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French Language & Literature Subject Guide

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Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals.

 

ERIC (via CSA)
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature.

 

ERIC (via EBSCOHost)
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.

 

Hawaii Pacific Journal Index
Hawaii Pacific Journal Index is a Voyager Online Catalog Citation index to nearly 100 journals published in or about Hawaii and covering all subjects. A listing of titles indexed in HPJI is available.

 

Ingenta
The Ingenta Library Gateway is a searchable multidisciplinary index database of more than 11 million citations from over 20,000 journals. Electronic, fax and Ariel document delivery is available for millions of articles.

 

JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection
Provides full-text journal backfiles in various disciplines. The JSTOR project's primary goal is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. Selected journals in the following subject areas are available: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology and Statistics.

 

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. Dates covered are from 1973 to the present. Access is through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

 

MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography
The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.6 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers. It is compiled by the staff of the MLA Department of Bibliographic Information Services with the cooperation of more than 100 contributing bibliographers in the United States and abroad. Such international coverage is represented by literature from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, and while the majority of records are from English-language publications, at least sixty other languages are represented including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish.

 

Oxford English Dictionary Online
The Oxford English Dictionary is the preeminent historical dictionary of the English language. The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series, published in 1993 (volumes 1 and 2) and 1997 (volume 3).

 

Project Muse
Project Muse provides access to selected full text of approximately 250 scholarly journals published by university presses. The publishers involved are Johns Hopkins University Press, Carnegie Mellon University Press, Duke University Press, Indiana University Press, MIT Press, Oxford University Press, Pennsylvania State University Press, University of Hawaii Press, University of Texas Press, and the University of Wisconsin Press. Most journals included are in arts and humanities.

 

Women Writers Online
Women Writers Online presents all WWP texts currently available online, covering a period from 1400 to 1850. This collection includes the texts which appear in the Renaissance Women Online site. All of these texts can be browsed, searched, and analysed using tools which provide access to the full SGML encoding.

 

 


Find Dissertations and Books

 

Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Use the online catalog to find books, journals, dissertations, videos, more.

 

Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.

 

New Books at UHM Library
Interface for identifying new books. Can be limited by keyword and date range.

 

 


Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias and Guides


Guides to Reference Works


Manuel Bibliographique des Etudes litteraires: les Bases de l’histoire litteraire, les Voies Nouvelles de l’analyse Critique
Hamilton Main Reference PN544 .B48 1982

Research and Reference Guide to French Studies
Hamilton Main Reference PQ103 .O83 1968


Bibliographies


An Annotated Bibliography of French Language and Literature
Hamilton PC2071 .B37 1977

A Bibliographical guide to the Romance languages and literatures
Hamilton Main Reference Z7031 .P15 1966

Bibliographie de la Littérature Française Moderne
Hamilton Main Reference Z2171 .R3 1962

Bibliographie der Französischen Literaturwissenschaft.
Hamilton Main Reference PQ105 .B5

A Critical Bibliography of French Literature
Hamilton Main Reference PQ103 .C75

French Literature: an Annotated guide to Selected Bibliographies
Hamilton Main Reference PQ103 .K45 1981

French Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book
Hamilton Main Reference PQ149 .F73 1991

Manuel Bibliographique de la Literature Francaise Modern
Hamilton Main Reference Z2175 .F375 G6

Modern French literature and language: a bibliography of homage studies
Hamilton Main Reference Z2175.F375 G6

Revue d’Histoire Litteraire de la France
Hamilton PQ2 .R5


Indexes & Abstracts


French XX Bibliography: Critical and Biographical References for the Study of French Literature since 1885
Hamilton Main Reference PQ103 .F74

Modern Language Association Bibliography


Dictionaries & Grammars


Collins-Robert French-English, English-French Dictionary
Hamilton Main Reference PC2640 .C69

Dictionnaire Alphabétique et Analogique de la Langue Française
Hamilton Main Reference PC2625 .R56 1972

Dictionnaire de La Langue Francais
Hamilton Main Reference PC2625 .D45 1987

Franzosisches Etymologisches Worterbuch
Hamilton Main Reference PC2580 .W3

Grand Dictionnaire Hachette Oxford
Hamilton Main Reference PC2640 G684

Harrap’s Unabridged Dictionnaire
Hamilton Main Reference PC2640 .H37 2001

Oxford French Dictionary and Grammar
Hamilton Main Reference PC2640 .O84 2001

Reference Grammar of Modern French
Hamilton Main Reference PC2112 .J82 1983


Encyclopedias & Handbooks


Cambridge Companion to the French Novel: From 1800 to the Present
Hamilton PQ671.C296 1997

Dictionary of Modern French Literature : from the Age of Reason through Realism
Hamilton Main Reference PQ41 .D65 1986

Dictionnaire des Literatures de Langue Francaise
Hamilton Main Reference PQ41 .B4 1987

Dictionnaire des Lettres Françaises.
Hamilton Main Reference PQ41 .D53

Dictionnaire de Literature Contemporaine 1900-1962
Hamilton Main Reference PQ305 .B636d

French Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book
Hamilton PQ149 .F73 1991

Guide to French Literature: 1789 to the Present
Hamilton Main Reference PQ41 .L48 1992

Guide to French Poetry Explication
Hamilton Main Reference PQ401 .C65 1993

Grand Larousse Encyclopédique en Dix Volumes
Hamilton Main Reference AE25 .G64

The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
Hamilton Main Reference PQ41 .N48 1995


Critical and Biographical Sources


Biographie Universelle, Ancienne et Moderne
Location: Hamilton Main Reference CT143 .M5 1880

French Novelists, 1900-1930 Dictionary of Literary Biography
Hamilton Main Reference PS221 .D5 v.65

French Novelists, 1930-1960 Dictionary of Literary Biography
Hamilton Main Reference PC2640 .O84 2001

French Novelists since 1960 Dictionary of Literary Biography
Hamilton Main Reference PS221 .D5 v.83

Modern French Literature : A Library of Literary Criticism
Hamilton Main Reference PQ306 .M57

French Feminist Criticism: Women, Language, and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography
Hamilton Main Reference HQ1386 .G44 1985

Litterature: Textes et Documents
Hamilton Main Reference PQ1141 .C4

 

 


Selected Journals for French Language & Literature

 

Annales
Hamilton AP20 .A58

Cahiers
Sinclair PN2635 .C58

Contemporary French Civilization
Hamilton DC33.9 .C66

XVII Siecle
Hamilton DC27.A1 S49

Espirit
Hamilton AP20 .E77

L'’Espirit Createur
Hamilton PQ1.E78

French Historical Studies
Hamilton DC1 .F69

French Review
Hamilton PC2001.F889

French Studies
Hamilton PQ1.F85

French Studies Bulletin
Hamilton PQ1 .F851

Journal of French Language Studies
Hamilton PC2001 .J68

L'’infin
Hamilton AP20 .T39

Nineteenth Century French Studies
Hamilton PQ1 .N55

Poetique
Hamilton PN3 .P64

Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale
Hamilton B2 .R2

Revue d’histoire litteraire de la France
Hamilton PQ2 .R5

Revue des Sciences Humaines
Hamilton B2 .R18

Revue d’histoire du Theatre
Hamilton PN2003 .R38

Revue Historique
Hamilton D1 .R6

Revue Philosophique de la France
Hamilton B2 .R4

Stanford French Review
Hamilton PQ1 .S7

Studies in French Linguistics
Hamilton PC2001 .S93

Yale French Studies
Hamilton DC1 .Y3

 

 


About the French Language & Literature Collection

 

The French Language & Literature Collections contain approximately 20,000 books and 300 periodicals and other serials supporting interests in French language and literature, as well as thousands of other books and journals in related fields.

The collection supports the UHM College of Languages, Literature & Linguistics French Division concentration course work in language, medieval through 20th century literature (novel, poetry, and theatre), and Francophone language and literature outside France, chiefly Canada and Africa. Faculty research interests include literary genres over time, critical theory, teaching methodologies, linguistics and phonetics, cross-cultural communication, gender studies, and French/Japanese literary influences.

In addition to the language selectors, discipline selectors (e.g., history, world literature, linguistics, religion, and philosophy) select European language materials in their subject areas. Belles-lettres of French-speaking Oceania may be acquired by the Pacific Collection. Belles-lettres of French-speaking Indochina may be acquired by the Asia Collection. Audiovisual titles (on videotape, film, or videodisc, or sound recordings) are normally acquired through the Wong AV Center.

A few English language materials are selected in the areas of literary criticism, comparative literature, and language pedagogy. Secondary literature is selectively acquired in other languages.

Emphasis is on the languages and literatures of the Mediterranean basin and metropolitan France, Germany, Spain, and Russia. Austria, Switzerland, French Canada, French-speaking Africa, Latin America, and the Portuguese in the Pacific are also of interest.

All aspects and genres are acquired, except folk literature and folklore are normally excluded. Secondary works dealing with historical, critical, biographical, bibliographical, socio-economic, political and other aspects of European language and literature are acquired. Foreign language teaching methodology is acquired.

English language translations of European language literature is not widely sought by the department, but is acquired for the use of scholars in world and comparative literature.

 

Library Collection Policy Statement for Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas

 

Note:
The number of books was calculated by combining the title count from the Library of Congress Classification areas PQ1-3999. The figures are based on the 2001 North American Title Count, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library. Periodicals count compiled using a Subject Keyword search for 'French' and 'periodicals'.

 

Last modified: Thursday October 9, 2006

 

 


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