French Culture Article Databases & Electronic Resources

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MLA International Bibliography. 1963 to present.
Journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. No book reviews. Some full text. sfx enabled database

Literature Online.
English and American poetry, drama and prose, full text literature journals, and other key criticism, biographies, and reference resources. Some full text.

PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service). 1972 to present.
Journal articles, books, government documents and more for the subjects of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Some full text. sfx enabled database

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Academic Search Premier. Varies by title; mid-1980s to present.
All subjects. Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full text. sfx enabled database

Historical Abstracts. 1954 to present.
Scholarly journals, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world (excluding United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Some full text. sfx enabled database

ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 1784 to present.
A collection of databases for journal articles, books, dissertations, catalogues, and discographies in all subjects pertaining to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (400-1700).

LITAF: litterature africaine francophone. Earliest 1788; most 1960 to present.
Books and articles from Francophone Africa. Unrestricted access.

Proquest Research Library. Varies by title; earliest 1971 to present.
Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full text. sfx enabled database

Books

the PAC. (Catalog of the SDSU Library).
Books, periodical titles, many government publications and other materials in the SDSU Library. Articles in periodicals are not included.

Circuit.
A consortium of San Diego area libraries (SDSU, UCSD, USD, CSU San Marcos, San Diego County Library). Request an item and delivery will be in 1-2 days if available.

Link+.
A consortium of libraries in California and Nevada. Request an item and delivery will be in 3-4 days if available.

WorldCat.
Combined catalog of many U.S. and international libraries.

Dictionaries

ARTFL Project French-English Dictionary.
Contains about 75,000 terms. Unrestricted access.

ARTFL Project Verb Conjugation.
Enter the infinitive form of a verb, and select the desired tense. Unrestricted access.

Collins French-English Dictionary.
Unrestricted access.

Leximagne Gateway to 800+ French dictionaries.
Includes links to specialized dictionaries. Unrestricted access.

Wordreference.com.
Unrestricted access.

Encyclopedias

French Wikipedia.
The French version of Wikipedia. Unrestricted access.

Quid.
French encyclopedia and search engine. Unrestricted access.

News and Media

Select Newspapers and Magazines

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ARTFL Project (American and French Research on the Treasury of French Language. 18th century to present; some 17th century, medieval and Renaissance.
(Currently restricted to on-campus access)
French texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to non-fiction prose and technical writing including novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Full text.

Fabula.
Portal of Francophone sites on literary theory. Includes their journal, Acta Fabula.

French Studies Web.
The Association for Research and College Libraries's Western European Studies Section has put together this select resource guide to French Studies on the web. Unrestricted access.

Gallica.
Contains full-text of over 100,000 volumes and 300,000 images covering the Middle Ages to the beginning of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on nineteenth-century material. Unrestricted access.

Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et Europeennes.
Official French ministry site. Francophonie/Langue francaise page covers news and issues of interest to French speakers around the world. Also available in English. Unrestricted access.

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