Types of Books you may encounter:
Anthology - A published collection of articles or writing.
Scholarly Books - Sometimes called 'Monographs', these books are written by scholars and experts in French intended for other specialists in the field. Scholarly books are typically published by a university press or other scholarly publishing house.
Primary Sources - Though many books are secondary sources, some books can be considered primary sources.
Some examples of primary source books in French include:
Original Literature (sometimes called seminal texts such as Plato's Republic) - Secondary sources can also be seminal sources. Seminal just means “universally recognized as something everyone should read.
Autobiographies
Reproduction of Diaries, essays, and other personal manuscripts.
Catalog Search for Books in French
Searching for Library Sources
To look for books, use the library catalog (see above) to type in searches. Our search catalog works best with "subject terms" or keyword terms that are tagged to each book in the library. Below are some examples of subject headings related to French literature:
su: France
su: Haiti
su: LITERARY CRITICISM European French
su: French fiction
su: French colonies
su: France Colonies History
Other acceptable subject headings include: Author(s), literary movements, etc.
If you feel more comfortable browsing the book stacks, below are useful call numbers for reference:
Useful Call Numbers
DC1-947 History of France
DC44-59.8 Military, naval, and political history. Foreign relations
DC60-109 Early and medieval to 1515
DC110-433 Modern, 1515
DC251-354.9 19th century
DC361-424 20th century
DC425-433 21st century
DC600-801 Local history and description
DC921-930 Andorra
DC941-947 Monaco
PQ1-3999 French literature
PQ1-771 History and criticism
PQ1300-1595 Old French literature
PQ1600-2726 Modern literature
