French Language and Literature 

The main French Language and Literature collections are found on D-level at MSEL under the following call numbers:

• PH (Compact shelving): Books on French language and literature, cataloged before 7/96.
• PC 2001-3761 (Blue Label Section): Books on French language cataloged after 7/96.
• PQ 1-3999 (Blue Label Section): Books on French literature cataloged after 7/96.

Guide to locating secondary literature in French Studies: details resources (both online and in print) for finding critical studies on all periods of French literature.


Look in the catalogues of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Use a printed bibliography.
Do a Basic Subject search in the catalog on an author's last name and the word "bibliography", to locate them in the library.

Look in the NUC- pre 1956 Imprints on B-Level.
Call Number Z 881.A1C28 QUARTO (South End)

Many reference sources include bibliographies of individual authors,
movements, subjects.

Use the resources right under your nose. Bibliographies and footnotes in books and articles you have already found are your best source of further reading.

Find books, movies, and more in the libraries by searching below:

Can't find it in WorldCat?

The following may help identify older material, verify or correct a citation, and locate obscure material. For more complete resources see: the Guide to Primary Literature.

• The NUC Catalogue indexes books printed before 1956. Includes books printed in Europe and Latin America.
  B Level (North end) Z881.A1C28 QUARTO
• The British Library (Museum) Catalogue indexes books before 1955. Also available online
  General Reference on M Level Z921.B86 1959 QUARTO
  
• Catalogue général des livres imprimés de la Bibliothèque Nationale. French books up until 1959.
  D Level Z 927 .P2.

E-texts in French

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke : a searchable database of incunabula (1455-1501)