Research Guides: French Resources: Find Books

Books & Ebooks in the Library's Catalog

For all subjects including French

Use OneSearch with the search scope limited to Books+ to search the library catalog and selected ebooks. You can limit your search to French language material using advanced search

OneSearch Manoa
Web-scale discovery tool for finding millions of articles, books, media and more using a single search. Includes the UH Voyager Catalog plus a huge index of academic journals on most topics. Also includes conference papers, maps, government documents, music scores, DVDs, archives & manuscripts, and more.

Gallicia
This web site provides access to digitized holdings of the French National Library, over 100,000 full text volumes and 300,000 digitized images. Focusing primarily on the 19th century, it covers a range of subjects including literature.
l'Association des Bibliophiles Universels (ABU)
ABU is a digital library of French texts in the public domain.

Library of Congress Call Number Ranges for Browsing

French Language: PC 2001-3800 (2^nd Floor – Main Building)

French Literature: PQ1-4000 (2^nd Floor – Main Building)

French History: DC1-989 (2^nd Floor – Main Building)

Note, the Pacific Collection on the 5^th Floor, Main Building also has books on literature from the French-speaking Pacific. This collection, however, is a closed collection. You have to browse it using our online catalog UH Voyager or speak with a librarian that specializes in Pacific Studies.

Inter Library Loan

We don't have the book you need? Try requesting it through one of our Inter Library Loan services.