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French Studies
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Elizabeth MantzThe D.B. Weldon Library519-661-2111 x82692 -
The D.B. Weldon Library: Research HelpThe D.B. Weldon Library519-661-3162 x83162
Articles
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Consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.
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This French language database features online journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences, originating primarily in Quebec.
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Repère is an index to over 410,000 articles from the most widely read French-language periodicals distributed in Quebec. Of the 245 titles, 158 are from Quebec, 11 from Canada and 77 from Europe. This database corresponds to the printed indexes: Periodex (1980-1983), Point de Repère (1984-1993), and Repère (1994-current).
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Gallica contains full text documents courtesy of the Bibliotheque nationale de France.
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Collection of French language periodicals in the social sciences and humanities disciplines.
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This serach engine searches across 19 different databases related to the Arts & Humanities, including: Alt-PressWatch, American Periodicals, ARTbibliographies Modern, British Humanities Index, CBCA Reference & Current Events, ERIC, GenderWatch, Index Islamicus, International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text, International Index to Performing Arts Full Text, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), MLA International Bibliography, Philosopher's Index, PRISMA, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, ProQuest Research Library, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts
Bibliographies
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Location: DBW reference Z2171.B56.
Also know as Klapp due to its original editor. A comprehensive annual bibliography of books, journal articles, Festschrifts, conference papers, and theses. Coverage includes French literature outside France, and extends from the Middle Ages to modern times. Literature is organized by time periods; subsections include genres and individual authors. Subject and author indexes are provided in each volume. -
Location: DBW stack Z2175.A2B39 1989
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Location: DBW reference Z2171.C2.
Also known as Cabeen due to its general editor. An important annotated bibliography compiled by specialists. Arranged chronologically by period. Lists books, dissertations, and periodical articles, with reference to reviews. -
Location: DBW reference Z2173.F74.
Bibliography of critical and biographical references for the study of contemporary French literature. -
Location: DBW reference Z 2172.M63.
An Annual Descriptive Bibliography of French 17th-Century Studies. -
A master index to the major literature reference projducts published by Gale.
Biographies
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With an international scope, this online reference tool indexes over a thousand biographical sources including "Who's whos" titles, subject encyclopedias, and biographical dictionaries.
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The Oxford DNB is an illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000. It includes entries on remarkable people around the world who were connected with the British Isles (excluding living people); not just the great and good, but people who have left a mark for any reason, good, bad, or bizarre.
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This Online, multi-volume work offers biographies and criticism of authors from all eras, genres and nationalities. Volumes are dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods. Also available in print, location: DBW reference PS 129 .D47
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This research guide was created by The D. B. Weldon Library, Research & Instructional Services. It provides a sampling of biography resources for literary persons, living or dead, male or female. This group of sources may also include dramatists, playwrights, poets, screenwriters, literary characters, publishers, etc.
Dictionaries
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The Publisher describes the Great Corpus of dictionaries as, "the 24 most important dictionaries on French language, in total about 200 000 pages (2 500 signs per page), 900 000 entries and definitions. It is the greatest collection today available on the subject. From the Dictionary of old french language and all its dialects from the 9th to the 15th century (1881-1902) by Frédéric Godefroy, that is “ the essential element ” of old French lexicography (Georges Matoré) to the Dictionary of the French Academy (1932-1935) devoted to modern language and characterised by an ever more reflexive and well-founded art of definition and by the intention to give a faithful reflection of the 20th century..."
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Includes a selection of bilingual dictionaries.
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This online dictionary has many features including phonetical word lookup and etymological information.
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Location: DBW reference PQ3904.D52
This reference work includes an expansive body of literature coming out of Quebec. -
Location: DBW reference PN41.C83 1998
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Location: DBW reference PN41 .L39214 2001
Handbooks
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Location: DBW stack Z2175.A2O8 1981.
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Location: DBW reference PQ 119 .N48
French Translation also available:
"De la littérature française" : Location DBW reference PQ 119 .N4814 1993. -
Location: DBW reference Z1377 .F8F67 1988
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Location: DBW reference PQ 41 .L49 v.1-2
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Use this database to find the right authoritative, introductory article and establish a solid foundation for your research. Reference Universe allows you to search deeply into the indexes of more than 40,000 electronic and print specialized reference works from over 750 publishers. You can limit your search to items held only in Western Libraries' collection.
Literary Criticism
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Provides full-text access to the following individual, award-winning Gale Literature Criticism series publications: Contemporary Literary Criticism®, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism®, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism®, Shakespearean Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400–1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism and Children's Literature Review, each of which are available in print in The D.B. Weldon Library. Please note: Due to current copyright restrictions, some article content is not yet available online. Please consult the print editions for comprehensive coverage.
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