ElectronicResources
Style Guides, Electronic References
- Virtual Training
Suite Online tutorials to help improve Internet skills.
- BUBL's
Index of Sites for Citing Electronic Resources Electronic Sources Links
on the citation of electronic sources.
- The Columbia Guide to Online Style
Search Engines
- Metasite for
search engines
- Moteurs de recherche
francophones
- Alta Vista France
- Indicateur
- Lycos France
- Nomade.fr
- Voila France
- Yahoo France
Arts and Humanities--General
- AHDS : The Arts and
Humanities Data Service A large collection of electronic texts,images
and links relavent to the humanities.
- Britannica Internet
Guide Browse by category or search the Encyclopaedia Britannica, includes
world atlas and timelines
- BUBL
Portal of "selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas",
arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification.
- HUMBUL : Humanities
Bulletin Board Browse or search a large collection of links to scholarly
resources in the humanities.
- Internet Resources
Newsletter A monthly newsletter of new academic resources in a variety
of fields. Includes an archive of past sites.
- PINAKES A collection of Internet portals
arranged alphabetically by subject.
- RDN: Resource Discovery
Network A searchable database with access to web tutorials,dictionaries
and encyclopaedias and links arranged by topic.
- Voice of the Shuttle
Another searchable database (by subject) with dynamically provided content.
- H-Net Humanities Online Collections
on various topics maintained by volunteer editors who are specialists in
the field.
- The Human Languages
Page A comprehensive listing of language materials and language teaching
resources
- ISI Web of Knowledge
Indexes major science and social science journals.
- Scholarly
Societies Project Lists scholarly societies by discipline.
- World Biographical
Index Searchable who's who
- WESSWEB Searchable
database of European studies.
- Council for European
Studies Links to scholarly ressources for all of Europe.
- European University Institute
- Renardus A Portal to resources
"selected according to quality criteria and carefully described by Subject
Gateways from several European countries."
-
Repositories of primary sources, "a listing of over 5,000 websites describing
holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and
other primary sources for the research scholar".
- Institut d'histoire du livre The
history of printing and publishing.
Arts and Humanities--France--General
- French
Studies Web "the French Studies Web provides annotated links to scholarly
web resources and also includes sites of particular interest to librarians
specializing in Western Europe."
- HAPAX: French resources
on the Web"An experimental server featuring links to French-related
resources on the Web of interest to university-level teachers and students.
- Humbul
Humanities Hub - French language & literature (Resource Discovery
Network hosted by the University of Oxford)
- Le Net des Etudes
Françaises Multi-faceted presentations discussions on of Francophone
culture. Maintained by the Univ. of Toronto.
- Les Signets de la
Bibliothèque Nationale de France Sites reviewed, selected and organised
into four categories by the BNF (themes, Library catalogs, General sites,
and Internet toolbox).
- Important
representative reference sources for French literature, University of
Chicago Library
-
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links Better than its name suggests.
- French Studies Web Site for academic French
studies resources relating to both France and Francophone regions and provides
annotated links to scholarly web resources.
-
French Websites: University of Sunderland Languages DepartmentA general
listing of French websites.
-
Newcastle University: Links to French Language Pages French language
resources.
- L'Espace CulturelMagazine
of French culture, presented by the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. Includes
site search.
-
La petite bibliothèqueinformation about French authors and literary
periodicals; presented by the above.
- Francofil A portal
for resources concerning francophone countries.
- The French connection
[A.N.U.]Maintained by the Australian National University.
- Le Ministère de la CultureThere
are tons of links under the rubric, 'bases de données documentation'.
- The Society for French studies The
website provides information about the association and links to ressources.
- Club des poètes Site
devoted to poetry
- France-midwest
Site of the French consulate in Chicago
Collections of Texts online
- Oxford text archive Large collection
of electronic texts in over 25 languages.
- Textes Électroniques
Clandestins du dix-huitième siècle (University of Turin)
- Early English Books
Online (EEBO) Over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title
Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the
Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). Downloadable as PDF.
- Medieval
Sources OnlineThousands of texts arranged by theme.
- Gallica Classique
BNF's collection of French classics.
- ABU: la bibliothèque universelle, a
collection of classic texts in the public domain.
- Athena
Diverse collection of online texts.
- Biblionet
classics and links
- La Bibliothèque électronique de
Lisieux Mostly 19th cent.texts with a special collection on Normandy.
- ClicNet, littérature
francophone virtuelle Excerpts from contemporary literature and links
to other sites from the Medieval to present. Some gastronomy links
- Early modern French women
writers University of Minnesota
- French language
resourcesFrench Texts and Other French Language Resources (U. of Virginia)
- Jules Ferry 300 classical
works available in PDF files
-
Le livre numérique (Ministère de la culture et de la communication)
News on French digitized text projects.
- République
des lettres Texts arranged alphabetically by author. Large collection.
- Labyrinth
French Texts Useful links.
The Center for Research Libraries
Notre Dame is a member institution. A large selection of texts, many of
them rare, availible through inter-library loan.
- CRL
Resources for French literature
- CRL Resources for France
- Cooperative Africana
Microform Project
National Library Catalogs
-
Gabriel: Gateway to Europe's national libraries Links to Europe's national
libraries.
- Catalogs of the Bibliothèque Nationale de
France The BNF's home page.
- Catalogue collectif de France,
A catalog for locating texts and multi-media docunents in 4,000 French libraries.
- AMICUS, catalog
of the National Library of Canada
- BN-OPALEProvides
Telnet access to the Bibliotheque Nationale.
- Système universitaire de documentation
Access to library collections of about 3,000 French universities libraries.
- Bibliographie de Belgique
- Libweb(UC Berkeley)
Digital library catlogs worldwide
- IMEC (Institut Mémoires
de l'édition contemporaine)
- BDIC (Bibliothèque de documentation
internationale)
-
Centre des archives d'outre-mer (CAOM)
- The École nationale supérieure des sciences
de l'information et des bibliothèques
- Les bases de l'Inathèque
(INA: Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)
- Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon,
Several interesting special collections.
Dissertations
- Historical Abstracts1977-present;
article abstracts and citations of books and dissertations on the history
of the world from 1450 to the present. Excludes the U.S. and Canada.
- Systeme Universitaire
de Documentation Online catalogue of French Universities. To search,pick
"note de these" from the drop-down menu,then choose a subject and year.
English version available.
- Fichier Central
des Theses Database of current doctoral theses in progress maintained
by the University of Paris X-Nanterre.
Periodicals and Scholarly Journals
- Project Muse a comprehensive
listing of scholarly journals in all disciplines.
- Periodicals Contents Index1771-1991;
international index to journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
- Acta fabula
- French forum
- Modern
language quarterly
- Research in African literatures
- Nineteenth-century French
studies
- Yale French studies
- Magazine
littéraire
Archives
- Patrimoine, histoire
et mémoire du CNRS CNRS Archives and links to many other archival sites.
- ARC: Base-annuaire des services
d'archives en France , a directory of archival services in France.
- Centre
historique des archives nationales searchable databases for both texts
and images.
Dictionaries
- Dicnet: Annuaire des dictionnaires
links to dictionaries
- ARTFLCollection
of historical dictionaries.
- Dictionnaire des synonymes
A good source of contemporary slang.
- Lexique
d'ancien français
-
Leximagne a "collection of nearly 1,000 electronic French dictionaries,
glossaries and wordlists."
-
A Web of Online DictionariesA comprehensive list of Romance language
dictionaries
- Analyses et traitement informatique
du lexique français Site of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
- Conseil international de la langue françaisetechnical
dictionaries, the database Orthonet and other links.
- Dictionnaire des
identités culturelles de la francophoniefrancophone usage
- Langue française
du XIXe siècle
- Langue française,
francophonie et diversité linguistique Site of the Agence universitaire
de la francophonie
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopédie Hachette
- Encyclopædia Universalis
- Quid on line
Films
- BiFi Catalog
of the Bibliothèque du Film
- CineCritic, a searchable database
of film reviews.
- Festival de Cannes
Monuments
- Centre de monuments nationaux
searchable by time place, period, or keyword.
- Versailles
Museums, Virtual Exhibits
- Creating French
CultureTreasures from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.Based
on an exhibition at the Library of Congress.
- Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Portal
of the French national museums
-
Centre Pompidou
- Le Louvre
- Le Musée d'Orsay Description
of collections and programs; some images
- Musées de Paris, a site that
indexes museums in Paris by name, theme, and arrondissement.
- Trésors de la Bibliothèque
nationale de France
Performing arts
- International Index to the Performing
Arts Full Text (IIAPFT) IPAFT covers nearly all aspects of the performing
arts.
- ABC de la chanson francophone
contains texts of 15,000 songs.
- Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Département des Arts du Spectacle Brief description
of the holdings of the performing arts section
- A brief
guide to resources in theatre and performance studies
- Comédie Françaiseinformation
on classical plays, playwrites, and a glossary of theater terms.
- Odéon, théâtre
de l'Europe
- International Theater Design Archive
"Mission is to actively promote the advancement of knowledge and skills
in all aspects of design and production in the performing arts."
- Enseignement
du théatre, Université de Dijon
- Theatre
history on the web Lists sources
-
Theatrepedia - ELAC Theatre online library
- Theatron, "a new Virtual Reality
tool for teaching and researching the subject of Theatre History,".
- TheatreHistory.com
Popular culture
- BDland Information
about comic books: can be searched by author, graphic artist, title &
series
- Centre national de la bande
dessinée et de l'image Site of a museum dedicated to comic
books and images
- Mauvais genres en bibliothèques
Detective novels and science fiction. Searchable.
Newspapers ,magazines& books
- Agence France-Presse
- Eurolibri "Gateway
to online book trade in Europe"
- French
Newspapers Comprehensive listing of French newspapers on the web.
- Africaonline French
and English
- Le Canard enchainé
- Clicanoo Ile
de la Réunion and Indian Ocean area
- Cyberpresse La
Presse française canadienne
- L'Express
- Le Figaro
- L'Humanité
- Maghreb
confidentiel
- Le Monde
- Le Monde Diplomatique
- Libération
- Le Nouvel observateur
- Paris Match
- Le Soir en ligneBrussels
- La Tribune
de Genève
- The Tocqueville Connection
Press reviews and services
- Agence France
PresseLinks to European newspapers and magazines; some electronic journals.
- Actualités
France Diplomatie Daily press review.
- Actualités
francophonesPress review for francophone countries (Agence intergouvernementale
de la francophonie)
- FranceLinkMultimedia resources.
-
Internet culturel media links.
- Pressed a subscription
service for press reviews
Other media
- Radio Caraïbes internationale
- Radio France International
- Réseau France Outre-mer
- French radio networks
- France3 en ligne
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
Francophone Sites
- Carrefour International Francophone
de Documentation et d'Information (CIFDI) Site of the Agence intergouvernementale
de la francophonie.
- Conseil international d'études
francophones (CIEF) Maintained by the University of Louisiana.
- FrancofilA Portal
of francophone resources.
- La FrancophonieMaintained
by the Ministère des affaires étrangères.
- Literature and culture
of Francophone Africa and the Diaspora "features selected Internet resources
on primarily Francophone African & Diasporic cultural expression".
- Secrétariat d'état à l'Outre-mer
The French Carribean.
- Journal de l'Outre-mer Journal
of the preceding site.
- Madinina Web
a web site on Martinique.
- LIMAG : Littératures du Maghreb
- La culture francophone,
c'est chouette!
- Cooperative Africana
Microform Project
Listservs
- FRANCOFIL - "General discussion list and electronic noticeboard for French
Studies at university level." - Subscribe: listserv@liverpool.ac.uk
- FRANCO-MONDE - for francophone scholars Subscribe:listserv@lehman.listserv.cuny.edu
- BALZAC-L - For specialists of francophone literature and culture - Subscribe
listproc@cc.umontreal.ca
History Geography & Philosophy
- Clio, serveur d'histoire sociale,
site of the Ecole nationale supérieure.
- Dix neuf, ressources sur le
dix-neuvième siècle, comprehensive site on the 19th century.
- Histoire de France
de Vercingétorix à nos joursGeneral.
- VLIB HistoireCategorized links.
- Institut géographique nationalGeographical
data.
- Terres d'écrivains, "tourisme
littéraire et maisons d'écrivains." Thematic guide to literary sites by
author, region and genre.
- Euro Docs
Primary historical documents from Western Europe.
- Reference Reviews Europe/IFB Abstracts
General History
- H-Net Humanities Online
- History:
the W3 Virtual Library [U. of Kansas]
- International Institute for Social History
(Netherlands)
- Center for Reformation and Renaissance
Studies
-
TGN (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names) A gazetteer of place names.
- Web Links:
French History (Zoe Schneider,Georgetown University)
- Jacques Maritain
centerThe Jacques Maritain Center located at the University of Notre Dame
makes available resources on the work of the French Catholic philosopher,
Jacques Maritain.
Listservs
- H-Francais hosts a
listserv for teachers of French history and geography
- Académie française Mission
statement, history, members, French language, and links.
Time periods
Middle Ages & Renaissance
- Online medieval and classical
libraryBerkeley's OMACL is a portal site hosting e-texts from classical
and medieval times.
- Epistemon
resources and links to Renaissance sites.
- Iter, gateway to the Middle Ages
and Renaissance Some services by subscription.
- Medieval women writers
- Princeton
Dante Project Full text of the Commedia and links to major commentaries.
- Camelot project
at the University of Rochester : Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies,
and basic information
- French medieval drama database
project bibliographical references on authors of Medieval French Drama.
- Index of medieval manuscripts
a searchable database of Medieval manuscripts.
- The Charrette projecta
multimedia archive which contains the medieval manuscript Le Chevalier de
la Charrette.
- Roman de la rose : digital surrogates
of three manuscripts
17th century
- The development of
scenic spectacle in the 16th and 17th century, "a site devoted to the
study of spectacle on the Renaissance and Baroque stage"
-
Pierre Corneille (Yahoo encyclopédie)
- Molière multimania
- Site-Molière
18th century
- Textes Électroniques
Clandestins du dix-huitième siècle (University of Turin)
- Société française d'étude
du dix-huitième siècle
- Eighteenth-Century
Resources (Jack Lynch)Searchable.
- Links on the French
Revolution
- Pamphlets
of the French revolution political pamphlets published during the French
Revolution.
- Journals devoted to the
eighteenth century
- Liberty, equality,
fraternity : exploring the French revolution
- Voltaire foundation
19th century
- Alexandre Dumas, deux siècles de littérature
vivante, site created in collaboration with the Association des Amis de
Dumas
- Centre d'études du
19e siècle français Joseph Sablé Collections on history and writings of
the Romantic period, site of the Zola archive.
- Dix-Neuf
- Théodore de Banville
- Zvi Har'El's Jules Verne Collection
- Proust archive,
at the Centre de recherche Kolb-Proust
- Poètes.com 19th centurty Romantic
poetry.
20th century
- International Dada Archive
- Futurism
- The Samuel Beckett endpage
- Albert Camus
Education
- Eurydice Information network
on education in Europe
- Ministère de l'Education Nationale Information
about the French educational system
- American Association of Teachers of French
(AATF)
- Association de français
langue étrangère
- Guide
nicaise des associations d'amis d'auteurs Index of 300 associations
collected by Gallimard; search by author
- Modern Language Association (MLA)
- Ministère de l'education nationale
- Paris Pages: Schools, Faculties,
Institutes
Science &Technology
- ADIT: l'Intelligence de l'InformationL'Agence
pour la Diffusion de l'Information Technologique is responsible for the the
diffusion of scientific and culturlal information under the joint supervision
of the Ministère des Affaires É trangères et du Ministèr
e chargé de la Recherche.
- Conservatoire numérique des Arts
et Métiers des Arts et Métiers) Digital texts and images on the history
of science and technology.
- CNRS The site for the Centre National
de la Recherche Scientifique.
Social Sciences
- European Governments
On-line
- Conseil de l'Europe Official
site of the Council of Europe.
- CordisInformation on research
conducted in the E.U.
- Europa,l'union européenne
en ligneOfficial site of the European Union.
- European Union Internet
Resources (UC Berkeley)
- Institut national
de la statistique et des études économiques
- Institut national d'études démographiquePopulation
studies.
- Les InstitutionsAccess
to the French government institutions.
- Les Journaux
officielsOfficial communications of the French government
- Légifrance: l'essentiel du droit
français
- Organisation de Coopération
et de développement économique Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
- Service-Public, le portail de
l'administration française Main gateway of the French administration
- Francediplomatie
- Les Services Publiques
- L'Assemblée nationale
- École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS)
- Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
- INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique
et des Etudes Economiques) The main French institution for annual statistical
reports, many of which are offered in summary form at this site.
- Institute de rechereche
pour le développement Materials concerning developing courntries
under the auspices of OSTROM/IRD.
- Sciences-Po Information concerning
the Institut d'Études Politiques and the Fondation Nationale des sciences
politiques.
- Law-France
- Musée des Arts et Métiers --
Paris
- Institut de France
information on the Académie française, Académie des sciences, Académie des
beaux-arts, and Académie des sciences morales et politiques.
- The Association for
the Study of Contemporary and modern France
- Annuaires de
la communauté enseignement et rechercheWeb sites selected and organised
by the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
-
Documentation française Photo archive & links to other image
sites
Political parties
- Adminet lists many links
to sites of and about French political parties and unions
- Front national
- Parti communiste français
- Parti socialiste français
- Rassemblement pour la République
- Union pour la démocratie française
Pratical Information
- Ambassade de France USA
- France Telecom
Les pages jaunes
- Les codes postaux
des villes françaises
- France Pratique
- Ambassade de France, Washington
DC Excellent site for basic information on France.
- La Maison de la France The French
Government Tourist Office