WWW RESOURCES
General
H-France history
guide
HAPAX: French Resources on
the Web
French Studies
Web History
section
Bibliotheque Nationale
French language and culture (from Ohio U)....follow the link to
Histoire.
WWW - Revolutions and Wars
Encyclopedia of
1848 Revolutions
The Siege and
Commune of Paris, 1870-1871
from Northwestern University Library -- Special Collections
Les archives de
guerre from the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
Simon Kitson's Vichy
web-page
Paris
Libéré !
A Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Paris
25 August 1944
WWW - Art and Literature
Chris Witcombe's Art History on the Web
from Sweet Briar College in the USA
Rodin Web
Joseph
Sable Centre for 19th century French studies (U.
Toronto)
contains useful
Zola resources.
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, HANDBOOKS
English language
The Catholic
encyclopedia : an international work of reference on the
constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic
Church. Edited by C.G. Herbermann and others. Special
edition ......... Web version of the the 1st ed. 1913.
Reference collection 944.003 C772f
Cooke, J.J. France 1789-1962. 1975.
Reference collection 944.08103 M9814e
Encyclopedia of modern French thought, ed. Christopher
J. Murray, 2004
Encyclopedia of the 1848
Revolutions, hosted by J. Chastain at Ohio State
University
Reference collection 944.003 R648f
France : a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present, William J. Roberts. 2004
Reference collection 944.003 R269h
Historical dictionary of France, Gino Raymond,
1998
Reference collection 944.06 N552h
Historical dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the
Second Empire. ed. E.L Newmnan. 2 vols. 1987.
Reference collection 944.07 E18h
Historical dictionary of the French Second Empire ed. W. E.
Echard. 1985
Reference collection 944.08103 H985h
Historical dictionary of the Third French Republic,
1870-1940. ed.S.F.Scott. 2 vols. 1985.
Reference collection 940.5344 G662h
Historical dictionary of World War II France : the Occupation,
Vichy, and the Resistance, 1938-1946, ed. by B.M. Gordon.
843 Z8Z.P (main collection)
Zola dictionary: the characters or the Rougon-Macquat novels of
Emile Zola, with a biographical and critical introduction, synopses
of the plots, bibliographical note, map, genealogy, etc by J.
G. Patterson. 1912
Reference collection 703 T948d
The Dictionary of art. ed. Jane Turner. 34 vols.
1996
ATLASES
912.44 A881
Atlas historique de la France contemporaine, 1800-1965.
1966.
Reference collection 912 G465
Gilbert, M. Recent history atlas. 1870 to the present
day.1966.
Reference collection 911 A881
Atlas historique Larousse. Ed. G.Duby. 1978.
Reference collection 940.3 G465.2
Gilbert, M. The Routledge atlas of the First World War . 2nd
ed.1994.
Reference collection 940.53 M584w
Messenger, C. World War Two : chronological atlas : when, where,
how and why. 1989
Reference collection 940.5421 M266p
Man, J. Penguin atlas of D-Day and the Normandy campaign.
1944.
YEARBOOKS
Reference collection 940.05 A61
Annual register (a review of public events at home and
abroad) 1758- Examples of articles from the 1871 volume:
Disturbances in Paris. "Programme" of the Commune. Capitulation of
Paris, etc.
Reference collection 305 S79
Statesman's yearbook, 1883- Impf. 1900- kept in
Reference.
BIOGRAPHY
Reference collection 944.08 B433b
Biographical dictionary of French political leaders since
1870. ed. D.S.Bell. 1990.
STATISTICS
Reference collection 940.5 F632s
Flora, P. State, economy and society in Western Europe,
1815-1975: a data handbook. 2vols. 1983.
on order for Reference collection
Mitchell, B.R. International historical statistics, Europe, 1750-2005 . 6th ed. 2007
earlier ed in Reference collection 314 M681e.4
SEARCHING FOR BOOKS IN THE CATALOGUE
These terms cam be used in basic search as Subject headings.
You can also use them as terms, along with other keywords, in a guided keyword search.
France History February Revolution, 1848
France History Second Republic, 1848-1852
France History 1848-1870
France History 1914-1940
France History 19th century
Napoleon III
Emperor of the French 1808-1873
France Politics and government....browse dates from 1848 onwards
France Social conditions....19th century....20th century
Impressionism (Art) France
Realism in art France
Painting, French 19th century
Painting, French 20th century
Use a painter's name as a subject heading....Manet, Degas etc
Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935
Church and state France History 19th century
Anti-clericalism France
Women France History
Womens France Social conditions
World War 1914-1918 France
Front populaire
Socialism France History 20th century
Conservatism France History 20th century
World War 1939-1945 France
France History German occupation, 1940-1945
DATABASES
FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES
Indexes to secondary
articles
Historical abstracts 1967-
Essential to search for articles in History journals.
Now has many links to full text articles.
Looks different because it has moved to the EBSCO platform.
All the advanced search options are still there - scroll down the page for time period, language etc or click on Indexes (white word on green bar at the topof the page) for subject, author etc.
Academic OneFile 1980-
Accesss to more than 20 million peer-reviewe articles, a large proportion of which are
full-text, from more than 8000 journals across all subject areas.
Academic Search Premier
Full text for over 4000 of the 8000 journals aross all subject a
reas.
JSTOR
is a full text searchable library of scholarly journals
(mainly in the social sciences and humanities) which contains full
content of selected journals from their first issue up to 3-5 years
ago - so not current.
Art Abstracts
MLA. International bibliography 1963-
For Zola and other literary topics.
Contemporary journals and newspapers
Periodicals index online
Periodicals Index Online is the new name for Periodicals Contents Index
- a database of millions of article citations published in the arts,
humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.You can search for articles published in the 1870's, 1890's, 1930's etc.
If full text isn't available online, check the library catalogue for the journal title. We have many older journals going back to the 19th century. If they are in store you can request them via the catalogue.
Searchable full text for a smaller list of journals available in Periodicals archive online.
English and American newspapers will provide
interesting commentaries:
Microfilm Per 54
The Times (London) 1785-
Use the Times Index, Reference collection 05 T58a
Times digital archive is available at the State Library.
The New York Times
NYT Archive 1851-1980
If the full text is not availalbe, this will at least give you exact dates and page of articles which you can read in the
Barr Smith Library multimedia area at
New York Times 1851- MF PER 3
Reference collection 905 K2
Keesing's contemporary archives. 1931-
for news summaries and dates of events.
940.5305 R452
Review of the foreign press 1939-1945. 27v.
See catalogue entry for the list of subseries and the introduction
to Series A vol.1 for an explanation of the purpose and format of
the Review. (series F for France)
SOURCES
Multimedia CDROMs 940.488644 M654
French posters from World War I (on CD-ROM behind
the Information desk)
Database from the Library of Congress of 284 posters created by
French artists to support the war effort during World War I.
MICROFILM 18338-18359 + Index
Germany and its occupied territories during World War II,
O.S.S /State Department intelligence and research reports.
22 microfilm reels + 1 guide. (France is on reels 8-15.)
944.081 F815.E
France during the German occupation, 1940-1944 : a collection of
292 statements on the government of Marechal Petain and Pierre
Laval / compiled by Rene de Chambrun ; translated from the French
by Philip W. Whitcomb.1958. 3 v.
327.05 S96a
Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Documents on
international affairs. 1928-1963.
31 v.
330.94 P772
Pollard, S. Documents of European economic history. [See vol. 3,
1914-39]
WWW sites for sources
Internet Modern
European sourcebook
Eurodocs: a
useful collection of transcripts and translations of primary source
documents from Western Europe.
Avalon
Project at the Yale Law School.
A collection of documents
searchable by keyword or time period.
Searching the library catalogue for sources
A search on the catalogue under any keywords using subject
heading terms such as
France......Sources.....and a relevant date or
word
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Europe in general
Reference collection 940.016 A357b
Aldcroft, D.H. Bibliography of European economic and social history. 1984.
France
Reference collection 944.05 B582
Bibliographie annuelle de l'histoire de France du cinquième siècle à 1945; 1953-
Lists writings on all aspects of French history. Some items are in English.
Reference collection 944 B785s
Bowditch, John. A selected bibliography of modern French history, 1600 to the present. 1974. Books and theses only.
Reference collection 944 C444f
Chambers, F. France; ed. S. R. Herstein. 1980.
Reference collection 944.081016 L771
Lipschutz, L.Bibliothèque dreyfusienne, essai de bibliographie thématique et analytique de l'affaire Dreyfus. 1970.
Reference collection 944.08 S486c
Serman, W. La Commune. 1971.
Reference collection 944.081 B582c
Catalogue de la troisieme republique. 1991- (from the Bibliotheque nationale)
Foreign Relations and Empire
Reference collection 944.07016 E18f
Echard, W.E. Foreign policy of the French Second Empire: a bibliography. 1988.
Reference collection 944.033016 B753s
Boucher, P. P., The shaping of the French colonial empire : a bio-bibliography of the careers of Richelieu, Fouquet, and Colbert. 1985
Reference collection 940.2016 H196m
Halstead, J.P. and Porcari, S. Modern European imperialism: a bibliography of books and articles, 1815-1972. 1974. 2 vols. See vol.2 for French and other empires.
Reference collection 959.7043016 N576
Nguyen The Anh. Bibliographie critique sur les relations entre le Viet-nam et l'Occident. 1967.
Reference collection 327.44/Y75f 1991
Young, R. French foreign policy, 1918-1945 : a guide to research and research materials. 1991
The Military and Wars (including Fascism and the Occupation)
see also my web page on Fascism and National Socialism
Reference collection 355.3520944 H463m
Heggoy, A.A. The military in imperial history: the French connection. 1984.
Reference collection 940.3016 E59s.G
Enser, A.G.S. A subject bibliography of the First World War; books in English 1914-1987. 2nd ed. 1990.
Reference collection 940.543016 S655o
Brynmor Jones Library. Occupation, collaboration and resistance: Nazism and Western Europe, 1939-1945. 1984.
Reference collection 320.533 R328f
Rees, P. Fascism and pre-fascism in Europe, 1890-1945: a bibliography of the extreme right. 1984
944.0836 N934
Nouvelle bibliographie internationale sur Charles de Gaulle :1980-1990 etabli par l'Institut Charles-de-Gaulle. 1990
Reference collection 944.0816 E93f
Evleth, D. France under the German occupation, 1940-1944 : an annotated bibliography. 1991.
944.081 F8 Suppl
Chambrun, R. de. France during the German occupation, 1940-1944 : summaries and important selections from statements on the government of Marechal Petain and Pierre Laval. A bibliographical supplement. 1986.
Art and Literature
Reference collection 809 R758.3
Romantic movement: a selective and critical bibliography. 1979-
843 Z8Z.N
Nelson, B. Emile Zola: a selective analytical bibliography.1982.
Reference collection 701.18016 P267b
Parsons, C. Bibliography of Salon criticism in Second Empire Paris. 1986.
840.99287 S251f
French women writers : a bio-bibliographical source book, edited by Eva Martin Sartori .1991
See also my art history guide for Studies in European Art since the Renaissance
Women
Reference collection 305.40944 B415b
Beer, J.M. Bibliography of the history of women in France. 1990.
Reference collection 305.4016 F893w
Frey, L. Women in western European history: a select chronological, geographical, and topical bibliography.
2 vols. 1982-1984 and suppl. 1986.
Working Class
Reference collection 322.20944 D139
Dale, L. A. A bibliography of French labor : with a selection of documents on the French labor movement . 1969
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Resources for the third year
research essay
To find your two books.
Search for your topic by keyword or subject in the library catalogue.
The results list can be sorted by date.
You can then locate a couple of titles with publication dates at least 15 years apart.
First, consult the catalogue. This may seem obvious, but many
students fail to fully investigate the resources of our own
library.
Using guided keyword search you can search for
your historian as a subject.
Any keywords in Subject heading can be especially useful if
you use terms such as France paired with the term historiography.
e.g. France History German occupation, 1940-1945
Historiography
World War, 1914-1918 France Historiography
or
Historians France
HISTORIOGRAPHY DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
Reference collection 907.203 C26b
Blackwell dictionary of historians. ed. J. Cannon
1988
Reference collection 907.2 B477c
Companion to historiography. ed. M. Bentley.
1997.
Reference collection 907.203 B789e
Encyclopedia of historians and historical writing. ed. K.
Boyd.
2 vols. 1999.
Reference collection 907.2 H894f
Fifty key thinkers on history, Marnie
Hughes-Warrington. 2000
Reference collection 907.203 W913g
Global encyclopedia of historical writing. ed. D.R. Woolf. 2
vols. 1998
BIOGRAPHY - information about historians
Reference collection 920 C761
Contemporary authors. 1962-
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Reference collection 907.2016 B619h
Birkos, A.S. Historiography, method, history teaching: a
bibliography books and articles in English, 1965-1973.
1975.
Reference collection 907.2016 K55h
Kinell, S.K. Historiography; an annotated bibliography of
journal articles, books, and dissertations. 1987.
2v.
Reference collection 907.2 F761s
Pok, Attila. A selected bibliography of modern
historiography. 1992 .
19th and 20th century historiography. Arranged by country,
and also has index of persons.
Reference collection 907.016 R524s
Richardson, R.C. The study of history; a bibliographical
guide. 1988.
BOOK REVIEWS
In addition to the standard history indexes and
abstracts (listed above) there are other useful tools
listed in Finding book reviews. Don't forget to first
establish the exact (first edition) publication date for the title
you are searching. A few key sources of book reviews are:
Book Review Index
A comprehensive online guide to book reviews. Coverage is from 1965 onwards.
Reference collection 028.1 F219c
Combined retrospective index to book reviews in scholarly
journals 1886-1974.
JSTOR - searches can be limited to book reviews.
Periodicals index online (Period of coverage
pre1800-1990)
Reference collection 011.05 B72
Book review digest. 1905-
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And for those who can read French.........
WWW
La Revue d’histoire du XIXe siècle — anciennement 1848. Révolutions et mutations au XIXe siècle — est l'organe de la Société d'histoire de la révolution de 1848 et des révolutions du XIXe siècle. Semestrielle, elle publie des articles concernant le XIXe siècle sous tous ses aspects.
Centre de la mémoir : Oradour-sur-Glane - an institute that carries out and coordinates research on the tragic massacre of civilians in 1944.
French language Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Reference collection 320.944 S619d
Dictionnaire historique de la vie politique francaise au XXe siecle . 1995
Joint Store JJ8716-JJ8720
Histoire generale de la presse francaise, publiée sous la direction de C. Bellanger et al. 1969-76. 5 vols.
Reference collection 944.36 D544
Dictionnaire de Paris, Larousse, 1964.
Reference collection 03 L3319g
Larousse, P. Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. 1866-1879. Repr. 1982.
Reference collection 944.36 F831
Franklin, A.L.A. Dictionnaire historique des arts, métiers et professions exercés dans Paris depuis le treizième siècle. 1906.
Reference collection 944.08103 N765d
Noël, B. Dictionnaire de La Commune; 2 vols. 1978.
Reference collection 703 M748i
Monneret, S. L'impressionnisme et son epoque : dictionnaire international. 1978
Biographical dictionaries
Reference collection 920 D553
Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français, publié sous la direction de J. Maitron. 1964-1977. 15 vols.
also on PC 331 behind the Information Desk.
Reference collection 920 D554
Dictionnaire de biographie française. 1932-
Reference collection 944.0703 A538d
Dictionnaire des députés du Second Empire, Eric Anceau.1999
Reference collection 923.84408 D554
Dictionnaire des dynasties bourgeoises et du monde des affaires, sous la direction de Henry Coston. 1975.
Reference collection 920 R639d
Robert, A., Bourloton, E., Cougny, G. Dictionnaire des parlementaires français. 1890.
Reference collection 328.44 D553
Dictionnaire des parlementaires français: notices biographiques sur les ministres, députés et senateurs français de 1889 a 1940, sous la direction de Jean Jolly. 1960-73. 7 vols.
Reference collection 920 G861
Grimal, P. Dictionnaire des biographies publié sous la direction de Pierre Grimal. 1958.
Reference collection 920 M622
Michaud, L.G. Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne. 1843-1865 45vols.
Reference collection 920 V286.5
Vapereau, G. Dictionnaire des contemporains, contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers... 5e éd. 1880.
Contemporary sources
The Library holds a number of French newpapers, which make wonderful sources if you can read French.
They are listed in Newspapers in the Barr Smith Library: a finding list. See section for France.
If not, even the English and American papers will provide interesting commentaries on current affairs.
Reference collection 05 M738a
Le Monde. Paris. Index analytique. 1944/45-1951, 1965-1968, 1987-
Reference collection 05 T286a
Le Temps. Tables du journal. 1861/5-1900.
Sources
MICROFILM 8517-20
Journaux de la periode de la commune, 1871.
MICROFILM 14925-14944
Periodiques clandestins 1939-45
940.5325 B647a
Actes et documents du Saint Siege relatifs a la Seconde Guerre mondiale, edites par Pierre Blet 1965-81. 12 v. in 11
(Vatican Documents in French, German, Italian, Latin)
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