FRENCH 225: The French Press/La Presse Francaise
RESEARCH RESOURCES:
Always start by using the Wellesley College Online Catalog.
To get to the Catalog, go to the college's Home Page, scroll down to Computing/Library, then to Library, & Library Catalog. Click on Databases A-Z, Citing sources, under "Get assistance." For print version citation information, go to the main desk in the Ref Room. Copies of Kate Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, & Dissertations, (6th ed.), MLA Handbook, (6th ed.), and Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (5th ed.) are kept there for the convenience of students working on papers in the library. Other sites of interest would be E-reference books under "Articles & more," Borrow from elsewhere ILL under "Borrowing & ordering," and checking out our newest feature, "what is Encore?" If you need up-to-date information on France ( or any foreign country), go to the CIA World Factbook (the online electronic version). Another source for country profiles, under its Special Features heading, is Facts on File World News Digest. This database also contains some full-text historical documents, election results, and selected editorials from 1940 to the present.
[A cautionary note about using the WWW --- Literary comments from articles with no designated author, or an author with no stated credentials, should be suspect. Because it is on the Web does not mean the information is accurate!] Click on the Subject page and look at the mentioned resources, both paper and electronic. These are reliable, scholarly resources that should be helpful as you do research for your chosen topic.
FindIt! @ Wellesley (click on the title for more information) is one of our newest features and helps retrieve more full-text articles than ever before. It will also link the user to NExpress or ILL if our libraries do not have access to the title.
For Background Reading:
Cambridge Companion To Modern French Culture - Clapp Lib DC33.7 .C27 2003
Declining the Stereotype: Ethnicity & Representation in French Cultures - Clapp Lib PQ307.S73 R67 1998
Dictionary of Twentieth Centure Culture: French Culture 1900-1975 - DC33.7 .F726 1995
Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture - Clapp Ref DC33.7 .E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought - Clapp Ref DC33.7 .E55 2004
French Culture - Clapp Ref DC33.7 .F726 1995
French Cultural Studies: Criticism at the Crossroads - Clapp Lib DC33.9 .F76 2000
Handbook of French Popular Culture - Clapp Ref DC33.7 .H29 1991
French Press Resources (including titles for newspaper titles [la presse, la journal] & periodical tiitles [le revue]:
Wellesley databases:
LexisNexis Academic - This resource provides full-text articles from Le Monde & L'Express. We also receive both titles in paper. Once microform arrives, the paper copies of Le Monde are discarded and patrons must use that format or search in LexisNexis.
PressDisplay Archived issues of over 200 newspapers from over 55 countries in their original format from the past 45 days. French titles include, Le Figaro, Le Journal du Dimanche, Les Echos, Liberation.
Westlaw Campus Research Legal encyclopedias & legal analysis, federal & state court cases and statutes, and law reviews, 1789 to present. Also includes current and archival newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, wire services and trade journals, plus translations of foreign news broadcasts.
Other Internet Resources:
Giga Presse lists more than 800 online magazine and journal sites in French. It is excellent for finding free access to full-text periodicals.
Le Monde Diplomatique has articles dealing with political science topics from around the world.
Tetu A monthly magazine for gays and lesbians with some archived files and interviews.
To find books not at Wellesley College:
Use WorldCat (via FirstSearch) to find books and other materials not here at Wellesley.
Other Possible Databases for French Topics:
Academic Search Premier The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database. Dates of coverage vary by title
ATLA Religion Database Index to articles, books, and essays on all aspects of religion, 1949 to present, with full text of more than 80 major religion and theology journals.
Historical Abstracts Articles on world history from 1450, excluding US & Canada, written since 1954.
Infotrac General OneFile: Expanded Academic ASAP or General Reference Center Gold are the two databases in this product that provide artiles on current events, popular culture, the arts, social science, and sciences.
JSTOR - A collection of humanities, social sciences, & natural science journals from the earliest issues but NOT the latest 5 years. A full-text source.
MLA International Bibliography This database covers topics in international literature, linguistics, film, and folklore.
New York Times is an historic database of the newspaper with exact replicas dating from 1851-2003.
PAIS International -Public Affairs Information Service has articles which cover political, public affairs, social and economic issues.
Periodicals Index Online is an index to articles published in over 4,500 periodicals, in as many as 40 languages, and covering topics in the humanities and social sciences.
Project MUSE - This database has the latest 5 years of academic journals in humanities and social sciences. This source will bring up articles dealing with French politics and culture, but in English, not French.
SocINDEX with Full Text (replaces Sociological Abstracts) Index to articles on all aspects of sociology and other social science articles, with full text from 400 core sociology journals
Free Internet Databases:
There is a great deal of information in OU Call, & Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links--- especially "Finding New Francophone Sites" at this latter address. Please note: Ou Call, Ohio University's French language and culture site, has not been updated since 1998, so some addresses may no longer be valid.
If there are further questions on this material, or if anyone would like to have a one-on-one session, please feel free to contact me via e-mail (see link below) or by phone
Jacqueline B. Fitzpatrick x3497 - email address: jfitzpat@wellesley.edu
Wellesley College Library
Date created: September 5, 2008