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	Introduction This general guide includes resources that are common across all the French guides such as dictionaries, general reference works that focus on France or other countries where French is the primary language, multi-disciplinary databases, and quality Web sites that broadly cover the discipline. For more focused resources on French culture, literature, language, or teaching, please refer to the subguides. Core Resources Research Databases Reference Materials Web Sources Periodicals Contact Librarian


	Core Resources WorldCat WebCat MLA International Bibliography Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought


	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) ARTFL - French Women Writers Project The ARTFL French Women Writers Project contains the full-text of nearly 100 works by more than 40 French women authors from the 1500 to 1900. View: Online Annotation ARTFL - Main Database (FRANTEXT) The ARTFL corpus consists of nearly 2,000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. View: Online Annotation MLA International Bibliography The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. MLA International Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. Subscription to the MLA International Bibliography also includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals database. View: Online Annotation Periodicals Index Online Periodicals Index Online (PIO) indexes more than 15 million articles from thousands of journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Its scope is international; foreign language journals are included (e.g., German, Italian, French, and Spanish). View: Online Annotation WebCat WebCat is a catalog of all materials in Hekman Library including ejournals, ebooks, government documents, and multimedia. View: Online WorldCat Worldcat is a catalog of materials found in hundreds of libraries throughout the world. There are currently over 62 million records in 400 languages extending back to as early as 1,000 B.C. WorldCat is updated daily. View: Online


	Reference Materials Dictionnaire Alphabetique et Analogique de la Langue Francaise - PC2625 .R6 1985 Also known as GRAND ROBERT DE LA LANGUE FRANCAISE. A nine-volume dictionary of modern French. View: In Print Annotation Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue francaise : et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siecle - PC2889 .G6 1982 A dictionary documenting the use of French before 1500. View: In Print Annotation Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture - DC33.7 .E53 1998 This encyclopedia is not as current or as complete as the Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought (EMFT). Use this tool only if EMFT doesn't have information. View: In Print Annotation Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought - DC33.7 .E55 2004 A wide-ranging guide to twentieth-century thought across all disciplines. This encyclopedia will be of most interest to those who study modern French life, ideas, and culture. View: In Print European Writers - PN501 .E9 1983 Biographical and critical analysis essays on European writers from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century. Indepth coverage in 14 volumes. View: In Print French Dramatists, 1789 - 1914 - PN451 D5 VOL.192 Critical essays on the writings of 34 prominent French dramatists. View: In Print Annotation French Novelists Since 1960 - PN451 .D5 VOL. 83 Critical essays on the writings of 32 French novelists. View: In Print Annotation French Novelists, 1900-1930 - PN451 .D5 VOL.65 Critical essays on the writings of 23 prominent French novelists. View: In Print Annotation French Novelists, 1930-1960 - PN451 .D5 VOL. 72 Critical essays on the writings of 27 French novelists. View: In Print Annotation Guide to French Literature - PQ226 .L48 1992 This work contains an excellent and detailed index and extensive bibliographies at the end of each entry. View: In Print Annotation Nineteenth Century French Fiction Writers: Romanticism and Realism, 1800-1860 - PN451 .D5 VOL. 119 Critical essays on the writings of 19 French authors. View: In Print Annotation Nineteenth-century French Fiction Writers: Naturalism and Beyond, 1860-1900 - PQ661 .N56 1992 Critical essays on the writings of 20 French authors. View: In Print Annotation Research and Reference Guide to French Studies - Z2175 .A2 O8 1981 Intended "to provide a starting point for research in French literature in a relatively compact format." View: In Print Annotation Seventeenth-century French Writers - PN451 .D5 VOL. 268 Critical essays on the writings of 38 French authors. View: In Print Annotation


	Web Sources CIA World Factbook Offers country profiles covering geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Includes maps and country flags. View: Online Annotation Intute: Arts and Humanities A major UK web portal for the finest Arts and Humanities web resources for education and research. More than 18,000 sites have been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists and made available through an intuitive search interface. View: Online World-Newspapers.com Non-profit and non-partisan website initiated by freelance journalists to provide their colleagues as well as readers worldwide with reliable information about international news sources. View: Online Annotation yourDictionary.com More than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages. View: Online Annotation


	Periodicals ejournal locator (SFX) The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. View: Online Annotation

French Subject Guide Librarian

DeMey, Kathy

Reference Librarian

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Hekman Library 200 Phone: 526-6310 Email: kdemeyATcalvin.edu; Liaison areas: Music, Art, French, Spanish. Office hours: Monday 12:30-3, 5-6; Tuesday 5-6; Wednesday 4-6; Thursday 5-10; Friday 12:30-3.

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Additional Guides in the Area of French

French Subject Guide

Introduction

Core Resources

Research Databases

ARTFL - French Women Writers Project

ARTFL - Main Database (FRANTEXT)

MLA International Bibliography

Periodicals Index Online

WebCat

WorldCat

Reference Materials

Dictionnaire Alphabetique et Analogique de la Langue Francaise

Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue francaise : et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siecle

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture

Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought

European Writers

French Dramatists, 1789 - 1914

French Novelists Since 1960

French Novelists, 1900-1930

French Novelists, 1930-1960

Guide to French Literature

Nineteenth Century French Fiction Writers: Romanticism and Realism, 1800-1860

Nineteenth-century French Fiction Writers: Naturalism and Beyond, 1860-1900

Research and Reference Guide to French Studies

Seventeenth-century French Writers

Web Sources

CIA World Factbook

Intute: Arts and Humanities

World-Newspapers.com

yourDictionary.com

Periodicals

ejournal locator (SFX)

French Subject Guide Librarian