Lafayette College Library

Important French encyclopedia published from 1865-1890. Combines features of a dictionary and encyclopedia, with a substantial number of entries on literature and biography.

Database containing extensive biographical information on authors as well as literary criticism, book reviews, and plot summaries.

Index of scholarly articles, edited books, and dissertations on literature, languages, film studies and folklore.

Collection of bilingual dictionaries (Spanish-English, English-French, etc.) from Oxford University Press.

Collection of e-books by French authors as well as links to French dictionaries and other reference sources.

Database of French literary, philosophical, scientific and technical texts, primarily from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

Database of texts by French women writers from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

Provides links to medieval manuscripts available on the Web.

Resource on French theater of the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes information on performances, reviews from the time period, images from playbills, title pages, etc., and some key reference works.

Online edition of Huguet's dictionary of Renaissance French.

Bibliothèque nationale de France digital library of texts and images from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Although the emphasis is on Francophone culture, classic works from other countries are also available, in their original language or in translation. Choose the Recherche button to search the collection by title, author, subject or keyword.

Collection of databases, including Iter Bibliography, a bibliography and index of articles, books, essays, and book reviews on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes coverage of art and literature.