French history
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Sources for Background Information
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - Canada, Canad?, histor?, etc.
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| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. histor? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words history, histories, historical, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "United Nations" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase United Nations |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. history AND (Canada OR "United States") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word history AND either Canada OR the phrase United States |
Core and Additional Databases
Periodical Indexes, Bibliographies, Full-text Articles
- Amérique française
- Historical Abstracts, 1955- (Ebsco)
- ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- JSTOR
- Project MUSE
Multidisciplinary Databases
Including French History related material.
- Africa-Wide - NiPAD
- ARTFL
- Cairn (200 French language journals in the social sciences and the humanities)
- FRANCIS
- Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907-1984
- ProQuest Research Library
- Repère
- Humanities Full Text
- Humanities International Index
Primary Sources (Electronic Databases)
- Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and Environment
Includes the complete Jesuit Relations Documents series in the original French and in English translation. - Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), 1701-1800
Includes titles in French published in the British Empire. Useful for study of the French Revolution.
Selected Internet Sites
Accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
- McGill University Department of History
- L'Album des sciences sociales: histoire économique et sociale
"une sélection de plus de 2000 ressources de qualité accessibles en ligne, choisies en raison de leur intérêt pour la recherche et l'enseignement. Le domaine couvert correspond à l'ensemble des sciences sociales et humaines francophones, complété par les sites internationaux essentiels dans chaque discipline." - Archives nationales
Includes links to Centre historique des Archives nationales; Centre des archives contemporaines; Centre des archives d'Outre Mer; and Centre des archives du monde du travail, etc. - Association of College and Research Libraries: Western European Studies Section: French History
References to documents, maps and primary literature. - Bibliothèque nationale de France: Catalogue en ligne BN-OPALE Plus
- Conservatoire numérique des arts et métiers
Une bibliothèque numérique consacrée à l'histoire des sciences et des techniques. - L'Édit de Nantes et ses antécédents (1562-1598)
Includes alphabetical index, glossary and search function. -
France in America/La France en Amérique: A bilingual digital library sponsored by the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The site provides full-text access to books, documents, prints and maps relating to the history of the French presence in North America from the 16th-19th centuries.
- French Republican Calendar
Includes Republican/Gregorian calendar converter. - Gallica: Bibliothèque numérique de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- H-France
Affiliated with the Society for French Historical Studies, H-France provides both a discussion list and a series of resources and links for students of French history and culture. - Historians of Early Modern France
Lists ongoing research projects to facilitate communication between scholars. - History of France: Primary Documents
Hosted by Brigham Young University, this site reproduces a selection of primary documents arranged by time period, from antiquity to the present. - Intute Arts and Humanities: History
UK's virtual library in the humanities - Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Hosted by Fordham University, this site is a collection of public domain historical texts, presented without advertising or excessive layout, for educational use. - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
Provides topical essays, images, text documents, songs, maps, timeline and glossary. - McGill University Napoleon Collection
Includes scanned single prints, as well as prints in bound volumes and map images. Detailed records for most of the collections' monographs are included. - Napoléon.org
Sponsored by the Fondation Napoléon, this site includes bibliographies, timelines, announcements of conferences and exhibits, new book announcements, special dossiers, and a message board. In English or French. - New France New Horizons: On French Soil in America
Contains descriptions and reproductions of documents related to New France (correspondence, reports, maps and plans, and drawings) included in fonds and series conserved at the Centre des archives d'outre-mer (Aix-en-Provence), the Centre historique des Archives nationales (Paris), and Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa). English or French interface. - The Siege and Commune of Paris:1870-71
Northwestern University Library's Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections "links to over 1200 digitized photographs and images recorded during the Siege and Commune of Paris." - Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations, 1926-1942/44
Includes statistical tables on population, livestock, production, commerce, transport, communications, public finance, etc. Includes index. - Voice of the Shuttle: History-France
Humanities related resources.
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