You need to be aware that since 2022 the library has made a sustained effort and a strong investment to acquire material in electronic format in perpetuity, especially in underrepresented areas of study. These tools are important for research and for teaching. So far, we have acquired more than 300 new products or databases for all fields of knowledge and counting. You can consult the entire list here. < For French Studies we recently acquired these major collections in electronic format:
The firm Garnier Frères (Garnier Brothers) was founded in 1833 by Auguste and Hippolyte Garnier. In 1893 the firm launched its Classiques Garnier series of literary texts with its famous yellow covers and accompanied by a critical apparatus (notes, introductions, etc.) and sold at a modest price.
In 2009, after a long history, this firm has expanded its catalog under the editorial direction of Claude Blum. Editions Classiques Garnier now include all aspects of literature and the humanities, publishing both editions of texts and studies and essays by top specialists in French literature, foreign literature, linguistics, history, art, music, law, economics and social sciences.
Classiques Garnier publishes books in three formats (large, digital and paperback) and it has created a electronic platform. Presently Garnier offers a catalog with almost 6.000 titles, 5.000 of them are in electronic format. UVA library offers in our catalog 645 titles in print, 23 journals and since 2022, we have acquired 1263 titles in electronic format. Our commitment is to continue acquiring every year new titles to support the French Studies at UVA.
You can find in Virgo every title of this publisher in electronic or in print from
You can consult also a list of eBooks acquired by UVA library organizes by Collection
Féminisme, études de genre
Histoire, histoire de l'art
Littérature comparée
Littératures étrangères
Littérature française
Littératures francophones
Théâtre
Actes, mélanges et collectifs
University of Virginia has access to the French platform Harmathèque. This is an online multimedia portal which contains a substantial collection of digitized books, articles, videos, and audio recordings on many subjects in the humanities and social sciences. One notable subject area is Africana.The content of the ebooks comes from a variety of French publishing imprints, (48 in 2022) including L’Harmattan, Académia EME éditions Fauves éditions Les Impliqués éditeur, Indigo Côté Femme, etc All books and journals should be available through Virgo
The interface is in French, and divides the eBooks by subject into "browsable bouquets". The digitised books can then be read online using Adobe Flash and clicked through, page by page, or downloaded and read using the Adobe Digital Editions reader
The university of Virginia library has access (August 2025) to 67,898 eBooks from 48 publishers; 23,370 articles published in journals and edited books, 1,584 videos and 559 audio files. All titles are available through Virgo.
We have created an approval plan for Haiti Studies with a vendor working in Port-au-Prince. Thanks to this book plan the University of Virginia Library will secure to receive the most important titles published in Haiti. This plan will complement the regular material in french language we acquire every year about Haiti published in France and Canada. You can consult a selection of the most recent acquisitions
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If you want the library acquire a book not present in our collection, please use the Purchase Request Form