UNM Libraries--French Language and Literature


	UNM GENERAL LIBRARY FRENCH		Librarian Claire-Lise Benaud clbenaud@unm.edu 277-8907


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D E P A R T M E N T H O M E P A G E

UNM French Program


O N L I N E C A T A L O G

LIBROS: is the online catalog of the UNM General Library. It provides access to books and journals owned by the UNM Libraries and New Mexico member institutions. Parts of the library's collection must still be accessed using the traditional card catalog. For materials not located in LIBROS contact InterLibrary Loan.

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E L E C T R O N I C J O U R N A L S & N E W S S O U R C E S

The following are selected journals and online news sources for French language, literature, and history information. For a complete listing of full text titles, consult the Full-Text Finder. Years of coverage vary for each title. For a specific journal title check LIBROS .

Newpapers Online

Liberation

Le Monde

Le Nouvel Observateur

Other Online News Sources

French Language News and Magazines Site (MIT)

French Newspapers and Magazines

Newspapers in France

Presse Francophone Electronique (CUNY)

Journals and Periodicals

JSTOR Full-text Online (Except for last two to five years. Varies by title.)

Comparative Literature, 1949-1996

French Review, 1927-1996

French Review, Special Issue, 1970-1982

Yale French Studies, 1948-1999

Project MUSE Full-text Online

Comparative Literature Studies

French Historical Studies

Journal of Modern Literature

Modern Fiction Studies

MLN

Modern Language Quarterly: A journal of literary history

Others

Studies in Second Language Acquisition from Cambridge University Press.

The Tocqueville Connection

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W E B S I T E S

France or French Specific Sites

ARTFL Project (full-text)
Bibliotheque de l'Association des Bibliophiles Universels
ClicNet: un site culturel et litteraire francophone
France Link
France on Yahoo!
France Pratique
France Resource Pages (Univ. of Virginia, Dept. of French)
French for Beginners
French Studies Web (NYU)
HAPAX: French Resources on the Web
Human Languages Page

French Authors Web Sites

Andre Gide Studies
Baudelaire Database
Websites about French Authors From frenchculture.org

Library Catalogs and Archives

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E L E C T R O N I C I N D E X E S A N D D A T A B A S E S

Off Campus or REMOTE ACCESS is available to UNM students, staff, and faculty. Use the list of Research Databases and Indexes and scroll to the specific database or index and use the remote link.

SPECIALIZED DATABASES:

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch): indexes journals in the arts and humanities providing citations and some full text articles.
Dissertation Abstracts: indexes dissertations and theses for all subject areas
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA): abstracts articles from 2000 serials published worldwide covering linguistics and all languages. Also includes coverage of recent books, enhanced dissertation listings, and bibliographic citations for book reviews.
MLA Bibliography: provides extensive coverage of journals on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.

GENERAL DATABASES:

Biography and Genealogy Master Index: indexes biographical information in biographical dictionaries on general and specific subjects.
FirstSearch: a collection of over sixty databases indexing articles, theses, disserations, books, in the fine & applied arts, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology.
EBSCOHost-Academic Search FULLTEXT Elite: abstracts and indexes over 3,500 journals and features full text articles for over 1,200 journals since1990.
JSTOR: serves as a full-text index to backfiles (up until the last five-six years) of selected journals in the humanities and social sciences. Includes literature journals of interest to French language studies.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: provides full text sources in categories of News, Business, Legal, Medical and Reference.
Project Muse: contains full text index to selected humanities and social science journals.
ProQuest: indexes over 2,200 multi-disciplinary sources, of which 1,400 are full text. Funded by the New Mexico State Library.
SocSciAbs (Social Sciences Abstracts): indexes numerous periodicals and is an excellent resource for cultural interaction topics.
Social SciSearch: indexes 1700 worldwide journals in a broad range of social science disciplines. Coverage is from 1990 to the present.
Ingenta formerly Uncover: indexes approximately 17,000 multidisciplinary magazines and journals published since the fall of 1988.

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D I S C U S S I O N L I S T S AND N E W S G R O U PS

Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences: A subject-arranged and keyword-searchable text file with descriptions of groups and instructions for subscribing.; Directory listing for French Studies or French Language.

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R E F E R E N C E T O O L S

Dictionaries

General Online Sources

UNM General Library Electronic Reference Shelf

Guides to Local Print Sources

Linguistics Research
Literature Research
MLA International Bibliography -- search strategies
Professional Writing Resources

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A C A D E M I C P R O G R A M S

Bucknell French Program
French Language Programs in the Western U.S.
List of French Universities
Study Abroad
UNM French Program

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A S S O C I A T I O N S A N D S O C I E T I E S

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C A L L N U M B E R S

Library of Congress Call Numbers for French Literatures & Languages encompass several call number areas. The following represents specific call number areas.

P 1-37 Philology and linguistics -- Relation to Psychology.

P 40 Linguistics -- Relation to Sociology.

P 121-149 Science of Language

P 201-299 Comparative grammar - Including origin of the alphabet, phonetics, parts of speech, syntax.

P 301 Style. Composition. Rhetoric.

P 306-310 Translating and interpreting

P 327-365 Lexicography

PC Romance Languages

PC 2001-2071 French. Provencal. Philology

PC 2073-2693 Language. Grammar. Morphology. Style. Etymology.

PC 2640 French/English Dictionaries

PC 2700-3761 Dialects of France
PQ Romance Literatures
PQ 1-771 French Literature. History & Criticism

PQ 1100-1297 Collections of French Literature

PQ 1300-1595 Old French Literature. Collections. Individual Authors

PQ 1600-2686 Modern French Literature

PQ 3800-3856 Provincial. Local. Colonial. Etc.

PQ 3858-3999 French Literature outside of France

P 1-37	Philology and linguistics -- Relation to Psychology.
P 40	Linguistics -- Relation to Sociology.
P 121-149	Science of Language
P 201-299	Comparative grammar - Including origin of the alphabet, phonetics, parts of speech, syntax.
P 301	Style. Composition. Rhetoric.
P 306-310	Translating and interpreting
P 327-365	Lexicography
PC	Romance Languages
PC 2001-2071	French. Provencal. Philology
PC 2073-2693	Language. Grammar. Morphology. Style. Etymology.
PC 2640	French/English Dictionaries
PC 2700-3761	Dialects of France
PQ	Romance Literatures
PQ 1-771	French Literature. History & Criticism
PQ 1100-1297	Collections of French Literature
PQ 1300-1595	Old French Literature. Collections. Individual Authors
PQ 1600-2686	Modern French Literature
PQ 3800-3856	Provincial. Local. Colonial. Etc.
PQ 3858-3999	French Literature outside of France

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