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Foreign Languages & Literature: French

Department Research Guides identify and define standard information retrieval tools for a specific department. Each guide was created and is maintained by the library liaison for that department. We encourage you to recommend resources for the guides.

Dictionaries

Dictionaries:

Harrap’s New Standard French and English Dictionary: Pt. 1, French-English
J.E. Mansion, ed. 1972. New York: Scribner.
Available at: REF. PC2640 .H317 1972

Collins Robert French-English, English-French Dictionary, Unabridged
B.T. Atkins, ed. 1993. New York: HarperCollins.
Available at: REF. PC2640 .R63 1993

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary : French-English, English-French
M.-H. Corréard, V. Grundy, eds. 2001. Paris : Hachette Livre.
Available at: REF. PC2640 .O83 2001

Ultralingua Dictionary (choice of languages)
Available online at: http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/dictionary

Historical/Etymological:

Dictionnaire Alphabétique et Analogique de la Langue Française
P. Robert. 1966. Paris : Société du Nouveau Littré le Robert.
Available at: REF PC2625.R552

Trésor de la Langue Française: Dictionnaire de la Langue du XIXe et du XXe Siècle (1789-1960)
P. Imbs. 1971-1994. Paris, Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
Available at: REF PC2625.I4
Also available online at: http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlf.htm

Dictionnaire d'Autrefois: French Dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries
Available online at: http://artfl-project.uchicago.edu/node/17

Dictionnaire de la langue française 'Littré'
Available online at: http://littre.reverso.net/dictionnaire-francais/

Or search for more print and online books using the WestCat library catalog.

Grammars & Tutorials

Comprehensive French Grammar
G. Price. 2008. Oxford : Blackwell.
Available at: PC2112.P75 2008 (Level 5)

Reference Grammar of Modern French
A. Judge, F.G. Healey. 1985. Baltimore, MD: E. Arnold.
Available at: PC2105.J83 1985b (Level 5)

Tex's French Grammar
Available online at: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/overview.html

Français interactif
Available online at: https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/

French Language Guide
Available online at: http://www.languageguide.org/french/

Multimedia

DVDs in French at WIU Libraries

Search for DVDs and VHS using the WestCat library catalog. Set the Limit to "Films/Videos."

Websites with Audio & Video

Learning from Francophone TV & Radio @ Globe-Gate
Available online at: http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/radiotv.shtml

French in Action
Available online at: http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html