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Professional Organization
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The European Union
The European Union (EU) is a union of fifteen independent states
based on the European Communities and founded to enhance political,
economic and social co-operation. Formerly known as European
Community (EC) or European Economic Community. Their homepage
includes information on the member countries as well as on theUnion.
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Libraries and Bookstores
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UC Irvine
This well-organized library page offers all different kinds
of ways to search for what you are interested in. Do not miss
the Critical Theory Resource Page which is a browsable and
searchable archive of scholarly bibliographies.
Northwestern
With their WWW page you can access the libraries many collections
including the Siege and Commune collection. This WWW page contains
links to over 1200 digitized photographs and images recorded during
the Siege and Commune of Paris cir.1871.In addition to the images in
this set, the Library's Siege ∓ Commune Collection contains 1500
caricatures, 68 newspapers in hard-copy and film, hundreds of books
and pamphlets and about 1000 posters. Additions are made regularly.
The originals are located in Special Collections in the Deering
Library at Northwestern University.
Newberry
This is the Number 1 French bookstore on the WWW. They offer editions,
Michelin Guides, summaries of new books as well as CDs. You can order
the items that you want or have them sent to someone else as a gift.
You will also find here a French literary forum, sort of like a newgroup,
where people publish manuscripts or poems or just discuss literature.
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Literature
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ARTFL
Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French
Language. This site offers information on the ARTFL project and includes
some electronic texts.
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Electronic Texts
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Many texts are actually available to be read on the Internet. This
becomes useful if you do not have a copy available, if you just
need to check a quotation, or if you would like your students to
read something, but you do not want to require them to buy the book.
You can access many French texts and other literary research tools
through the following site:
http://www.cnam.fr/
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Culture
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Webmuseum
This site offers images of many different works of art organized both
byartist and by movement or century.
Page de Francophonie
The Agence de Coopration Culturelle et Technique is the governmental
agency on francophonie. Their site offers links to other francophone
pages as well as information on francophone countries.
Paris
All kinds of information on Paris, including hotels, schools,
shopping, information on all of the monuments and museums and
navigating through the city. It alsoincludes an interactive map.
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Help with the French Language
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Télé informations linguistiques
At this site which was developed by Marie-Eva de Villers, the
author of Multi-dictionnairedes difficultés de la langue
francais, you will find information on spelling, syntax,
anglicisms, etc.
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News
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Charlie Hebdo
This is a French journal devoted to humor, political satire, and fun.
Pariscope
This magazine of Paris events, things to do or see, restaurants, hotels,
etc. is available here along with a map of Paris. The page is available
in French, English, and Spanish.
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Other French Pages
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University of Chicago Romance Languages Resource Page
This page provides a large and varied collection of links to authentic
material in French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese for use by the
language teacher. Also included on the page are links to University
language departments, both in the United States and abroad. and a collection
of links to pedagogical resources on line. Links were chosen for the potential
utility to the language teacher, either as a source of actual authentic language
samples, or of information.
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