French Studies Resources
This selection of specialized resources in French Studies is designed to help you navigate through the wealth of information in Fondren's collections. It is not a comprehensive list.
online | print & CDROM
Online Indexes
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French National Bibliography
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- Describes books and serials published, printed or distributed in France and received by the Bibliotheque Nationale de France through legal deposit. Records are sorted by a thematic and alphabetical classification, author/title. Books are updated bimonthly; serials are updated monthly.
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Historical Abstracts
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- Complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts has long been recognized as the leading bibliography for historical study in the world. Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered.
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IBZ International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
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- IBZ online contains over 2.1 million journal articles from over 6,000 journals covering the years 1983-2001. Approx. 120,000 entries are added to the database annually.
(1983- updated monthly)
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Modern Language Association Bibliography
(via FirstSearch)
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- This bibliography covers literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide between 1926 and the present. The MLA Bibliography is updated ten times per year.
(1926-)
Print & CDROM Indexes
- IBZ [International Bibliography of Periodical Literature]
- Holdings: 1896-1982
- Call Number: AI9 .B5 - AI9 .I5 REFERENCE
- This index to international periodicals is made in Germany and covers all subject areas. It includes citations to book reviews.
Prior to 1965, published in 3 parts:
-- a bibliography of German periodical articles (1896-1964) AI9 .B5
-- a bibliography of international periodical articles (1911-1964) AI9. B7
-- and a bibliography of German-language book reviews (1900-1943) AI9 .B6
- (Other available formats: 1983- available online)
- International Bibliography of Historical Sciences
- Holdings: 1926-1991, 1993-1996
- Call Number: Z6205 .I5 REFERENCE
- A bibliography of international journal articles classed by subject and including an author/person and a geographical index. The subject classification scheme is provided in German, Spanish, French, English, and Italian.
- Le Monde Index
- Holdings: 1987-
- Call Number: AN20.P2 M6 Index REFERENCE
online | print & CDROM
Online Text Collections
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ARTFL [American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language]
- ARTFL is an interdisciplinary collection of French texts, which is particularly strong in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The corpus of nearly 2,000 texts includes novels, verse, theater, essays, correspondence and treatises in literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
Print & CDROM Text Collections
- Academic Universe
- Contains fulltext of recent years of French-language newspapers.
Select "Guided News Search", then set "News Category" (Step One) to "Non-English Language News" and "News Source" (Step Two) to "French Language News".
To see which newspapers are included or the years of coverage, click on "Source List" *after* making the Step Two selection.
To search a specific newspaper, enter title in Step Five or select from Source List. (Excludes some freelance articles.)
Fondren Library Holdings:
Microforms located in Government Publications (Fondren basement)
Current issues located in Current Periodicals Room
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Figaro
- Call Number: AN20.P2 F5
- Microform Holdings: 1914-1945, 1966-1974 on microfilm
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Libération
- Online Coverage for Rice: 2000-current via Academic Universe
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Monde
- Print Holdings: current issues retained until microfilm received; 1944-1952 in Storage
- Call Number: AN20.P2 M6
- Microform Holdings: 1954- on microfilm
- Online Coverage for Rice: 1990-current via Academic Universe
- Notes: Continues Le Temps
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Temps
- Print Holdings: 1914-1928, 1939, 1942 in Storage
- Call Number: AN20.P2 T2
- Microform Holdings: 1913, 1929-1930, 1940-1941 on microfilm
- Notes: Continued by Le Monde (1944)
- Debats Parlementaires. pt. 1 Assemblee Nationale
- Call Number: J 7.F2F pt.1 microfilm
- Library Catalog Access: series title
- Guide: none
- Debats Parlementaires. pt. 2 Senat
- Call Number: J 7F2F pt.2 microfilm
- Library Catalog Access: series title
- Guide: none
- 1963-1971 in paper, stacks
- Dreyfus Affair in the Making of Modern France
- Call Number: DC 354.D857 microfilm
- Library Catalog Access: series & individual titles
- Guide: Comprehensive index; Online information and guide at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=PSM82&type=4&id=N245
- Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise
- Call Number: J 7.F22 microcard, microfilm, microfiche, earlier issues in paper
- Library Catalog Access: series title
- Guide: none
- Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise: lois et decrets
- Call Number: J7F2L microfilm
- Library Catalog Access: series title
- Guide: none
- Earlier dates of this title in storage
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Annuaire des journaux, revues et publications périodiques publiés à Paris. (Microfilm)
H. LeSoudier.
- Holdings: 1881-1914 with gaps
- Call Number: Z6956.F8 A65
GOVERNMENT PUBS
- A directory of French newspapers and periodicals from Paris.
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International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages
- IEMA Online is a supplement to Lexikon des Mittelalters online, providing original articles that cover the time period 300-1500 CE, in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
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Lexikon des Mittelalters online
- The standard encyclopaedia for medieval studies. It deals with all branches of Medieval Studies and covers the period from 300 to 1500 AD/CE for the whole of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Users can perform automatic bibliographic searches in the International Medieval Bibliography Online.
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Swiss National Bibliography -- Schweizer Buch
- "Swiss national bibliography published by the Swiss National Library."
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