French 301: Introduction à
la littérature française
Faculty: Prof. Diane Kelley
Humanities Librarian: Peggy
Burge
This webpage is intended
as a resource for students enrolled in French 301.
It provides tips about research strategies and information about sources and
databases relevant to the course. Students are encouraged to contact Peggy
when additional help in the library is needed; call x3512, e-mail pburge@ups.edu,
or drop by her office (Library 117).
Practical Matters
-- Getting from the Citation to the Actual Item
Most databases that you will use
for your research in this course are not full-text; that is, they will provide
you with a citation, but not the actual article or book. In addition, many
of the citations will be to materials that are not available in Collins Library,
but can still be obtained for you from other libraries. You will need to plan
ahead to give yourself enough time to obtain such materials. Below are guidelines
for obtaining books and journal articles.
Books or Essays in Books
Example of a citation to an essay in a book:
Subrenat, Jean. "Rape and Adultery:
Reflected Facets of Feudal Justice in the Roman De Renart." Reynard
the Fox: Social Engagement and
Cultural Metamorphoses in the
Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present. Ed. Kenneth Varty.
New York, NY: Berghahn,
2000. 17-35.
To obtain this book, you may have to check up
to three catalogs:
- Begin with SIMON.
Remember to search by the title of the book, not the title of the chapter.
- If the book is not in SIMON or is in SIMON
but is checked out, go to SUMMIT.
If the book is available through SUMMIT, you can request it by entering
your name and ID number. It takes two to four business days for SUMMIT
books to be delivered to the Circulation Desk.
- If the book is not available in SIMON or SUMMIT,
go to WorldCat.
If you find the title there, click on the ILL (Interlibrary Loan) icon and
fill out the required information. Books requested from WorldCat usually
take a minimum of two weeks to arrive.
TIP!
When you find a
useful book in SIMON or SUMMIT, take a look at that title's subject
headings. You can click on these subject headings to find more books
on the same topic.
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Example of a citation to a journal article:
Krause, Virginia, and Christian Martin.
"Topoï et utopie de l'amour dans les Lais de Marie de France."
Dalhousie French Studies 42 (1998): 3-15.
To obtain this article:
- First search the Journal
Locator by the title of the journal, not the title of the article.
(Do not use the "journal title" search in SIMON anymore; it is
no longer accurate for full-text availability.) If the article is available
full-text, a link to the appropriate database will be provided. If the journal
is available in microform or paper format, a link to the SIMON record will
be provided. Current periodicals are located on the first floor of the library
and bound periodicals and microform are located in the basement.
- If the Journal Locator returns zero results,
there is no need to search any other database. Simply log onto ILLIAD
and submit your article request. An electronic copy of the article usually
will be provided to you in less than a week, although occasionally
the lending library mails a photocopy instead. In either case, you will
be notified by e-mail that the article is now available.
Context
At some point in your research
you may wish to either verify or learn more about a variety of contexts
surrounding the work(s) you are analyzing. Or, you may wish to consult the
library's French language resources. Although these reference materials
are not acceptable as academic sources for your final paper, you may find
them useful as starting points.
Literary and Historical Reference
Resources
- Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires
de langue française
/ PQ 41 B42 1994 Reference
- Guide to French Literature
/ PQ 226 L48 1992 Reference
- Histoire de France
(Larousse) / DC 38 H57 2002 Reference
- Literature
Resource Center -- This full-text database offers biographical essays
as well as selected criticism. Coverage of medieval or early modern French
authors is haphazard, but worth a try.
- Medieval France: An Encyclopedia / DC
33.2 M44 1995 Reference
French Language Reference Resources
- Dictionnaire du moyen français
/ PC 2650 G74 1992 Reference
- Le Grand Robert de la langue française
/ PC 2625 R552 2001 Reference
- Oxford
Reference Online - This full-text resource contains bilingual French-English,
English-French dictionaries.
- Turlupinades & Tricoteries: Dictionnaire
des mots obsolètes de la langue française
/ PC 2667 D832 2004 Reference