French

Use this guide to help you find sources in French in The College of Wooster Libraries. This guide does not include everything that is in French in the libraries, nor does it include everything about the French language or French or Francophone civilization. Please consult the CONSORT library catalog, or ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.

Bibliographies (including sources of French language publications)

ARTFL project
Les Editions Didier: DidierFle
La France contemporaine: guide bibliogr. et thématique WOO Reference HN425 .F73 1980
Les Livres disponibles. French Books in Print. WOO Reference Z2161 .L8
Online French Language Bookstore
Schoenhof's Foreign Books

Biographical Sources

Le Petit Robert des noms propres alphabétique et analogique, illustré en couleurs. WOO Reference AG25 .P45 1999
Who's Who in France = Qui est qui en France. WOO Reference DC705 .A1 W46

Dictionaries & Glossaries

Beaujean, A. Dictionnaire de la langue française abrege du Dictionnaire de Littré. WOO Reference PC2625 .B4 1990
Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française ... Les Mots et les associations d'idées ... WOO Reference PC2625 .R552
Dictionnaire analogique, répertoire moderne des mots par les idées, des idées par les mots, d'après les principes de P. Boissière, rédigé sur un plan nouveau par Charles Maquet. WOO Reference PC2591 .M3 1966
Dictionnaire de la langue française. WOO Reference PC2625 .B4 1990
Dictionnaire de la prononciation française dans sa norme actuelle. WOO Reference PC2137 .W3 1987
Dictionnaire des locutions françaises. WOO Reference PC2689 .R27 1957a
Dictionnaire des synonymes, analogies, et antonymes. WOO Reference PC2591 .B78 1981
Glossaire des termes officiels de l'informatique
Dictionnaire du français parlé: le monde des expressions familières. WOO Reference PC2689 .B47 1989
Dictionnaire du français québécois. WOO Reference PC3645 .Q4 D52 1985
Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française. WOO Reference PC2580 .B55 1991
Dictionnaire historique des argots français. WOO Reference PC3741 .E8
EuroDicAutom
French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms
Glossaire d'abréviations multilingue. WOO Reference P365 .G56 1983
Glossaire Informatique
Grand dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford: français-anglais, anglais-français. WOO Reference PC2640 .G684 2001
Lexique des termes litteraires
Newspaper French: A Vocabulary of Administrative and Commercial Idiom. WOO Reference PC2460 .R58 1990
Le nouveau petit Robert: dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française. WOO Reference PC2625 .R553 1993

Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia universalis. WOO Reference AE25 .E3 1989
Quid WOO Reference AE25 .F75

Grammar, Phonetics & Usage

L'Alphabet phonétique international
Le bon usage: grammaire française. WOO Reference PC2112 .G84 1993
Introduction à la langue et à la culture créoles des Petites Antilles
Kreyol Matnik: the language of Martinique
Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie de l'Université Laval à Québec
UNIL linguistique- Phonétique
Using French Synonyms. WOO Reference PC25911 .B37 1993
Verb conjugation

Periodical Indexes

L'Année philologique: Search by word or author.
Article1st: Conduct search using French keywords. Scan through results for articles in French. Select "Français" at the bottom of the screen for search screens in French.
Arts & Humanities Search: Conduct search using French keywords; limit by language to French, or search in specific journals.
Bibliography of the History of Art=Bibliographie d'histoire de l'art: Conduct search using French keywords. Scan through results for articles in French.
FRANCIS: A multilingual, multidisciplinary database indexing books and journal articles, and strong in religion, the history of art, and literature, with particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Conduct search using French keywords.
French periodical index: (Répertoriex). WOO Reference AI7 .F72: Coverage is from 1983-1995.
French XX bibliography. WOO Reference PG305 .F741: Coverage is from 1969-present.
Le journal des journaux: mensuel du Département Presse du ciep: UJELC. WOO Reference AI7 .I5: Coverage is from 1986-1991.
JSTOR: Full text of back issues of major academic periodicals. Conduct search using English or French keywords. Scan through results for articles in French.
LexisNexis Academic: Full text of news sources from throughout the world. Use the "guided news search" feature. In step 1 limit to 'non-English language news'; in Step 2 select "French language news'; enter French keywords.
OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center: Full text of journal articles. Conduct search using French keywords. Scan through results for articles in French.
MLA International Bibliography: Conduct search using English or French keywords. Limit by Language to French.
PAIS International: Conduct search using English or French keywords. Limit by Language to French.

Selected Internet Sites

AATF French Review (tables of contents only)
American Association of Teachers of French
American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation, Inc
Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée
Bienvenue sur Voila
Europa: le portail de l'Union européenne
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Tiscali Recherche
TV5.org
Les Universités françaises sur le WEB
Yahoo! France

Humanities & Social Sciences Sources ~ Print Periodicals

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