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French Language and
Literature
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This guide suggests resources and strategies for research on French
language and literature.
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Contents of this research guide
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Background Information | Facts & Figures | Find
Articles | Find Books | People | Organizations
| Web Resources | Additional
Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias and other reference works are an excellent place to start
a research project or simply learn more about a particular topic.
They provide topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading.
Cyclopedia of World Authors (R 809 C9924)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (928.1 D561) - French dramatists, 1789-1914 vol. 192
- French novelists, 1900-1930 vol. 65
- French novelists, 1930-1960 vol. 72
- French novelists since 1960 vol. 83
also available online through
Literature Resource
Center
European Writers (R 809.894 Eu74)
Grand Larousse Universel Dictionnaire Francaise (034.1 G7624)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (R 809.203 M178)
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Facts & Figures (Fact Sources)
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Use dictionaries, statistical works,
atlases, handbooks and similar works to find and check facts about topics,
people, or events.
A Book of French Quotations (848 G982b)
Cassell's French Dictionary (R 443 N42)
The
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (English-French)
The
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (French-English)
Dictionnaire de la Langue Francaise Lexis (R 443 D5617)
Harrap's New College French and English Dictionary (R 443 H2353)
The Oxford Companion to Literature in French (R 840.90003 N42)
The
Oxford (English-French) Business French Dictionary
The
Oxford (French-English) Business French Dictionary
The Oxford-Hachette Concise French Dictionary (R 443 Ox26)
Le Petit Larousse Illustré (R 443 P445)
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Find Articles
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Search indexes, abstracts, and databases to find journal, magazine, and
newspaper articles. For a complete list of Kent Library's online
indexes and databases, see the Find: articles
page (http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find historical/source materials, such as newspaper and
magazine articles, use the following print sources:
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Humanities Index, 1974+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Social Sciences and Humanities Index, 1966-1974)
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
International Index to Periodicals, 1907 - 1965
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
New York Times Index, 1851+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
To find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use the
following online databases:
Academic Search Premier
ERIC
JSTOR
Project Muse
ProQuest Research Library
Wilson OmniFile
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Find General Collection Books
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Use the Kent Library
Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml) to find books,
periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers), videos, government
documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress subject headings.
Printed volumes of these headings are located near the Reference Desk on
the main floor.
Some French language and literature subject headings include:
French drama
French language
French poetry
French literature
French-Canadian drama
French-Canadian fiction
French-Canadian literature
French-Canadian poetry
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Browse the shelves by call number. Use the
Dewey Decimal
chart (http://library.semo.edu/learn/guides/dewey100.shtml) to get
you in the right subject areas or try the following:
French and related languages 440s
French and related literatures 840s
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People
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Learn about important people, such as authors, researchers &
historical figures related to this topic or field.
Biography Index (located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main
floor)
Contemporary Authors (928 C7672)
Literature Resource Center (available
online)
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Organizations
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Professional organizations and/or societies often provide very useful
topic related information.
American Association of Teachers
of French
(http://www.frenchteachers.org/)
Embassy of the United State
in Paris, France
(http://france.usembassy.gov/irc.html)
Federation of Alliances Francaises
(http://www.afusa.org/)
Modern Language Association
(http://www.mla.org)
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Web Resources
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The ARTFL Project
- The Project for American and French Research on the
Treasury of the French Language
(http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL)
Foreign Language
News and Newspapers
(http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews)
French Language
Resources
(http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/french.html)
Le Figaro - French
Newspaper
(http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/)
Le Monde - French Newspaper
(http://www.lemonde.fr/)
Prentice Hall
- Points de Départs Textbook site
(http://wps.prenhall.com/wl_pons_pointsdedepart_1/)
Ressources
Internet Francophones
(http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/deanhum/langlit/french)
Tennessee Bob's
Famous French Links
(http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html)
Word Reference - online translation
and dictionary
(http://wordreference.com/)
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For a list of Web searching tools, see the
Find: web resources
page (http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.shtml).
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Additional Resources
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Dissertation Abstracts
(available on the library's web page)
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last updated: 6/25/09, ES
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