French Literature and Linguistics : Web Resources
Suggested resources for graduate students of French literature
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Information on how to avoid plagiarism from UW-Madison's Writing Center.
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Useful free resources online
- Bibliothèque Nationale de FranceAvailable in French & English, this website provides the searchable catalog for the French National Library. Internal links include Cultural Events, the Library, Collections, the Digital Library, Practical Information, the BnF Catalogues Services and Virtual Exhibitions.
- The European LibraryThe European Library is a free service that offers access to the resources of the 48 national libraries of Europe in 20 languages.
- Fabula. La recherche en littératureFabula une association de chercheurs (régime loi de 1901 des associations à but non lucratif) s'intéressant à l'articulation entre théorie et histoire littéraires, rassemblés autour d'un site Internet. En outre, le site Fabula se veut un lieu de ressources et de rencontre destiné aux chercheurs du large domaine des études littéraires. A ce travail de recherche s'ajoutent donc une mission d'information et une activité de publication. Le site Fabula est mis gratuitement à la disposition de tous les chercheurs de langue française, quel que soit leur champ de recherche.
- French StudiesBroad coverage of various types of sources, including literature, linguistics & culture put together by the European Studies Section (ESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
- Gallica Digital LibraryThe official digital resource of the French National Library. Gallica seeks to broadly digitize French culture for contemporary readers and researchers. The site offers simple and advanced search of a database of over 1,500,000 documents including manuscripts, rare book editions, journals, news articles, maps, scientific and mathematical documents, and sound recordings.