Reference and Basic Resources - .French Resources Subject Guide - Research Guides at Western Oregon University

Call Number Areas

French materials are mostly in two call number ranges if you would like to browse. Remember that you will find these call numbers both in the reference collection (Floor 1) and in the circulating collection (Floor 3).

PC2001-PC3761 is for French language and language study. It includes dictionaries, grammar books and many of the "easy reader" adaptations.

PQ1-PQ3999 is for French literature, including literature from francophone countries. Compared to the "easy reader" section in the language learning area, this range includes the primary works of literature in French and in translation, alongside criticism about it.

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Language and Grammar

Below are select French dictionaries and other language resources, either in the physical collection or as an electronic book. Or view a complete listing of dictionaries, including those that are available for checkout.

Oxford-Hachette French dictionary: French-English, English-French - Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy

Call Number: REF PC2650 .O83 2001

Concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionary: French-English, English-French - Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon and Natalie Pomier

Call Number: Electronic resource

Bilingual visual dictionary: French English - (DK Pub)

Call Number: REF PC2640 .B555 2005

Visual French dictionary - Jean-Claude Corbeil, Ariane Archambault (Oxford UP)

Call Number: REF PC2629 .C6736 2003

The Routledge Dictionary of Cultural References in Modern French - Michael Mould

Call Number: REF PC2766 .M68 2011

Seeks to aid understanding of the meanings embedded in France's culture and encountered by readers of the contemporary French press. Explains connotations that have historical, literary, and pop-culture origins.