Research Guides: FR 681: The Novel in France: Research Resources

Portrait of Denis Diderot by Dmitry Levitzky, 1773. [Source: Wikimedia Commons]

Research Databases

Peer-reviewed books and articles

MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography
Subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
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. Includes access to MLA Directory of Periodicals.

OpenEdition
Open access portal. Contains 400+ Francophone journals on humanities and social science topics, as well as over 2,000 monographs.

Dissertations and theses

Dissertations & Theses
Includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and selected master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861.

theses.fr
Citations and abstracts for theses defended in France since 1985. Many are available to read online.

Encyclopedias and reference resources

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) Complete Online
More than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Comprised of the award-winning Dictionary of Literary Biography series, which over its 30-year history has been dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, DLB Complete Online includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series - all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.

Dictionnaire Montesquieu
More than two hundred articles to cover all aspects of Montesquieu’s thought, life and works, in the light of the most recent research.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Free, online encyclopedia covering important philosophers and key philosophical concepts.

Primary sources

ARTFL Project
ARTFL enables search of over 3500 texts ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing from the 12th to the 20th century.

Europeana.eu
A single to search across millions of digital collections from European libraries and research universities.
Gallica – The BnF Digital Library
Search the digital collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Contains over 3 millinon documents, including printed documents (books, press and magazines) in image and text mode, manuscripts, sound and iconographic documents, maps and plans, and more.

OneSearch Mānoa

OneSearch Manoa
Web-scale discovery tool for finding millions of articles, books, media and more using a single search. Useful for exploratory searching or locating known items.

Detail from Lecture de la tragédie de l'orphelin de la Chine de Voltaire dans le salon de madame Geoffrin by Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier, 1812. [Source: Wikimedia Commons]

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Portrait of Montesquieu, unknown artist. [Source: Wikimedia Commons.]

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan
Request materials not available through UH Mānoa from another library.

WorldCat (via OCLC FirstSearch)
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. NOTE: Only 4 users allowed at one time. If you cannot login, try again later.