www.lefigaro.fr/

Le Monde
http://www.lemonde.fr/

Paris Match
http://www.parismatch.com/site/

Francité

Google: France

Yahoo! France

Tiscali Recherche

Voila

Typing Accents for French Class
From the University of Illinois French Department
http://www.french.uiuc.edu/Courses/100Level/TypingAccents.htm

Typing French Accents
For Windows or Macintosh
http://french.about.com/library/bl_faq_accents.htm

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