Primary Sources at Special Collections of UCLA
- Collection of print material from the French revolutionary period, 1787-1806
- A Collection of French Political Broadsides, 1788-1871
- L'Enseignement de l'Université du Collège de France et des collèges à Paris, ca. 1500-1650
- Boyer (Charles) Papers 1935-1961
- Boyer (Charles) French Research Foundation Collection 1939-1950
- Marteau Collection17th and 18th century fictitious imprints.
- Newspapers of the Second RepublicA collection of more than 300 newspapers and pamphlets, 1848-1853, bound in five large volumes. Guide
- Roger Mennevée archive
- Renoir (Jean) Papers 1915-1927
- Roditi (Edouard) Papers 1910-1992
- Student Protests, Paris 1968 1967-1969
- Children's Book CollectionThe strength of the collection resides in English and American publications before 1840, supported by foreign language editions, pop-up and other movable books, and harlequinades—among them more than 500 17th-19th century books in French.
Primary Sources on CD-ROM
- L’atelier historique de la langue française : l’histoire des mots du haut Moyen âge au XIXe siècleAncien et moyen français : Dictionnaire historique de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye--XVIIe siècle : Dictionnaire de Furetière--XVIIIe siècle : Dictionnaire de l’Académie française (1762)--XIXe siècle : Dictionnaire d’Emile Littré--Curiosités françaises de Oudin--Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire et compléments--Dictionnaire universel des synonymes de Guizot. PC2625 .A84 1999
- Corpus de la littérature médiévale en langue d’oil des origines à la fin du XVe siècle : prose narrative, poésie, théatrePQ1301 .C67 2001
- Corpus MontaignePQ1642.E5 B8 1997
- Corpus des oeuvres de philosophie en langue française[Diskette 1-2] B1802 .C67 1995
- Les dictionnaires de l’Académie françaiseDictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, Paris, 1687 -- Grand dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, Francfort, 1687 -- Grand dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, Francfort, 1687 -- Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise dedié au Roy, Paris, 1694-- Nouveau dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise dedié au Roy, Paris, 1718 -- Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, Paris, 1740 -- Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, Paris, 1762 -- Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, Paris, 1798. PC2625 .D57 2000
- Dictionnaires des XVIe et XVIIe sièclesAG25 .D53 1999
- L’Encyclopédie de Diderot et d’AlembertAE25 .E533 2000
- Larousse, Pierre: Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècleAE25 .L32 2000
- La librarie des ducs de BourgogneZ6621.B535 B53 2001
- Théâtre du Grand Siècle The works of Corneille, Racine, and MolièrePQ1220 .T44 1996
Primary Sources Online
- ARTFLA full text online database of thousands of French texts ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
- Littérature française et francophoneClick on Accès aux bases de données on the opening page. The following databases are licensed for UCLA users:
• Grand Corpus des littératures française et francophone, du Moyen Âge au 20e siècle
• Corpus de la littérature médiévale des origines au 15e siècle
• Corpus de la littérature narrative du Moyen Âge au 20e siècle
• Corpus de la première littérature francophone d'Afrique noire, écrite et orale, des origines aux Indépendances (fin 18e siècle-1960)
• Corpus de la première littérature francophone de l'Océan Indien, écrite et orale, des origines aux Indépendances (18e siècle-1960) - Corpus de la littérature narrativeA full text database of French literature. It offers a digital library of about 1000 narrative works (novels, tales, short stories), mostly pre-World War I (with the exception of Proust) and focusing on the works of Balzac, Dumas and De Maupassant.
- Electronic EnlightenmentThis database reconstructs the web of correspondance among the major figures of the long 18th century. More information about the database here.
- French Women WritersOver 100 works by French women authors from the 16th to the 19th century.
- GallicaMore than one million digitized documents (books, periodicals, manuscripts, maps, images, scores, sound recordings, etc.) at the French National Library.
- Provençal Poetry38 collections of texts from the 12th and 13th centuries.
- Poesie francaiseSearchable database. A selection of French poetry from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.
- Textes de Français Ancien65 works from the 12th through 15th century.
- EuropeanaA digitized multimedia library of the European cultural heritage: digitized books, manuscripts, photos, paintings, maps, audio and film material, newspapers, etc.
- EuroDocs, FranceConnects to French historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. From the antiquity to the present.
- dLoC Digital Library of the CaribbeanResources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean, many of them in French.
Primary Sources on Microform
Some works can only be found on microfilm or in special collections and archives. The following list is a brief selection of the large microfilm set titles UCLA owns in the library or as a member of a consortium - in the Center for Research Libraries. Each set includes a large number of works.
- French Books before 1601Individual titles of the collection are listed on Melvyl. SRLF
- French Books 1601-1700SRLF Z2162 F74 and CRL
- French Drama: a Comprehensive Collection of French Plays of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuriesCRL
- Archives biographiques françaisesCT1003 .A73 2001
- French political pamphlets, 1547-1648SRLF
- Sorciers, demonologues, magistrats, theologiens et medicins aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles
- The World of Port-Royal. Jansenism in the Catholic Church, 17th-18th centuries(Guide) BX4730 .W67
- Utopies au siècle des lumières(Guide) HX806 U865
- The French Revolution Research Collection – Les Archives de la Revolutioned. by Colin Lucas DC141 .F86 1989
- French revolutionary pamphlets on microficheDC141 .F7
- Nicolas de Bonneville et le Cercle social, 1787-1800(Guide) DC158.8 .N53
- D’Holbach et ses amis, 1760-1789BL2710 .D46
- Le Rousseauisme(Guide) JC179.R9 R685
- Corvey-Institut Anti-Napoleon. Schriften--Fürstliche Bibliothek.(Guide) DC226.2 C67
- Freemasonry and antimasonryHS403 .F74
- Collection de documents inédits sur l’histoire économique de la révolution françaiseCRL
- Collection de documents relatif à l’histoire de Paris pendant la révolution françaiseCRL
- Les enquêtes des préfets de l’EmpireCRL
- Collection on the Revolution of 1848 in France. NewspapersCRL
- Newspapers of the French Revolution of 1848 from the British Library, London, and the British Library Newspaper Library, Colindale, LondonThe series captures the British Library's holdings of all newspaper and periodical titles published in France during the revolution of 1848. Coverage continued through the coup d'état in 1851 to the establishment of the Second Empire in 1852. CRL
- The Dreyfus Affair in the Making of Modern FranceDC354 .D882
- European Women’s Periodicals(Guide) PN5110 .E97
- Confidential US. State Department central files. France: foreign affairs 1945-1949DC398 .C62 1987
- Confidential US. State Department central files. France: foreign affairs 1950-1954DC398 C63 1987
- Confidential US. State Department central files. France: internal affairs 1945-1949DC398 .C64 1987
- Confidential US. State Department central files. France: internal affairs 1950-1954DC398 .C66 1987
- Les Tracts de mai 1968. Bibliotheque nationale de Paris, Service de l’histoire de FranceDC414 T473
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- UCLA Library CatalogCatalog of the holdings of the different UCLA libraries.
- Melvyl CatalogCatalog of all library holdings of ten University of California libraries.
- WorldCatA catalog of books and other library materials held in libraries worldwide.
- UCLA Film and Television ArchiveOnline bibliographic access to the holdings of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The institution provides scholarly and educational access to the Archive's collections in a state-of-the-art viewing facility with 90 viewing stations.
- Online Archive of CaliforniaThe OAC provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 150 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.
- Google ScholarBroad Internet search for scholarly literature: digitized books, periodicals, etc.
E-Books on Renaissance Studies
The following series are available in electronic format through Classiques Garnier Numerique. Click on Collections Renaissance and select the individual title from the list.
- Études montaignistesMontaigne Studies
- Textes de la RenaissanceStudies and Essays on the European Renaissance
- Les Géographies du mondeWorld Geographies
- Colloques, Congrès et ConférencesRenaissance européenne; Société internationale de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur la Renaissance, S.I.R.I.R.
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