Davidson College Library Research Guide for French 490

Senior Seminar: Des nouvelles d'ici et d'ailleurs Professor Slawy-Sutton Fall 2006 Reference Works Books Articles Starting Points Literature Other Resources Web Sites Using RefWorks Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works Biographical Works | Literature Biographical Works See also some of the general encyclopedias listed in the Literature and Web sites sections, below. African Writers. Ed. C. Brian Cox. 2 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1997. Reference R 928.6 A258 Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- . Contemporary Authors. Gale: 2000- . The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- . Reference R 928.1 D554 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. European Writers. Ed. William T.H. Jackson. 14 vols. New York: Scribner, 1983-1991. Reference R 809.89 E89 Library has vols. 1-7 only. French Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book. Ed. Eva Martin Sartori and Dorothy Wynne Zimmerman. New York: Greenwood, 1991. Reference R 928.4 F873 Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Ed. Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998. Reference R 928.96 P857 Literature Bibliographie de la critique sur les litteratures magrebines. Charles Bonn. Paris: Harmattan, 1996. Reference R 016.8 B716d Colette: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Comp. Donna M. Norell. New York: Garland, 1993. Reference R 016.84 C694n The Companion to African Literatures. Ed. Douglas Killam and Ruth Rowe. Oxford: James Currey, 2000. Reference R 928.96 C737 A Critical Bibliography of French Literature. Ed. D.C. Cabeen, 1947-1983. Reference R 016.84 C11c Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Georges Grente et al. Paris: A. Fayard, 1951- . Reference R 840.3 D556 Dictionnaire des littératures de langue française. Jean-Pierre de Beaumarchais et al. 3 vols. Paris: Bordas, 1984. Reference R 840.3 B378d Encyclopedia of African Literature. Ed. Simon Gikandi. New York: Routledge, 2003. Reference R 896 E56 Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. Ed. Alex Hughes and Keith Reader. New York: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 914.4 E56 Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Ed. Steven R. Serafin. 5 vols. Farmington Hills, MI: St. James Press, 1999. Reference R 803 E562 1999 The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature. Ed. Eva Martin Sartori. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. Reference R 840.9 F329 Feminist Writers. Ed. Pamela Kester-Shelton. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1996. Reference R 928 F3291 Francophone Studies: The Essential Glossary. Ed. Margaret A. Majumdar. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002. Reference R 944 F826 Guide to French Literature. Anthony Levi. 2 vols. Chicago, IL: St. James Press, 1992-1994. Reference R 840.3 L664g Jean-Paul Sartre: Sartre and Existentialism in English, a Bibliographic Guide. Comp. Allen Belkind. Kent, OH: Kent State Univ. Press, [1970]. Reference R 016.19 S251b Jean-Paul Sartre and his Critics: An International Bibliography (1938-1975). François Lapointe and Claire Lapointe. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State Univ., 1975. Reference R 016.84 S251L The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Ed. Peter France. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. Reference R 840.3 N532 Nineteenth-Century French Fiction Writers: Romanticism and Realism, 1800-1860. Ed. Catharine Savage Brosman. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1992. [Dictionary of Literary Biography vol. 119] Reference R 928.1 D554 v.119 The Oxford Companion to French Literature. Ed. Paul Harvey and J.E. Heseltine. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Reference R 840.3 H34o Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Thomas Riggs. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1999. Reference Guide to World Literature. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2003. Reference R 809 R332 Books See also the bibliographies listed in the Literature print sources, below. ARTFL (1700 to approx. 1960) Provides the full text of nearly 2,000 French literary, philosophical, scientific and technical texts; most are from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, although there are some medieval, Renaissance, and seventeenth-century texts. Includes novels, verse, essays, correspondence, treatises, journalism, and theatrical texts. Also includes Voltaire électronique, the full text of all of Voltaire's literary works. Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography. Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Articles Starting Points | Literature | Other Resources Starting Points Academic Search Premier (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. LexisNexis Academic (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. Search Tips: Use the "Guided News" search option. Try several types of searches: For French-language articles, from the "News Category" drop-down menu, choose "Non-English Language News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "French Language Sources." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. For English-language articles, from the "News Category" drop-down menu, choose "World News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "European News Sources" or "Middle East/Africa Sources." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. For book or film reviews, from the "News Category" drop down menu, choose "Arts & Sports News"; from the "News Source" drop-down menu, choose "Book, Movie, Music, & Play Reviews" or "Entertainment News." Enter relevant keywords and choose an appropriate date range. Search Syntax Truncation: use an exclamation point. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an asterisk *. OmniFile Full Text Mega (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Literature Print Bibliographie des auteurs modernes de langue française. Hector Talvart and Joseph Place. 22 vols. Paris: Éditions de la Chronique des lettres françaises, 1928-1976. Reference R 016.84 T15b French XX Bibliography: Critical and Biographical References for the Study of French Literature since 1885. New York: French Institute-Alliance Française, 1969- . Reference R 016.84 F877 International African Bibliography. London: Mansell, 1971- . Reference R 016.96 I61 Library has: 1974 to present Provides citations to books, articles, and conference papers on a wide range of topics related to Africa; each issue contains sections on "Literature," "North Africa" and "History," among others. Gale Literary Criticism Titles Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1981- . Reference R 809.03 N714 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- . Reference R 809.04 T971 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1973- . Reference R 809.04 C761 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Short Story Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1988- . Reference R 809 S559 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Online MLA International Bibliography (1926 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Search Syntax Truncation: use a plus sign +. Phrase searching: automatic. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Other Resources Contemporary Women's Issues (1992 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, books, newsletters, and reports on all aspects of women's studies, including gender, sociology, education, political science, and health. Search Syntax Truncation: automatic. Phrase searching: automatic. Essay & General Literature Index (1985 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Index Islamicus (1906 to present) Indexes articles, conference papers, essays, and book reviews on Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world; also includes citations to books published since 1976 on Islamic topics. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Periodicals Index Online (c. 1665-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews on a broad range of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. Web Sites For tips on finding information on the Web efficiently, see our guide ""How to Search the Web." Be sure to evaluate what you find! ClicNet: Littérature francophone virtuelle, from Swarthmore College French Studies Web: Literary Texts, from the Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) LIMAG: Littératures du Maghreb (Algérie, Maroc, Tunisie), from Coordination Internationale des Chercheurs sur les Littératures du Maghreb LITAF: Littérature africaine francophone, created by Virginia Coulon at the Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV Literature & Culture of Francophone Africa & the Diaspora, from the Brown University Library Littérature de langue française en ligne, from the City University of New York Using RefWorks Need help managing your references? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. Connect to RefWorks

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