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