Dictionaries
General Encyclopedias
Subject Encyclopedias
Indexes
Full Text Sources
Other Web Sites
Web Search Engines
Dictionaries
- REF PC 2100-2799
This section holds the French language dictionaries, including the Petit Robert and the Grand Robert.
- Grove Dictionary of Art
Available: Colby only
Coverage: prehistory to 1990
Access: Grove Reference
This is a comprehensive art reference work with world-wide coverage of all forms of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic and decorative arts, and photography. Includes many illustrations.
- iLoveLanguages
This page includes dictionaries, translators, grammars, literature, and instruction in many languages, including French.
- Your Dictionary
Another site for dictionaries, translators, and grammars. This one also has multi-lingual dictionaries.
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General Encyclopedias
- REF AE 25 .D548 1992
Dictionnaire Encyclopedique Desormeaux (Antilles & Guyane)
Excellent source for this region
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REF AE 25 .E53 PLATES 1978
Diderot Encyclopedia: The Complete Illustrations 1762-1777 5 vols. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978. Illustrations for the text; an excellent source for historical images.
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REF AE 25 .L332 1866
Grand Dictionnaire Universal du XIXe Siecle 16 vols. Paris: Librairie Classique Larousse et Boyer, 1866-69. An excellent source for historical material.
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REF AE 25 .G64
Grand Larousse Encyclopedique 12 vols. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1960. An update of the 19th-century Larousse.
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REF AE 25 .G7
Grand Encyclopedie 31 vols. Paris: H. Lamirault et Cie,1886-1902. Another historical achievement.
- Quid (French Almanac)
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Subject Encyclopedias
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REF DC
This section holds the encyclopedias on French history.
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REF PQ 1-3999
This section holds the encyclopedias on French literature.
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REF PR 9100
This section holds the encyclopedias on Canadian literature.
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REF F 1006 .W3
Encyclopedia of Canada Toronto: University Associates of Canada, 1940
- REF DC 33.7 .F723 2002
Francophone Studies: The Essential Glossary
Short entries on Francophone topics.
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REF DT 351 .A37
Africa South of the Sahara London: Europa Publications Ltd. Each nation has an entry with essays on its recent history and economy, followed by statistics, an extensive directory, and a bibliography.
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REF DT 351 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara 4 vols. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997
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REF DC 33.7 .E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture NY: Routledge,1998
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REF PN 1993.5 .E8 E53 1995
Vincendeau, Ginette, ed. Encyclopedia of European Cinema NY: Facts on File, 1995
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REF PN 1997.8 .I58 1997
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 3rd ed.;4 vols. NY: St. James Press, 1997
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Indexes
- Academic Search Premier
Available: State of Maine
Coverage: variable, most 1990+
Access: EBSCO
Academic Search Premier provides full-text coverage of nearly 3000 journals in most academic areas of study, and provides indexing and abstracts for another 1000. Most journal coverage extends from 1990+ with additional backfiles in progress.
- America History and Life (Online)
Available: Colby Only
Access: ABC CLIO
Coverage: 1964 - present
Article abstracts from more than 2400 journals on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric time to the present.
- Anthropology Plus
Available: Colby only
Coverage: Anthro Lit 1984+; Anthro Index late 19th c.+
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.
- Art Abstracts
(Wilson Art Abstracts)
Available: Colby only
Coverage: 1984 - present
Updated: quarterly
Access: H.W. Wilson
Indexes over 200 journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins in the fields of archaeology, architecture, art and art history, crafts, and photography.
- Art Index Retro Web
Coverage:1929-1984
Art Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cumulates citations to the print version of Art Index, volumes 1-32, published by H.W. Wilson. The database cites articles from more than 420 periodicals published throughout the world. In addition to articles, Art Index Retrospective indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
- Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Available: Colby Only
Coverage: 1973 - present
Access: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts books, conference proceedings, dissertations, catalogs, and articles from over 2,500 periodicals in the subjects of European and American art from late antiquity to present.
- The French National Bibliography
This publication describes books and serials published, printed or distributed in France and received by the Bibliotheque National de France through legal deposit. It contains a list of records sorted by a thematic and alphabetical classification author/title: a list of books and official publications, and a list of serials. Searching is by author, title, publisher, and subject.
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- Gender Studies
Available: Colby only
Coverage: 1972-present
Gender Studies Database combines NISC's Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD includes gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources. Several hundred links provide access to carefully selected and important websites. This database includes more than 552,250 records with coverage spanning from1972 and earlier to present.
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- Historical Abstracts (Online)
Available: Colby Only
Coverage: 1954 - present
Access: ABC CLIO
Coverage includes the world's scholarly literature in history, excluding U.S. and Canada (see America History and Life above) from 1450 to the present. Articles abstracted from over 2,100 journals.
- ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Available: Colby only
Coverage: Beginning publication date of each journal indexed
Updated: daily
Bibliography of articles and reviews drawn from over 300 core journals covering all aspects of the European Renaissance (1300 - 1700).
- MLA International Bibliography
Available: CBB only
Coverage: 1963 - present
Updated: quarterly
Access: Ebsco
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, the MLA International Bibliography indexes critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covering literary scholarship, it provides access to over 3,000 journals and series published worldwide, monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies.
- 19th Century Masterfile (Poole's Plus)
Available: Colby only
Coverage: 1802 - 1906
Publisher: Paratext Inc.
A work in progress, Poole's Plus will include access to 19th century periodicals, books, newspapers, and some government documents. Presently limited to periodicals and books.
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Full Text Sources
- Ethnic Newswatch
Available: (Colby Only)
Coverage: 1991 - present (for most titles)
Updated: monthly
Access: ProQuest
A full-text database of newspapers and magazines of the ethnic and minority press in America: African-American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian-American, European/Eastern European, Hispanic/ Latino/Chicano, Jewish, and Native American.
- French Literature
Electronic texts in French, compiled by the ACRL Western European Studies Section.
- International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
Full Text Edition
Available: Colby only
IIMP Full Text indexes (1996+) the contents of more than 370 international music periodicals from over 20 countries, and also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and the Washington Post. Full text entries from 1997 to the present are drawn from articles in 42 journals.
- Labyrinth Library: French Literature E-texts for (mostly Medieval) French literature.
- LexisNexis Academic Universe
Available: Colby only
The worlds's most comprehensive, full text online law, news and business information, including cases, statutes, bills, trade journals, wire services, national and regional news, and the foreign press. Contact a Reference Librarian for instruction and Colby's policies on use.
- Music Index Online: a Subject / Author Guide to Music Periodical Literature
Coverage: 1979 - present
Access: Harmonie Park Press
Topics concerned with every aspect and genre of music covered in over 640 international music periodicals are indexed. Classical, jazz, popular music, folk and world music are covered. A broad range of subjects are indexed, covering musicological topics, book and record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Available: Colby only
Coverage: mid-1997 -- 2000 (citations only)
1969 -- mid-1997 (complete records with abstracts)
Access:NISC
Compiled by the Repertoire International de Literature Musicale, RILM has nearly a quarter of a million abstracts drawn from articles, books, proceedings, etc.
- World News Connection
Available: CBB only
Coverage: 1996+
An index to and text of the Daily Reports, translating foreign press and news broadcasts. Presented by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). See also FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) for earlier years on CD-ROM.
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Other Web Sites
- ARTFL Project A project by the University of Chicago, consisting of e-texts, dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, and links. While many links specify that one must be a member of the ARTFUL consortium to use them, in most cases they allow access to anyone.
- French Studies Web A page maintained by a member of the Association of College and Research Libraries' Western European Studies Section.
- Research Guide for the Study of Francophone Literature An extensive collection of print and electronic resources, which covers Francophone culture and studies as well as literature.
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Web Search Engines
- Beaucoup A search engine (like Dogpile) which looks at sites by region, allowing you to search only Web pages from a particular country.
Last Updated Date: 10/08/2007
Created by: Pukkila, Marilyn R.
Email: mrpukkil@colby.edu |
