Walker Library: World Languages, Literatures & Cultures: French-Français

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Call Numbers for French Language and Literature Books

French language books are located on the 3rd floor of Walker Library under the call numbers of 440-449. French literature is on the 4th floor.

440-449 French language
840-849 French literature

Culture, Customs, Etiquette

AtoZ the World
Country guides for 174 countries, covering culture, history, travel, business, and more.

See product brochure (PDF) for more content information.

CIA World Fact Book
Creating French Culture (Library of Congress Exhibit)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
Kwintessential guides
Global guide to culture, customs, etiquette, and protocol.

French News and Media

French TV
French TV stations live streaming
Le Monde

French News from NYT

Reference Books

Collins French Concise by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Staff
Call Number: Reference - Walker Library - 1st Floor 443.21 C69 2010

These are a few of the books on French Language in the Reference Collection on the first floor of Walker Library

Larousse French-English-- English-French Dictionary by Larousse Editors (Created by)
Call Number: Reference - Walker Library - 1st Floor 443.21 D56c
The Cambridge French-English Thesaurus by Marie-Noelle Lamy; Richard Towell (Editor)
Call Number: Reference - Walker Library - 1st Floor 443.21 L18c

More Journals for Research

DART
DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses
Erudit
Érudit is the leading provider of Francophone and Canadian peer reviewed journals in North America. The platform gathers in one point nearly 150 Canadian scholarly and cultural publishers, including the most prestigious French-language Canadian university presses.

French Cinema

French New Wave Collection

Kanopy Streaming Video offers a great collection of French cinema

French Cinema
Perceval le Gallois
A stylized film adaptation of Chrétien de Troyes' 12th century Arthurian romance featuring the knight Perceval.

DVD - 402

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This is a dvd which can be picked up at the Circulation Desk.

Books

Bilingual books

Columbo. By dawn's early light = Aux première leurs de l'aube

Trouble is my business = Les ennuis c'est mon problème

Sherlock Holmes investigates = Sherlock Holmes enquête

Science-fiction nouvelles = Les grands maîtres de la science-fiction

Tales of the Far North : short stories = Histoires du Grand Nord : nouvelles

Short stories in French / edited and translated by Richard Coward.

French short stories = Nouvelles françaises / edited by Pamela Lyon.

Le tour d'écrou / Henry James.

Online Dictionary

BAB.LA English-French Online Dictionary

Grammar Guide/Language Instruction

BBC Learning French
Foreign Service Institute language courses (free)
Français Interactif
Français interactif was developed at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of French and Italian. This is a great free resource for French learners!
Learn French Online
Powerspeak Languages
Video, audio and interactive activities for learning a variety of languages. Part of the TN Electronic Library. Note: No access on an IOS device.
Rosetta Stone
Campus use only and limited to MTSU students enrolled in Foreign Languages classes.

Pronounciation Guide

Forvo-French

Le Monde News

Web Sites

Conseil International d'etudes francophone
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S.
Institut Francais
Platform of all French related topics
Tennessee Bob's web links for France/French language

Reading

Project Gutenberg offers many free ebooks that can be read on your device.

For French language books, please click here.

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