French and Francophone Studies

Welcome to my French and Francophone Studies Guide. Here you will find resources to help you find the perfect:

- Academic/Scholarly Articles

- Primary Sources

- Books

- Movies/Videos

- Newspaper Articles

- Digital Projects

- Open Educational Resources

You can also find out more on the Haitian Collections available at UF as well as our amazing French and Francophone Comics collection.

New to library research? Wondering where to start? Don't hesitate to reach out to me. You can also heck out our Introduction to Library Research guide.

1. Set up the UF VPN: When you're off campus, you will need to use the UF VPN software to access electronic databases, journals and books.
2. Use a Proxy Server: This option is great if you are only doing a fast search.
3. Search the library catalog for books or journal titles: Links to online books and journals are also contained within the catalog.
4. Search subject databases to find articles in journals: If you are trying to decide which database is appropriate for your research, look at the list of databases listed on the Databases and Journals Tab.

• Finding French and Francophone Special Collections 

Many institutions in the United States and Canada have very strong French and Francophone collections. Click on the Collections menu to see a list of collections with detailed descriptions in English. Click on the Map menu to visualize the locations of the many institutions represented in the database.

• French and Francophone Linguistics Guide

Use this guide if your research is focused on linguistics.

• Course Reserves 

Access required reading, viewing, or listening made available by your professors through the Smathers Libraries!

• Interlibrary Loan 

Interlibrary Loan is a free service which provides materials to patrons, that are not available in the UF library collections. This can include either loans (books, dissertations, microfilm, etc.) or copies of articles and book chapters.

• UBorrow 

UBorrow lets you request (print) books directly from participating Florida state university libraries when the item is not available at UF.

• Take-Home Equipment

Did you know we had numerous tech equipment on loan such as 3D scanners, sewing machines, headphones, adapters, cables, iPads, or even microphones (Yeti)?

• Citation Management

            This guide provides an overview for citation management. Learn the basics about Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, etc.