Online Reference Sources
- Credo Reference
A library subscription database that provides access to thousands of articles from reference sources such as encyclopedias and dictionaries. It is a great place to find overviews and background information on your research topic. - Daily Life through History PremiumCross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, Daily Life Online moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture.
- Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World LiteratureCovers world authors from many periods and genres, building a broad understanding of the various contexts - from the biographical to the literary to the historical - in which literature can be viewed.
Internet Resources
Bibliothèque nationale. Gallica. Essentiels littérature: https://gallica.bnf.fr/essentiels/
Author or society sites. Some, but not all, of these authors will have individual websites (for example, Marguerite Duras) or societies dedicated to their work (Victor Hugo).
Reference Sources in French
- Dictionnaire Albert CamusCall Number: Reference PQ2605.A3734 Z459 2009
- Dictionnaire de la littérature française XX siècleCall Number: Reference PQ305 .D53 2000
- Dictionnaire des grandes oeuvres de la littérature françaiseCall Number: Reference PQ41 .D5 1992
- Encyclopaedia UniversalisCall Number: Reference AE25 .E53 2002
- Grandes œuvres de la littérature françaiseCall Number: Reference PQ101 .A46 1997
- Le Robert des grands écrivains de langue françaiseCall Number: Reference PQ41 .R63 2000
- Littérature françaiseCall Number: Reference PQ101 .H52
Reference Sources in English - Literature
- Dictionary of Literary Biography Series
Provides biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
- The Feminist Encyclopedia of French LiteratureCall Number: Reference PQ149 .F46 1999
- French Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source BookCall Number: Reference PQ149 .F74 1991
- Guide to French Literature: 1789 to the PresentCall Number: Reference PQ41 .L487 1992
- Guide to French Literature: Beginnings to 1789Call Number: Reference PQ41 .L483 1994
- Modern French Literature: A Library of Literary CriticismCall Number: Reference PQ306 .M57
Reference Sources in English - History
- Chronology of World HistoryCall Number: Reference D11 .M45 1999
- The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French ThoughtCall Number: Reference DC33.7 .C659 2006
- Encyclopedia of European Social HistoryCall Number: HN373 .E53 2001
- Encyclopedia of Modern French ThoughtCall Number: Reference DC33.7 .E536 2004
- France: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the PresentCall Number: Reference DC35 .R63 2004