LibGuides: GU-Q: French Language, Linguistics, and Literature: Getting Started

Gallica

Digital library of French and francophone culture maintained by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Oxford Reference

Provides online, full-text access to over 100 subject dictionaries, foreign language dictionaries, and reference books published by Oxford University Press.

French Resources - Online

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture by Alex Hughes; Keith Reader
Call Number: DC33.7 .E53 2003eb
An international team of scholars contribute over 700 entries on contemporary French culture that range from art, gender, politics and literature to media and the economy. It is a vital companion for anyone interested in the culture of modern France.
Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought by Joan Murray
Call Number: DC33.7 .E55 2004eb
In this wide-ranging guide to twentieth-century French thought, leading scholars offer an authoritative multi-disciplinary analysis of one of the most distinctive and influential traditions in modern thought. Unlike any other existing work, this important work covers not only philosophy, but also all the other major disciplines, including literary theory, sociology, linguistics, political thought, theology, and more.

Encyclopedie de la Francophonie
A general Encyclopedia on "Francophonie." Includes background information, fact sheets and opinion pieces. Biographies of individual authors can be found under the entry for "Litterature francophone."

Collins French Dictionary and Grammar
Call Number: e-book
An up-to-date dictionary and a user-friendly grammar guide in one handy volume. Colour headwords, cultural notes and an easy-to-use grammar section make this the ideal book for intermediate learners.
French Concise Dictionary
Call Number: PC2640 .H23 2007eb
Practical, user-friendly, comprehensive The Collins French Concise Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of contemporary French--from reality TV to text message, internaute to malbouffe.

Dictionnaires d'autrefois
French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, from the ARTFL project at the University of Chicago.

Featured Dictionaries in the Library

Collins French Concise Dictionary by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Call Number: PC2640 .H23 2010
This practical, versatile edition of the Collins French Dictionary offers comprehensive coverage of today’s language with more than 200,000 entries and translations. This is the most complete guide to grammar offered in a French dictionary, and includes all the information needed to write a paper, read a book, or tell a story.
French-English Dictionary by Majka Dischler
Call Number: PC2640 .F74 2006
Thumb-indexed French-English, English-French bilingual dictionary containing 10,000 word and phrase entries, with additional sections on numerals, abbreviations, geographic names, and a concise grammar guide.
The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
Call Number: PC2640 .G684 2004
Offers more than 350,000 words and 530,000 translations drawn from current language databases and explores idiomatic variations in meaning.
Unabridged French Dictionary by Larousse Editors (Created by)
Call Number: PC2640 .G68 2010
In-depth reference specially designed to help translators, students, and teachers translate into or from either language clearly and easily. Containing more than 850,000 words, phrases and translations.