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French Studies @ UVA: Language & Literature

Provides annotated links to scholarly resources of particular interest to students & faculty researching at UVA

UVA's Research Guide for: French Literature & Language

Here you can locate or identify books, articles, movies, primary sources, data, and other materials about French Literature & Language in general

This guide -- a work in progress -- is meant to help students, faculty, and other scholars who are researching in UVA collections. By visiting the appropriate “tab” above,  you will find a broad selection of print and electronic sources.

This research guide includes the following:  
  • The Tab (A) includes general information about UVA library :
A 1. UVA library Includes a quick-start guide for researching at UVA library.
  • The Tab (B) includes Reference Tools useful for finding background information:
B 1. Dictionaries: French Language To find tools that focus on defining words & phrases, including multiple meanings and usage. (grammar, synonyms, historical, bilingual, etc).
B 2. Dictionaries: French Literature To find  tools that cover a broad range of literature topics, authors, genres, literary criticism, etc.
B 3. Literary Terms and French Literary Histories To find tools that focus on literary terms and theory. Also includes tools that provides panoramic scope, compilations or periodization about French literature in general. These tools help to put your topic in context.
B 4. Encyclopedias & Biographical Sources: General To find general Encyclopedias in French language that provide broad information on any topic. and to find French language Dictionaries & Encyclopedias that contain  descriptions of someone's life and his/her times.
  • The second Tab (C) includes tools useful for locating books and articles
C 1. Finding Books Databases and online catalogs to identify published books about your topic. Also lists databases that include Full text books.
C 2. Finding Articles Lists not full-text and full-text Databases and Archives that help to discover & locate articles published in journals and monographs.
C 3. Finding Bibliographies Specific publications that compile lists of books and other academic works describing any French Literature topic.
C 3. Finding National Bibliographies Specific publications that lists the books and new journal titles published in a specific country.

 

 
Note about symbols in this research guide:
 ---> means that you can click and watch a short video with specific instructions.
--->means that more information is included.
--->means that a document is available for download (mostly in pdf).

 

If you have any suggestions or questions, contact:
Miguel Angel Valladares-Llata (Librarian for French Studies at UVA).

 

 

 

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