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WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
A good resource for identifying materials not owned by the Tri-College Libraries. The WorldCat database contains over 95 million records for items in libraries around the world. Searches can be limited by language, date, material type and more. Many items found via WorldCat are available to you though Interlibrary Loan/E-ZBorrow.
Finding Journal & Newspaper Articles:
LexisNexis academic
Provider: LN
To search for French language news:
and click on Search. Use the Results Group choices on the left to limit by French or other Language.
Alternatively, you can begin by
and click on Search.
- Select Major World Publications (non-English)
- Enter Search Terms
- Specify Date
and click on Search. Use the Results Group choices on the left to limit by French or other Language.
Alternatively, you can begin by
- Selecting the News search tab
- Select Toute la Presse - Francais from the Sources pulldown menu
- Use the default French Language News or select individual publications
- Enter Search Terms
- Specify Date
and click on Search.
Access world news
Provider: NewsBank
Contains text in English of Agence France-Presse (2004-date) and Le Monde Diplomatique (2006-date).
JSTOR
An archive of scholarly journals. Includes The French Review, French Historical Studies, Le Mouvement Sociale, SubStance, and Yale French Studies. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
MLA international bibliography
Provider: ProQuest
Citations to journal articles and books in the areas of language, literature, linguistics, film, theatre and folklore. To retrieve French language items, add Language of Publication: French to your searches. Covers 1926-date.
Monde (Paris, France)
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1987-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1987-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1987-present.
Publisher: Paris : Imp. sp. du "Monde",
The French newspaper of record. Le Monde is available at Bryn Mawr in paper (most recent 6 months) and online (1987-date) via LexisNexis Academic and the Le Monde web site.
PAIS international
Provider: CSA
Abstracts of journal articles and books in the areas of politics, economics and social and public policy issues. To retrieve French language irems, add LA=French to your searches. Covers 1915-date.
Sociological abstracts
Holdings:
1963-
Publisher: Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts,
Provider: CSA
Abstracts of journal articles and books in the fields of sociology, social work and related disciplines. Your search results may also include links to relevant scholars and web sites. To retrieve French language irems, add LA=French to your searches. Covers 1952-date.
International index to the performing arts
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.,
Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry including dance, film, television, theater, opera, and broadcasting. You can limit searches by language and/or country of publication. Covers 1864-present.
Smithsonian global sound
Provides online audio recordings of world music from the Smithsonian Folkways label and others. You can search or browse by country, language, cultural group, and more.
Websites - French Culture:
Culture.fr
Portal for French cultural news and programs from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
Europeana.eu
This is a test version of Europe's new digital library, museum and archive. It provides links to many digitised French books, films, paintings, newspapers, sounds and archives.
Gallica
Gallica is a digital library of French and francophone culture maintained by the Bibliothque nationale de France. Covers the Middle Ages to the present.
Google France
This country specific Google site is an easy way to search for French web resources.
Persée
Provides full-text online versions of back issues of selected French journals in the humanities and social sciences.
TennesseeBob’s Famous French links
Once you get past the name and colorful look, this web portal is a useful compendium of links to French websites on art, music, film, culture and more.