Reference Resources

(These are just a few of my favorite "ready-reference" sources)

Library Corner - general reference links for many subjects as well as book reviews, etc.

How to Type Accent Marks
 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES :
Webencyclo
Yahoo Encyclopédie
Nouveau Trésor de la langue française - dictionnaire informatisé
CNRS Dictionnaire des synonymes
Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique (Québec)
Multilingual E-Translation Portal
ARTFL Project - French/English Dictionary
The Internet Picture Dictionary - French
 

ONLINE TRANSLATOR:
Alta Vista's  Babel Fish Translation Service
 

GRAMMAR:
French Grammar Central
French Language at About.com
Tex's French Grammar
Polar FLE - learn grammar with l'inspecteur Roger Duflair
 

LITERATURE:
Poésie - find poems
French Proverbs and Other Microtexts
Lexiques des terms littéraires
 
 

STATISTICS,OPINION POLLS :
INSEE - Institut National de la statistique et ddes études économiques - France-
Quid France (chiffres)
Understanding USA (Data)
USA Statistics in Brief
U.S. Census Bureau
SOFRES - sondages d'opinion, marketing studies....
Canal IPSOS - Banque de sondages
IFOP (Institut Français d'opinion publique)
BVA
Harris Poll (U.S.)
Gallup Poll
Public Agenda Online (Public Opinion and Public Policy)
 
 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT FRANCE :
France Pratique
Embassy of France in the U.S.
Le Portail de l'Administration Française - govt. agencies, public services,forms,etc.
France Diplomatie - Images de France
L'Internet Culturel - French Govt. site loaded with information
 

NEWS:
Yahoo France - Actualités
Le Monde - A la Une
Le Figaro
Les Cles de l'actualité Junior - online news for kids
Francophone Newspapers
Francophone Magazines
Maisons Des Médias - (loaded with links to radio, television,cinema, etc.)
Radio France
 
 

Sarah Shackelford
2004-2005