Guides

• French Language and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography
  REF. PC2071 .Z99 B382 1989
  Lists and annotates works by format (including dissertations, reference works, and periodicals), subject and time period. Includes a separate section titlted "Literature of French Expression Outside of France."
  
• Research and Reference Guide to French Studies, 2nd ed.
  REF PC2071 .Z99 O8 1981
  Thorough listing of publications in the field of French Studies presented in a detailed classification scheme. Main categories, which are minutely subdivided, are French Literature, French Language, French Language and Literature Outside France, Romance Philology and Occitan Studies, and General Background and Related Areas.
  
• French Literature : an Annotated Guide to Selected Bibliographies
  REF. PN6011.Z99 C34 1981
  Focus is on major bibliographies, organized by time period, format and subject.

• A Critical Bibliography of French Literature 6 vols.
  REF. PQ1101.Z99 C3
  This authoritative set is comprised of volumes which are divided up into chronological periods, each with its own index. Evaluative, annotated entries describe books, dissertations, and periodical articles.
  
• Guide to French Poetry Explication
  REF PQ401.C65 1993
  Lists critical commentaries for specific poems, arranged alphabetically by poet. Covers more obscure poets and indexes publications in greater detail than the MLA Bibliographies.
  
• French-Canadian Authors : a Bibliography of Their Works and of English-language Criticism
  REF PN6011. Z99 K345 1990
  Includes lists of works by and about approximately 40 major writers.
  
• French Feminist Criticism : Women, Language, and Literature : An Annotated Bibliography
  REF. HQ1426.Z99 G45 1985
  This list of works is divided into two sections: general problems of feminist criticism and works by and about specific critics. Also includes special issues appendix and title and subject indexes.

• The New Oxford Companion to French Literature
  REF. PQ41 .N49 1995
  Includes brief entries on authors, critics and other intellectual figures, individual works, genres and literary movements. Also includes physical and political maps of France and selected bibliography.
  
• Dictionary of Modern French Literature : From the Age of Reason through Realism
  REF. PQ41 .D65 1986
  This source provides descriptive entries and selective bibliographies for major writers, works and literary movements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Also includes historical and literary chronological tables.
  
• Old French-English Dictionary
  REF. PC2891 .H56 2000
  Includes words drawn from representative Old French texts up to about 1350.
  
• Cambridge French-English Thesaurus
  REF. PC2591 .L24 1998
  Provides French words and expressions for English words and concepts. Arrangement is by topic.
  
• French Dictionaries
  REF PC2625 - 3700
  Numerous French dictionaries are available, including specialized ones for Cajun, Quebecois and other French dialects.

• Modern French Literature : A Library of Literary Criticism 2 vols.
  REF. PQ306 .M57
  This set includes critical excepts on about 168 major French authors. Organized aphabetically by author, with critic index and list of works included.
  
• A Comprehensive French Grammar, 4th ed.
  REF. PC2111 .P83 1983
  A practical guide to French grammar and usage.

These web pages serve as good starting points for French research on the web:

• French-English/English-French Dictionary
  This basic French-English Dictionary contains about 75,000 terms.
  
• ARTFL Project (U. of Chicago)
  This project, devoted to American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, includes a searchable database of about 2,000 French texts, along with bibliograpies, other information and links to more resources.
  
• Humbul Humanities Hub: French Studies
  This selected, annotated collection of resources can be displayed by type of audience, by literary period, or by type of resource.
  
• French Literature (Voice of the Shuttle)
  This site includes links to general websites as well as those focusing on particular authors or literary periods.
  
• ABU: La Biblioteque Universelle
  This library of texts by major French writers is searchable by author, title or keyword.