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L'Agence
universitaire de la Francophonie
Founded in Montreal in 1961 the Agency seeks to bring together
institutions that share a common focus research related to French
language
Searching the library catalog
Keyword searches
Start by searching for the name of a country or region
and french
You may also use francophone as one of your keywords:
francophone
(louisiana or cajun) and (french or linguistics)
maghreb french
caribbean and (french or francophone)
africa french
haiti french
If you get too many items, focus the search by adding one of the following words:
literature
drama
fiction
poetry
linguistics
criticism
biography
bibliography
women
decolonization
and so on...
For example:
north africa french literature
quebec french poetry
If a word has more than one ending, type an asterisk (*) to retrieve all variant forms of the word:
haiti* poetry is the same as (haiti or haitian) and poetry
To find criticism of an author's works, use the name and the word criticism:
ousmane sembene criticism
Tip: When you find a good book on your topic, look at the subjects
listed in the catalog record and click on any that seem pertinent to your research.
Subject searches
Unfortunately, "francophone" is not a subject heading, so you cannot use it in a Subject Search. Therefore, to find all library materials about francophone literature, you will need to use terms that are found in official Library of Congress subject headings:
african literature french
caribbean literature french
and so on...
If you don't know which subject headings would be good for your topic, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings at the Reference Desk, also known as "Big Red Books." Experiment. If you don't find anything, do a keyword search first and then click on subject headings in the catalog records of books that are relevant to your research.
Bibliotheque
Nationale de France
Search Engines
Indexes to Periodicals
All of the periodical indexes listed are available from any Web-enabled on-campus computer. To use them from off-campus, follow these instructions for setting up your browser to use our proxy server.
MLA Bibliography - Authoritative index to scholarly research on English, American, and world Literature, languages, and linguistics.
InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP. (P) General index to major journals in the social sciences, including some full-text (1980+)
Use the term francophone only in keyword searches; this word is not used as a subject heading.
For best results, click the Advanced Search button.
Type french language literature, french literature, or just french in the first search box and select Descriptors(keyword) from the drop-down menu.
In the next search box type words that describe a country, region, genre or other specific subject, such as:
senegal or senegalese
louisiana french and (linguisti* or language)To search for a word and its plural, use the plus sign:
(canada or canadian or quebec) and film+Remember to search for French equivalents of English search terms:
In "old" FirstSearch, you can use (linguistique or linguistics)
In "new" FirstSearch, use an asterisk to get variant endings: linguisti*
Project Muse - Search over 100 full-text journals from Johns Hopkins and other university presses. Covers a broad range of disciplines, including art, literature, history, mathematics, psychology, and religion.
Click the Search option on the main menu. Select All journals or just the ones that look promising.
Type your search in the textbox, using words that describe your topic:
louisiana and (cajun or french)
louisiana and linguisticsIf the default simple search does not return satisfactory results, scroll down to the bottom of the page and try a "fuzzy" search or look up your words in the "dictionary."
Humanities Full Text - Includes archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history. FirstSearch.
You can specify the word french as a keyword descriptor just as described for MLA Bibliography.
For keyword searches, use words that describe your topic and use the default Subject(keyword) search:
(francophone or french) and africa and women
drama and francophone and harlem
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
Click in the box next to Arts and Humanities Index, then click the type of search you want to do, Topic, Author, or Place. A simple search with one textbox is the default option.
Type keywords in the search box. You may use AND and OR to focus your search:
(francophone or french) and senegalIf results are not what you expect, choose an advanced search for more options.
PAIS
(Public Affairs Information Service). Indexes current affairs and
political issues. Indexes journal articles, congressional hearings and
reports, and regional publications. FirstSearch
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
- UNCA users only. Select Foreign Language News from the
menu, then select Dutch, French, German, Italian, or Spanish from the menu. A good
opportunity to read current news stories in another language
CountryWatch.com.
Provides up-to-date news and information on the economic, political, and
business climate of the countries of the world.
U.S. Foreign Affairs. Foreign policy documentation available at
the U.S. State Department Web site.
Constitution Finder.
Locate texts of foreign constitutions.
Country Studies.
Provides historical data and analysis of the social, economic, political,
and national security systems of the world's countries. Library of Congress
Europa. European Union home page.
For more indexes to literature see Ramsey Library Electronic
Resources: Literature.
For indexes to other subject areas, see Electronic
Resources by Subject.
Web Sites
General
Foreign Government Resources on the Web. Comprehensive list. UMich Documents Center
Resources for French and Francophone Literature - University of Connecticut Libraries.
University of Chicago - French Women Writers A rich site that is searchable. Contains literature from the 16th to the 19th century. Subscription required.
Voice of the Shuttle: Languages other than English: French - A good selection of Web sites for researching French literature in general. Note that Francophone sites may be listed under other languages, such as Arabic.
French Studies Web - See Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Association of College and Research Libraries.
Centre International Francophone de Documentation et d'Information
Research Guide to Francophone Literature - Bobst Library, New York University
ClicNet - A site that promises much but seems to deliver little. "ClicNet édite ou localise des ressources virtuelles en français pour les étudiants, les enseignants de français langue étrangère (FLE) ou langue seconde (FLS), et tous ceux qui s'intéressent aux cultures, aux arts et aux littératures francophones."
University
of Metz - Langues et Litteratures
Current list of general sites related to Francophone research
Virtual French and Francophone Tourist
La Francophonie
planetaire
Extensive site that must be navigated carefully. Many broken links and
dead-ends.
French
Studies Web
Compiled by the Western European Specialists Studies group of the
Association of College and Research Libraries, this site provides links to a
multitude of scholarly resources. Covers French Studies generally.
Francophone material must be searched for.
United Nations. Information on global political, economic, and social issues
International Organization Web Sites. Over 4,000 sites from the Yearbook of International Organizations. Union of International Organizations.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources. Over 2000 annotated links in a range of international affairs topics.
YAHOO List of Governments by Country
Linguistics
Linguistic Indexes on the Web - SIL International (Summer Linguistics Institute).
Linguistic Resources on the
Internet - SIL International (Summer Linguistics Institute).
Linguistics:
An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences - available in
electronic version
Linguistic
Inquiry - Electronic version available through InfoTrac
Acadie/Cajun French
Conseil International d'Etudes Francophones (CIEF) - Founded by University of Southwestern Louisiana faculty as the Southern Council on Francophone Studies. Publishes Etudes Francophone, the only scholarly journal devoted to Francophone studies in the United States. Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Acadie publishes contemporary Louisiana French literature, including the periodical Feux Follets.
A NSF Grant has been awarded to Sylvie Dubois to look at "Sociohistorical forces and language changes in English-speaking Creole and Cajun communities in Southern Louisana." Research in this area should prove rewarding.
Acadie - Centre d'études acadiennes - See Autre Liens for some good links to language materials. Université de Moncton, Neuveau Brunswick
Billy Tauzin, Membre du Congrès - Congressman Billy Tauzin represents the third Congressional district in Louisiana. His website is in the vernacular, with an option to view it in English.
A
Cajun French-English Glossary - A very accessible glossary
prepared by Amanda LaFleur, Department of French Studies, LSU.
Africa
Introduction to the Francophone Literature of the Maghreb
Femmes Ecrivains et Litterature Africaine Francophone
L'Afrique Francophone Virtuelle
LIMAG:
Litteratures du Maghreb
Literature of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. Includes bibliographies,
some full-text.
Canada
ECO:
Early Canada Online
Bi-lingual and beautiful, this comprehensive site does it all for Canada.
Literature, history, photographs, native studies, bibliographies ... and
more.
L'ILE,
le Centre de documentation virtuel sur la litterature quebecoise
A unique site that provides the biographies and bibliographies of
more than 850 Quebec authors.
Francophone Media
- Le Monde
Online version of the print newspaper.- Libération
Online version of the print newspaper. To gain complete access, one must subscribe. However, there are many articles available free.
- Le Francophile
Online journal of French culture
Presse Francophone électronique
Translation
DICOVOX
- A translation tool for French to English.
Provides context guides for idiomatic phrases and unique words.
Dictionaries - Historical
Dictionnaire
de l'Académie française Base Échantillon, 1694-1935
Contains a sampling of articles taken from the eight complete editions of
the Dictionnaire. This index project is part of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie
Français Database Project.
Dictionaries - Regional
Le
Dictionnaire universale francophone en lingne!
A dictionary that was developed to serve the peoples of Africa and the
Indian Ocean area.
L'Universite des reseaux d'expression francaise (AUPELF - UREF)
Dictionnaires
electroniques
Verb conjugation, feminine plurals,
adjectives ... described as a "phenomenal" dictionary
Orthonet
Research the orthography of a word
Francophone Women Writers
Ecrivains
francais d'outre mer
The French Ministre des affairs etrangeres maintains this visually
appealing and informative site. Many essays on "other" French
literature.
Femmes
Ecrivins et litterature africaine francophone
The University of Australia and the department of French Studies
provide a series of web pages on francophone African women writers. Many
full text articles and lists of published works.
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