Research Guide - French
Axe Online Catalog & Other Book Sources
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Journal Databases
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Multidisciplinary Databases Covering Spanish
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- Indexing, abstracts, and occasional links to full text
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Online Reference Sources
Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources
Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources
Selected Sources in Axe Library
Associations and Societies
- Alliance Française
- A network of associations
established throughout the world whose goal is to spread and encourage
appreciation of French language and culture. Provides classes in French,
teacher training classes, film showings, debates, conferences, theatrical
productions and other activities.
- Federation of Alliances Françaises, USA, Inc.
- Supports and encourages
member chapters of the Alliance Française throughout the United States.
Provides grants, book donations to schools and workshops for French teachers.
- Modern Language Association
(MLA) -
30,000 member organization designed to promote cultural exchange between
scholars of modern languages. Hosts annual convention, publishes four major
periodicals as well as the prestigious
MLA International Bibliography
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
(ACTFL) -
The
mission of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is to
promote and foster the study of languages and cultures as an integral
component of American education and society. ACTFL must...create policy
and programs to further [these] goals, and initiate and build programs that
will enhance the profession and enable it to be proactive in a changing world
- Kansas Foreign Language Association
(KFLA) -
Awards mini grants, scholarships, a Teacher of the Year prize, hosts an
annual conference and advocates for higher standards of foreign language
instruction in Kansas.
- American Association of Teachers of French
(AATF) -
Goals of AATF are to: promote the study of languages in general and French
in particular, facilitate the implementation of national and state standards
in the classroom, improve the training of French teachers and provide study
abroad opportunities, create opportunities for practicing teachers to update
their skills and improve their teaching and encourage the use of new technologies
in the teaching of French.
Selected Web Sites
Comprehensive Web Sites |
French Culture |
Literature |
Art |
Language Instruction Online |
Colleges & Universities |
Career & Job Information
Comprehensive Web Sites
France & Canada
- Yahoo! France -
Directory to web sites about news, business, health, geography, art and
culture, sports, science, etc. pertaining to France. Headings are in French.
- Governments on the WWW: France -
Web sites for all branches of French government, major cities, regional
councils and all departements as well as courts, television stations,
French embassies, consulates and trade commissions in foreign countries,
all major political parties and information on tourism.
- Yahoo! Canada
en Français - Same as above for Canada.
- Governments on the WWW:
Canada - Same as above for Canada except that headings are in French and English.
- Agence
France-Presse - International news agency based based in Paris
disseminating news around the world in French as well as six other major languages.
French Culture
France
Canada
Literature
- 19th-Century
French Literature (A Globe-Gate Research Library) - in French and
English. Information about literary movements as well as links to many
full text works online.
- Voice of the
Shuttle: French - a comprehensive humanities
web site with "over 70 pages of links to humanities and humanities-related
resources on the Internet". Links to sites for French libraries, booksellers,
scholarly organizations, university departments of French language and French
language texts available on the internet.
Art
France
- Musée
du Louvre - France's most famous museum. In French, English and other languages.
- Centre
Pompidou - Art from 1905 to the present day. In French, English and Spanish.
Canada
Language Instruction Online
Colleges & Universities
Study Abroad
Career & Job Information
Course Related Web Sites
PSU Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
PSU MLL Department's French Site
PSU 2003-2005 University Catalog - French
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