French Language and Literature 

• Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. Pierre Larousse. B Level Stacks: AE 25.L32
  1982 QUARTO. Also on DVD-ROM 1
• Encyclopédie Electronique
  
• Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des
  metiers ... the original edition from 1751. George Peabody Library: 034 D555 QUARTO
• L'Encyclopédie collaborative translation project
  
• Encyclopædia Universalis. AE25.E32 1990
  
• Encyclopédie nouvelle. Reprint of the C. Gosselin edition, 1836-1842 AE25.E485 1991
• Resource Guide to historic Encyclopedias at JHU libraries
  

"Encyclopedias" of French literature, in General Reference on M-Level

• Dictionnaire des littératures de langue française. PQ4 1. B4 1984
  
• Dictionnaire des oeuvres de langue française. PQ 41 .B42 1994
  
• Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. PQ 41 .D53
  
• Guide to French literature, 1789 to the present. PQ 41 .L48 1992
  
• The new Oxford companion to literature in French. PQ 41 .N49 1995
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
  

Dictionaries are available for use in the library (General Reference) and to check out (stacks on D Level).

You can locate dictionaries in the online catalog by doing an Alphabetical search on Subjects. Type "french language--dictionaries--english" as your search. Or just "french language--dictionaries" for strictly French dictionaries.

French dictionaries: a guide to historic dictionaries and other language tools in the JHU libraries

Books in print, articles on French literature, books on French publishing, bibliographies

• Bibliographie der französischen Literaturwissenschaft Z 2171 .B56
  1985-present. Essential index to articles on French literature.
  
• Bibliographie de la littérature française du 16e, 17e, et 18e siècles Z 2171 .C52 1965. Excellent for background information on the periods.
  
• Catalogue collectif des Périodiques Z 6945 .P28
  Catalog of French periodicals from the 16th century to 1939.
• Histoire de l'Édition française Z 8 .F8 H57
  
• L'Édition française depuis 1945 Z 305 .E292 1998