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	French Literature how to find research materials at JHU, Web resources, how to do research at other institutions, research guides, and contacts

How to Find:	Books Old books (Rare books) Journal Articles Background Information (Reference resources) Videos and DVD's Book Reviews Dissertations Grants and Fellowships

Specialized Research Guides	Finding Secondary Literature Finding Primary Literature Using Periodicals in Research Francophone Literature: finding resources Literary Theory Archival Research E-Texts in French French Dictionaries and the French Language Microform Resources for French Studies The Academic Job Search

Web Links	Gateway Web Sites for French Studies Recherche documentaire: Sites selectionnees. A list of Web sites in French, set up by the Dewey Decimal System. All subjects. Bibliotheque Nationale de France Modern Language Association (MLA) Department of German and Romance Languages & Literature

Helpful Research Handouts	MLA International Bibliography Tips (pdf) provides tips on using this essential database, including how to use limits, how to set up alerts, and how to download to RefWorks Tips for Starting Literary Research (pdf) General tips and suggestions on how to begin research How to Find Foreign Newspapers (pdf) Hints on how to find articles in foreign newspapers in the JHU Libraries' collections, or elsewhere Resource Guides: Describe resources in Special Collections, in the stacks, and online. (pdf files rquiring ADOBE Acrobat Reader) French Theater Early Modern Women Manuscript books in the JHU Libraries Encyclopedism in the 17th and 18th Centuries The Scholars Bookshelf in the Middle Ages Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary How to Find Current Fiction in the Library (pdf) How to read a Library of Congress call number (pdf) Find out why PQ 212 .L231 comes before PQ 212 .L4

Web Research Guides for Classes Request a Web page for your class	La France Contemporaine Spring 2008 L'Affaire Dreyfus Spring 2008 Senior Seminar Spring 2008 Reading Paris Fall 2007 Scientific French Fall 2007 Topics in French Cinema: Regards sur l'Enfance Fall 2007

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