FRENCH 102: Writing in French

Getting Material from NRLF

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A large part of the library's collection is stored off campus in an environmentally secure building called the Northern Regional Library Facility [NRLF].

Submit online requests via the REQUEST button in OskiCat to borrow material shelved at NRLF. To receive electronic or paper copies of book chapters or journal articles, submit an online request via the "Request an article from NRLF (photocopy or web delivery)" link that appears in eligible titles in OskiCat. Staff at public service desks of any campus library can assist you with further questions.

Campus Library Map

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Search the catalogs

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Campus Links

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French Department
IES French Studies Program
Canadian Studies Program
Berkeley Language Center

Finding E-books

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:54:35 -0700

The Library offers over 130 e-book and text collections in specific subject areas. Many of these e-books also available through OskiCat and Melvyl. You can limit your search in OskiCat to "Available online," and in Melvyl to "Online resources."

ebrary (all disciplines)
Humanities E-Book Project (humanities)
Oxford Scholarship Online (political science, religion, philosophy, physics)
Springer Electronic Book Package (Melvyl only; sciences and social sciences)
Complete list...

University of California E-book Projects

HathiTrust
Pronounced "hah-tee", this cooperative system contains millions of books scanned from UC and other major research libraries, including those digitized by Google and the Internet Archive. Search on information about the book (such as author or title), or words in the text. Full text is available for items that are not protected by copyright. Items in the HathiTrust catalog can be grouped into collections and shared online. For details, see the FAQ page.

Google Book Search
Books on many subjects, including titles from the UC libraries, digitized in partnership with Google. Full text can be displayed only if the book is out of copyright (generally, published before 1923) or if the copyright holder has given permission.

Internet Archive: Text Archive
Several hundred thousand books in the public domain, from the Open Content Alliance (OCA). Includes many books from our collections.

UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004
1,400 titles on a wide range of subjects from the University of California Press. Includes about 30% of UC Press books, both in and out of print. Books can be viewed but not downloaded.

Search the catalogs

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French Electronic Text Collections

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Online

ATHENA Textes Français
ClicNet: Littérature francophone virtuelle (Swarthmore)
Balzac. La Comédie humaine. Édition critique en ligne
*Calames - online catalogue of archives and manuscripts in French university and research libraires
Electronic Texts in French (WESSweb)
*Europeana Regia
IntraText Digital Library
Princeton Charette Project
Roman de la Rose Digital Library (Johns Hopkins & BnF)
Super-Enlightenment (Stanford)
Telma (École nationale de Chartes)

Library Databases

Search the catalogs

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UC-eLinks

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Once you've searched an index to find articles, you may need to use to link to a PDF or html file if the full text is not immediately available. Each databas is a bit different, but a good rule of thumb is this: when you see the UC-eLinks icon click on it to view your article access options, which can range from full text to a call number to an Interlibrary Loan request:

For more information, here's a tutorial on using UC-eLinks.

Article Indexes and Databases

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:03:16 -0700

Listed below is a broad selection of article indexes recommended for research in French Studies. For additional resources, please consult the Library's Electronic Resource Finder.

Online

Érudit (select titles only)
Gallica - Périodiques numérisés (BnF)
*Les gazettes européennes du 18e siècle
Indexes and Guides to Western European Periodicals-French (WESS)
Liberation Journals Index (Brown University)

Print

Bibliographie historique et critique de la presse périodique
française... / par Louis Eugène Hatin. Paris: Firmin-Didot frères, fils et cie, 1866.
Doe Reference AP1.36.F8.H3
Bancroft Reference Z6956.F8 H2
Online via HathiTrust

Bibliographie des révues et journaux littéraires des XIXe et XXe siècles / par Jean-Michel Place et André Vasseur. Paris: Editions de la Chronique des lettres françaises, 1973.
Main Stacks PQ281.A12.P4 v.1-3:1 (1973-1974)

French Literary Journals: A Selected Annotated Guide / by Anna Danuta Kaczynska Berkeley: University of California, Library, 1977.
Doe Reference PQ100.A12.K3
NRLF/Main Stacks PQ100.A12.K3

Repère. Edition abrégée. Montréal: Services documentaires multimedia: Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 1994- "Index analytique d'articles de periodiques de langue française" which continues Periodex, Radar and Périodex.
Doe Reference AJ7.I512 Periodical Indexes Latest 5 years
Main Stacks AJ7.I512

Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France. Paris: A. Colin, [1894-]
Continued in part by: Bibliographie de la littérature française (XVIe-XXe siècle).
Main Stacks PQ2.R51
Current issues in Heyns Reading Room and via CAIRN
BOUND 1(1894)-107(2007); later issues unbound.
CUMULATIVE INDEXES: 1(1894)-46(1939)

Les revues littéraires belges de langue française de 1830 à nos jours / Paul Aron, Pierre-Yves Soucy. Ed. rev., corr. et augm. par les auteurs... Vanleemputten. Bruxelles: Labor, 1998.
Main Stacks Z2405.A76 1998

Library Databases

Encyclopedias and Almanacs

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:56:55 -0700

General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.

Online

Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres (ARTFL)

Larousse.com - Larousse's free and collaborative online encyclopedia

Print

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture / edited by Alex Hughes and Keith Reader. London: Routledge, 1998.
Doe Reference Hall DC33.7 .E53 1998 & via ebrary
Moffitt Reference DC33.7 .E53 1998

Encyclopaedia universalis. Paris: Encyclopaedia Universalis France, c1985.
Doe Reference AE25.E4 1985 v.1-22 + supplements v.1-2 (1990)
8th edition also available on CD-ROM at Doe Reference Desk
Doe Reference AE25.E4 2002 compu/d Discs 1-7

Encyclopédie du dix-neuvieme siècle: répertoire universel des
sciences, des lettres et des arts, avec la biographie et de nombreuses gravures. 3e ed. Paris: Au Bureau de l'Encyclopédie du XIXe Siècle, 1867.
Main Stacks AE25.E5 1867 v.1-25

Encyclopédie nouvelle / publiée sous la direction de P. Leroux et J. Reynaud; avec une introduction de Jean-Pierre Lacassagne. Geneve: Slatkine Reprints, 1991. Reprint (facsim.) Previously published as Encyclopédie nouvelle, ou, Dictionnaire philosophique, scientifique,littéraire et industriel... -- Paris: C. Gosselin, 1836-1842.
Doe Reference AE25.E485 1991 v.1-8 (1991)

La Grande encyclopédie, inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts, par une societé de savants et de gens de lettres; sous la direction de mm. Berthelot... Hartwig Derenbourg [etc.] ...
Paris, H. Lamirault et cie, 1886-1902.
Doe Reference AE25.G7 v.1-31 (1886-1902)

Le Grand Robert des noms propres: dictionnaire universel alphabétique et analogique des noms propres: illustré en couleurs / sous la direction de Paul Robert; redaction générale, Alain Rey et Josette Rey-Debove. Nouv. ed. Paris: Le Robert, c1984.
Doe Reference AG25.G7 1984 v.1-5

Also included in the electronic version of the Le grand Robert de la langue française.

Larousse du XXe siècle / publié sous la direction de Paul Auge.
Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1928-33.
Doe Reference AE25.L28 v.1-6 ([c1928-1933])

Also available via the Networked CD-ROM Database on
Library Public Computers in Doe Reference Only
Doe Reference AE25.L26 2002 compu/d

Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies / edited by Mona Baker and Gabriela Saldanha. 2nd ed. London; New York: Routledge, 2009.
Doe Reference P306.E57 2009

Library Databases

Biographical Sources

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:57:06 -0800

Online

Print

Biographical Dictionary of French Political Leaders Since 1870 / edited by David S. Bell, Douglas Johnson, Peter Morris. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1990.
Doe Reference DC342 .B56 1990

Dictionnaire biographique des femmes célèbres et remarquables de notre histoire / Marie-Paule Desjardins. Montréal: Guérin, c2007.
Doe Reference CT3270 .D47 2007

Dictionnaire biographique et géographique du nationalisme français (1880-1900): boulangisme, ligue des patriotes / Bertrand Joly. Paris: H. Champion, 1998.
Main Stacks DC342.1.J65 1998

Dictionnaire biographique illustré de la Commune de Paris de 1871 / Gerald Dittmar. Paris: Dittmar, 2004.
Main Stacks DC317.D577 2004

Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire. Jal, A. (Augustin); errata et supplement pour tous les... 2. ed. cor. et angm. d'articles. Paris: H. Plon, 1872.
Main Stacks DC36.J2 1872

Dictionnaire de biographie française / sous la direction de J. Balteau, M. Barroux, M. Prevost, et al. Paris: Letouzey et Ane, 1933.
Doe Reference DC36.D5 v.1-20, fasc. 115-117-

Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord / Reginald Hamel, John Hare. Montréal: Fides, 1989.
Doe Reference PQ3897.A12.H36 1989 & online

Dictionnaire des écrivains de langue française. / Jean-Pierre de Beaumarchais. Paris: Larousse, 2001.
Doe Reference PQ41.B412 2001 v.1-2

Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles / sous la direction d'Éliane Gubin ... [et al.]; avec la collaboration de Marie-Sylvie Dupont-Bouchat et Jean-Pierre Nandrin. Bruxelles: Racine, c2006.
Main Stacks HQ1652.5.A3 D53 2006

Dictionnaire des intellectuels français: les personnes. les lieux. les moments / Jacques Julliard and Michel Winock, eds. Paris: Seuil, 2002, c1996.
Doe Reference DC33.7 .D48 2002

Dictionnaire des orientalistes de langue française / François Pouillon (éd.). Paris: IlSMM: Karthala, c2008.
Main Stacks DS32.6 .D53 2008

Dictionnaire des personnages de la Révolution / Roger Caratini. Paris: Le Préaux Clercs, c1988.
Main Stacks DC147 .C35 1988

Dictionnaire des philosophes / Denis Huisman, ed. 2ème éd. revue et augmentée. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1993.
Main Stacks B42 .D521 1993 v.1-2

Dictionnaire des rois et reines de France: quinze siècles de pouvoir royal / Françoise Guerard. Paris: Vuibert, c2005.
Main Stacks DC36.6.G84 2005

Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse, publié avec la recommandation de la société générale suisse d'histoire et sous la direction de Marcel Godet, Henri Türler [et] Victor Attinger, avec de nombreux collaborateurs de tous les cantons. Neuchâtel: Administration du Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse, 1921-33.
Doe Reference DQ51 .D55 v. 1-7 (1921-1933) + supp.

Dictionnaire littéraire des femmes de langue française: de Marie de France à Marie NDiaye / Christiane P. Makward et Madeleine Cottenet-Hage. Paris: Karthala, c1996.
Doe Reference PQ149.M35 1996

L'encyclopédie maghrébine / Achour Cheurfi. Alger: Casbah éditions, 2007.
Main Stacks DT184.C44 2007

Les Français qui ont fait la France / Philippe Boitel. Bordeaux: Sud Ouest, c2009.
Doe Reference DC36 .B658 2009

Index biographique français = French Biographical Index / Tommaso Nappo, comp..3ème ed. cumulée et augm. Munchen: K. G. Saur, 2004.
Doe Reference DC36.I52 2004 v.1-7
Microfiche shelved under Microfiche28631 DREF.

Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources à consulter; publiée par MM. Firmin Didot frères, sous la direction de M. le Dr. Hoefer. Paris, Firmin Didot fréres, fils et cie, 1858-78 [v.1, 1862].
Main Stacks CT143 .N6 v.1-9, 11-46 (1858-78)

Nouvelle biographie nationale. Bruxelles: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique: Diffusion P. Mardaga, 1988-
Doe Reference DH513.A3 1988 v.1-10 (1988-2010)

Le Robert des grands écrivains de langue française / Philippe Hamon et Denis Roger-Vasselin, eds. Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert, 2000.
Main Stacks PQ41.R634 2000

Who's Who in France / Paris: J. Lafitte, c1955-
Doe Reference DC705.A1.W5 latest year only
Main Stacks DC705.A1.W5

Library Databases

Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:43:34 -0800

General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.

*Blue asterisk indicates that the resource was recently added to the guide.

Online

Dictionnaire d'autrefois (ARTFL)
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - includes a selection of articles from 8 editions of the dictionary, from 1694 to 1935 (University of Toronto)
Occitanet - introduction to the Occitan language, a translation service and a huge database of links
Sigles, Acronyms, Abréviations, etc. (Globe-Gate Project)

Print

Argot & français populaire / Jean-Paul Colin. Nouv. ed., enrichie et mise a jour / par Jean-Paul Colin. Paris: Larousse, 2006.
Doe Reference PC3741.C64 2006 Dictionaries

Le dictionnaire culturel en langue française / sous la direction d'Alain Rey. Paris: Le Robert, 2005.
Main Stacks PC2625 .D445 2005 v.1-4

Dictionnaire de l'ancien français jusqu'au milieu du XIVe siècle / A. J. Greimas. Paris: Larousse, 1969.
Graduate Services PC2889.G76
Bancroft Reference PC2889 .G76 1977 2e éd., rev. et corr.

Dictionnaire de l'argot français et de ses origines / Jean-Paul Colin, Jean-Pierre Mevel. Nouv. éd. mise à jour et enrichie. Paris: Larousse, c2001.
Main Stacks PC3741.C65 2001

*Dictionnaire de la langue française du seizième siècle / Edmond Huguet Paris: Champion, 1925.
Graduate Services PC265 .H7 1925 v.1-7 (1926-1965)

Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français / Kurt Baldinger; avec la collaboration de Jean-Denis Gendron et Georges Straka. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval ; Tubingen: Niemeyer; Paris: Klincksieck, 1974-
Graduate Services PC2883.B3 1974 Dictionaries v.G1-10; H1-5; index G; G1-G3, H, I1-4, J1-5 (1974-2008)

Dictionnaire étymologique du français / Jacqueline Picoche. [Nouvelle presentation.]. Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert, 2006.
Main Stacks PC2580 .P48 2006

Dictionnaire étymologique et historique de la langue française / Emmanuele Baumgartner et Philippe Menard. Paris: Le Livre de poche, 1996.
Main Stacks PC2580.B38 1996

Le grand Robert de la langue française. Nouv. ed. augm. Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert, 2001
Doe Reference PC2625.R58 2001 Dictionaries v. 1-6 & online via Library Databases

An Illustrated Dictionary of French Similes / Keith Foley. Lewiston [N.Y.] : E. Mellen Press, 2000.
Main Stacks PC2440.F65 2000
Graduate Services PC2889.G74 2001

Multi dictionnaire de la langue française / Marie-Éva de Villers. 4é ed. Montréal: Québec Amérique, 2003. Collection Langue et culture.
Doe Reference PC2625.V54 2003 Dictionaries

Moyen français / Algirdas Julien Greimas, Teresa Mary Keane. Paris: Larousse, c1992, 2007.
Main Stacks PC2650 .G74 2007

Trésor de la langue française: dictionnaire de la langue du XIXe et du XXe siècle (1789-1960), publié sous la direction de Paul Imbs. Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1971-
Doe Reference PC2625.I41 Dictionaries v. t.1-16 (A-zzz...) (1971-1994) & online

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Library Prize for Undergraduate Research

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:03:34 -0700

The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research recognizes excellence in undergraduate research projects that show evidence of significant inquiry using the library, its resources, and collections and learning about the research and information-gathering process itself.

Citation Management Tools

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:04:28 -0700

Citation management tools help you manage your research, collect and cite sources, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, but any are easier than doing it by hand!

Zotero: A free plug-in that works exclusively with the Firefox browser: keeps copies of what you find on the web, permits tagging, notation, full text searching of your library of resources, works with Word, and has a free web backup service.
RefWorks - free for UC Berkeley users. It allows you to create your own database by importing references and using them for footnotes and bibliographies. Use the RefWorks New User Form to sign up.
EndNote: may be purchased from UC Berkeley's Software Central.

It's always good to double check the formatting -- sometimes the software doesn't get it quite right.

Research Advisory Service

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:07:26 -0700

Research Advisory Service for Cal Undergraduates

Book a 30-minute appointment with a librarian who will help refine and focus research inquiries, identify useful online and print sources, and develop search strategies for humanities and social sciences topics (examples of research topics).

Schedule, view, edit or cancel your appointment online (CalNetID required)

This service is for Cal undergraduates only. Graduate students and faculty should contact the library liaison to their department or program for specialized reference consultations.

Formatting Citations

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:16:50 -0700

Citing Your Sources - a brief online guide to the main citation styles and a brief discussion on what constitutes plagiarism.
MLA handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th edition. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
Doe Reference Reference Hall LB2369 .G53 2009
Main Gardner Stacks LB2369 .G53 2009
Many older editions available throughout the UCB libraries.
The Chicago Manual of Style (UCB-only access)
15th ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003. Searchable, online version of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).
Many print editions available throughout the UCB Libraries.
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More (UCB-only access) Charles Lipson. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2006.
Many print editions throughout the libraries.
Columbia Guide to Online Style (UCB-only access)
Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor. 2nd ed. NY: Columbia Univ. Press. 2006.
Many print editions throughout the UCB libraries.

Library and Course Guides for French Studies

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:43:37 -0700

Use subject guides and topical bibliographies, course guides, tip sheets, and general guides, created by librarians and library staff, to discover approaches to research.

*French 102: Writing in French

French 140B Course Research Guide (PDF, 3 pages)

French 142AC Course Research Guide - The Cultures of Franco-America

French Cinema: A Bibliography of Books and Articles

French Cinema in the Media Resources Center
French history/culture, Francophone Africa, experimental, and avant-garde videos and DVDs.

*Research Guide for French and Francophone Literature (PDF, 21 pages, rev. 4/11)

General Guides
Guides to using the library's catalogs, doing research in the library and on the Internet, and citing your sources.

Purchase Recommendation

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:25:58 -0700

You can suggest items that the Library should consider purchasing. Use the Purchase Recommendation form to submit your suggestion.

New Acquisitions in French Studies

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:00:16 -0700

With OskiCat, new acquisitions lists are updated daily. The 15 most recent items in French Studies are listed below while the full list of materials cataloged in the past 60 days can be viewed in html or subscribed to as an rss feed.

Romance Language Collections News

smendoza@library.berkeley.edu (Steve Mendoza) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:58:46 -0700