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French 303: Writing on Language

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Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before present.
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Scholarly journals and books in the humanities and social sciences published by university presses; searchable by journal issue, author, and keyword, 1996-present.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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An index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, linguistics, folklore, and (since 1996) film, 1920s -
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
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Journal articles, many in full text, and citations to books and dissertations on world history from 1450, published 1954-present.
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ONLINE REFERENCE SOURCES

Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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A large collection of literature reference material, including criticism and author biographies.
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Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
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Biographies and substantial excerpts from critical responses over time, on the works of a huge number of authors from classical time to the present.
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Literature Online Complete Collection This link opens in a new window
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350,000 literary works in English: British and American poetry, drama and prose, plus some journals and literature reference sources.
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Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 This link opens in a new window
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Contains both early and modern critical interpretations of the greatest writers of the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Restoration. Part of Literature Criticism Online.
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Lexilogos--online dictionaries

Europa World This link opens in a new window
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Encyclopedia and directory of the world's countries. Substantive coverage of government, demographics, history, and much more. Current.
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Countries & their cultures

Selected print reference materials

All materials are located in the Reference Collection, Main Floor of the Du Bois Library

Tresor de la langue française
PC2625.I4 16v.

Le Robert: Dictionnaire de la langue française
PC2625.R552 1985 9v.

Dictionnaire des literatures de langue française
PQ41.B4 1987 4v.

The Concise Dictionary of French Literature
PQ41.C6 1976

Dictionary of Modern French Literature
PQ41.D65 1986

Guide to French Literature
PQ41.L48 1992 2v.

The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature
PQ149.F47 1999

Dictionaire littéraire des femmes de langue française
PQ149.M27 1996

Dictionnaire des œuvres du XX°siècle litérature française et francophone
PQ305.D5 1995

RefWorks

RefWorks is a bibliographical management software which will help you organize your citations, articles, books, etc. paid for by the UMass Amherst Library, that the UMass Amherst community can access from the Library website. RefWorks collects, stores, and organizes citations from books, articles from databases, web sites, and other sources. RefWorks automatically converts citations into properly formatted bibliographies

Better than using 3"x5' index cards!