Key Electronic French Language Primary Source Collections
- ARTFL: American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
A broad collection of approximately 2000 French literary, religious, philosophical, political and scientific works, mostly from the 16th through 20th centuries that was created for the compilation of the historical dictionary Le trésor de la langue française.
- Autour du Romantisme: Le Roman 1792-1882
and CD-ROM in DHC
Large collection of French romantic prose literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Biblionet: Cent classiques de la literature francaise
Small searchable collection of classic works of French literature from the major French e-text publisher Bibliopolis.
- Corpus de la Literature Medievale en langue d’oïl des origins à la fin du XVe siècle
CD-ROM in DHC
Broad searchable collection of French prose, poetry and drama of the Middle Ages.
- Descartes, René. Oeuvres completes
English translations of some of these works are available at this same site in the Continental Rationalists collection.
- Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
Searchable text of the Encyclopedia produced under the direction of Diderot between 1752 and 1771.
- French Women Writers
Collection of approximately 100 works by French women authors of the 16th through 19th centuries.
- Proust: oeuvres romanesques completes
CD-ROM in DHC
The complete works of the French novelist.
- Provencal Database
Searchable database of 38 works of Provencal poetry.
- Romanciers réalistes et naturalistes
and CD-ROM in DHC
Large searchable collection of French realist prose literature of the 19th century.
- Textes de Français Ancien
Searchable database of 14th and 15th century French texts created at the University of Ottawa.
- Théâtre du Grand Siècle: Corneille, Molière, Racine
and CD-ROM in DHC
Collected works of the three leading French dramatists of the 17th century.
- Voltaire Electronique
and CD-ROM in DHC
Collected works of the 18th-century philosophe.