This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

General History of France, DC1- DC20.5 ------- Description and travel, DC21- DC29.3 ------- Antiquities, social life and customs, ethnography, DC30- DC34.5 ------- French, PC2001- PC3761 ------- Dialects & Provincialisms, PC2700- PC3708 ------- Old French, PC2813- PC2898 ------- Provencal (old), PC3201- PC3366 ------- Modern Patois of South France, PC3371- PC3420.5 ------- Langue d’oc dialects, PC3420.8- PC3495 ------- Slang.Argot, PC3721- PC3761 ------- French literature, PQ1- PQ3999 ------- History and criticism, PQ1- PQ771 ------- Folk literature, PQ781- PQ841 ------- Collections, PQ1100- PQ1297 ------- Poetry, PQ1160- PQ1193 ------- Drama, PQ1211- PQ1241 ------- Prose, PQ1243- PQ1290 ------- Old French Literature, PQ1300- PQ1595 ------- Modern Literature, PQ1600- PQ2686 ------- Provincial, local, colonial, etc., PQ3800- PQ3999

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for use by first-year students and non-majors:

• Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a large selection of articles in full-text. EBSCOhost databases are also available in French.
• MLA (Modern Language Association): A WWW-based database available through Literature Online which exhaustively indexes all literature of the field of Literature, Languages, Linguistics, and Folklore.
• Literature Online: Contains full text of over 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, along with literature journals and other key criticism and reference resources. Also Indexes scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Includes a combined search with the MLA International Bibliography.
• Google Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.
• Reader's Guide to Periodicals Literature (Ref. Per. Ind. A13 .R48): Paper index covering articles on all subjects in magazines since 1904.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic: Full-text articles from local, national, and international newspapers.

The following services are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:

• JSTOR: Provides the full text/full image web access of the complete archival collections of journals, up to the most recent three to five years.
• Project Muse: "provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics."
• Art and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch): FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, 1980 to present.
• ArticleFirst: FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward, including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries in hardcopy.
• PerAbs: FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals, with many articles in full-text.
• WilsonSelectPlus: FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Full-text articles in science, humanities, education and business.

Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
Special resource:  KenCat [A searchable catalog of the collections at the Kentucky Library & Museum. KenCat includes manuscripts, letters, sheet music, photographs, museum exhibits, images, journals, and books.]

• The concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionary: PC2640 .C55x 1998
• Dictionary of contemporary French connectors: PC2395 .G75 1996
• French science fiction, fantasy, horror and pulp fiction: a guide to cinema, television, radio, animation, comic books and literature from the middle ages to the present: PQ637.F3 L64 2000
• NTC's French and English business dictionary: HF1002 .N93x 1992
• Guide to French literature: PQ226 .L48x 1992
• Guide to French poetry explication: PQ401 .C65 1993
• Modern French literature: a library of literary criticism: PQ306 .M57
• Dictionnaire historique du français québécois: monographies lexicographiques de québécismes: PC3645 .Q4 D525 1998
• Repère (French periodicals index): AI7 .P65

4. Department of Modern Languages: French Faculty

WKU Modern Languages (French) Department homepage http://www.wku.edu/modernlanguages/

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• Modern Language Association http://www.mla.org
• American Association of Teachers of French http://www.frenchteachers.org/

6. Web sites Recommended by French Faculty

French, French Literature, and Teaching French

• Francparler.org http://www.francparler.org/annuaire.htm
• French-language Resources (University of Virginia) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/fr-oth.html
• French Links (University of Sussex) http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/1-6-4-2.html
• French Literature (BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources) http://bubl.ac.uk/link/f/frenchliterature.htm
• French Resource Center (Rutgers University) http://frenchrc.rutgers.edu/
• Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/
• Resource Center for the Teaching of French (Yale University) http://www.yale.edu/ycias/pier/rctf/
• Web Resources for French Teachers (University of Leeds) http://edu.leeds.ac.uk/~jjsh/web-fr.htm

France and French History & Culture

• France (BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources) http://bubl.ac.uk/link/f/france.htm
• France (CIA World Factbook) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
• France: Geography (About.com) [links] http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blfrance.htm
• France: Geography [information] http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/france/france_geography.html
• France.com: The Definitive Guide [travel] http://www.france.com/
• Franceguide.com (French Government Tourist Office) http://us.franceguide.com/
• Francophone magazines http://globegate.utm.edu/french/topics/magazines.html
• French Consulate in Chicago http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/
• French Embassy in Washington http://info-france-usa.org/
• French History (BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources) http://bubl.ac.uk/link/f/frenchhistory.htm
• French History Timeline (UNC Greensboro) http://www.uncg.edu/rom/courses/dafein/civ/timeline.htm
• France 24 (French news--available in French and English) http://www.france24.com/fr/
• Frenchculture.org (French Embassy) http://www.frenchculture.org/
• Meteo France [French weather and climate] http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/index.jsp
• Le Monde newspaper http://www.lemonde.fr/
• RadioFrance http://www.radiofrance.fr/
• Tennessee Bob's Famous French links http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html