The American Historical Association's guide to historical literature. Third edition. Ed. Mary Beth Norton. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 2 v.
SML Reference Z6201 A55 1995 (LC)
CCL Reference Z6201 A55 1995 (LC)

Contains nearly 27,000 annotated citations (primarily to English language works) divided into forty-eight sections; citations refer chiefly to works published between 1961 and 1992. Section 22 covers Modern Europe, General; Section 25 covers France: 1450-1789, and Section 26 France since 1789.

Babuscio, Jack. European political facts, 1648-1789. London: Macmillan, 1984.
CCL Reference Ref JN9 B3 (LC)

Cook, Chris and John Paxton. European political facts, 1789-1848. London: Macmillan, 1981.
SML Reference JN10 C65 1981 (LC)
CCL Reference JN10 C65 (LC)

-----. European political facts, 1848-1918. New York: Facts on File, 1978.
CCL Reference JN10 C66 1978 (LC)
LSF JN10 C66 1978B (LC)

-----. European political facts of the twentieth century . Fifth edition. Houndmills, England; New York: Palgrave, 2001.
SML Reference JN12 C643 2001 (LC)

Bastien, Hervé. France contemporaine XIXe-XXe siècles: méthode pratique pour la recherche historique. Paris: Masson, 1994.
SML Stacks DC3 B378 1995

Berstein, Gisèle and Serge Berstein. Dictionnaire historique de la France contemporaine. Bruxelles: Editions Complexe, c1995- . In progress.
SML Reference DC331 B47 1995

Broc, Numa. Dictionnaire illustré des explorateurs et grands voyageurs français du XIXe siècle. Paris: Editions du C.T.H.S., 1988- . In progress.
SML Stacks G255 +B76 1988 (LC)

Cabourdin, Guy and Georges Viard. Lexique historique de la France d'Ancien Régime. Paris: A. Colin, 1978.
SML Stacks DC35 C3

Centre Henri et André Charlier (Paris). Dictionnaire de la réplique. Paris : Godefroy de Bouillon, 2003.
SML Call Number In Process

Coston, Henry. Dictionnaire de la politique française. Paris: H. Coston, 1967-79. 3 vol.
SML Reference DC55 C67

A critical dictionary of the French Revolution. Eds. François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989.
CCL DC148 D5313 1989

Larger synthetic essays than in most "dictionaries" concerning events, actors, institutions, ideas, interpretors, and historians. Indexes for names, themes, and bibliographies.

Original French edition: Dictionnaire critique de la Révolution français. Eds. François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Paris: Flammarion, 1988.
SML Stacks DC148 D53 1988

Dauzat, Albert and Charles Rostaing. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France. Second revised edition. Paris: Guénégaud, 1978.
SML Reference DC14 D28 1978

Dictionnaire de l'Ancien Régime: royaume de France: XVIe-XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, c1996.
SML Reference DC35 D517X 1996

Dictionnaire des intellectuels français: les personnes, les lieux, les moments. New revised and expanded edition. Paris: Seuil, 2002.
SML Reference DC33.7 D528 2002

Dictionnaire d'histoire de France Perrin. Ed. Alain Decaux and André Castelot. Paris: Librairie Academique Perrin, 1986.
SML Reference DC35 +D53 1986

Dictionnaire du Second Empire. Paris: Fayard, c1995.
SML Reference DC276 D53X 1995

Dictionnaire historique de la France sous l'Occupation. Ed. Michèle and Jean-Paul Cointet. Paris: Tallandier, 2000.
SML Reference D809 F7 D54 2000

Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution français. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1989.
SML Reference DC147 D52 1989

Bibliographical and historiographical essays.

Dictionnaire historique de la vie politique française au XXe siècle. Ed. Jean-François Sirinelli. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1995.
SML Reference DC361 D53 1995

An encyclopedic dictionary of French politics and politicians of the 20th century. Arrangement is alphabetical by term or name. Articles are ususally one page or longer, are signed, and include brief bibliographies.

Dictionnaire Napoléon. Ed. Jean Tulard. Paris: Fayard, 1987.
SML Reference DC147 D53 1987

Didier, Béatrice. Le siècle des Lumières. Paris: MA Editions, c1987.
SML Stacks B802 D492X 1987 (LC)

Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture. Ed. Alex Hughes and Keith Reader. London; New York: Routledge, c1998.
SML Reference DC33.7 E53X 1998

Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions
URL: http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/

Encyclopédie politique et historique des femmes: Europe, Amérique du Nord. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, c1997.
SML Reference HQ1236.5 E85 E55 1997 (LC)

Collections of thematic essays with bibliographies on early modern debates on whether women can govern, women in revolutionary eras, women in the struggles for democracy. Emphasis is on women and political action in the history of the modern era.

Fierro, Alfred. Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris. Paris: R. Laffont, c1996.
SML Stacks DC704 F53X 1996

English Translation: -----. Historical dictionary of Paris. Trans. Jon Woronoff. Lanham, MD; London: Scarecrow Press, c1998.
SML Reference DC704 F53X13 1998

-----. Histoire et dictionnaire du Consulat et de l'Empire. Paris: R. Laffont, 1995.
SML Stacks DC197 F54 1995

Contains, in addition to a dictionary and chronology of the Napoleonic period, a long essay on events in France; shorter ones on the world situation, and historiography, filmography; a dozen maps, and an index.

Fréchet, Hélène and Jean-Pascal Picy. Lexique de l'histoire politique de la France de 1789 à 1914. Paris: Ellipses, 1998.
SML Stacks DC252 F74 1998

French Ministry of Culture
URL: http://www.culture.fr/

Information about contemporary cultural events (e.g., archaeological discoveries, art exhibits, etc.) and about:

The Bibliotheque Nationale

URL: http://www.bnf.fr/

Grand Larousse encyclopédique en dix volumes. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1960-64. 10 v.
SML Reference AE25 +G74 1960 (LC)

Supplemented by: Grand Larousse encyclopedique en dix volumes. Supplement I-II. Paris: Librairie Larousse, [1969-75]. 2 v.
SML Reference AE25 +G74 1960 Suppl. (LC)

La grande encyclopédie. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1971-76. 20 v.
SML Reference AE25 +G69 (LC)

Supplemented by: La grande encyclopédie. Supplément. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1981-1985. 2 v.
SML Reference AE25 +G69 Suppl. (LC)

Hillairet, Jacques. Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris. Eighth edition. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1985. 2 v.
SML Stacks DC761 +C68 1985

Historical dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire. Ed. Edgar Leon Newman. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. 2 v.
SML Reference DC256 H57 1987

Historical dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1799-1815. Ed. Owen Connelly and Harold T. Parker. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984.
SML Reference DC201 H673 1984
SML Stacks DC201 H673 1984

Historical dictionary of the French Fourth and Fifth Republics, 1946-1991. Ed. Wayne Northcutt. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
SML Reference DC401 H57X 1992

Historical dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799. Ed. Samuel T. Scott and Barry Rothaus. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. 2 v.
SML Reference DC147 H57 1985

Historical dictionary of the French Second Empire, 1852-1870. Ed. William E. Echard. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
SML Reference DC276 H57 1985

Historical dictionary of the Third French Republic, 1870-1940. Ed. Patrick J. Hutton. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. 2 v.
SML Reference DC337 H57 1986
SML Stacks DC337 H57 1986

Historical dictionary of World War II France: the Occupation, Vichy, and the Resistance, 1938-1946. Ed. Bertram M. Gordon. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, c1998.
SML Reference DC397 H58X 1998

Jones, Colin. The Longman companion to the French Revolution. London; New York: Longman, 1988.
SML Stacks DC148 J65 1988

Journal de la France et des Français. Paris: Gallimard, c2001. 2 v.
SML Reference DC35 J68 2001

Lalanne, Ludovic. Dictionnaire historique de la France. Second edition. New York: B. Franklin, 1968. 2 v.
SML Stacks DC35 L35 1968

Reprint: Originally published Paris, 1877.

Larousse, Pierre. Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle: français, historique, géographique, mythologique, bibliographique, littéraire, artistique, scientifique, etc. Geneve: Slatkine, 1982. 17 v.
SML Reference AE25 +L37 1982 (LC)
SML Stacks A1 029

Reprint: Originally published Paris, 1866-1890.

Malclès, Louise-Noëlle. Manuel de bibliographie. Fourth revised and expanded edition. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1985.
LSF Reference Z1002 M28X 1985 (LC)

"An annotated guide to the study and use of bibliographies. It lists selected general and specialized bibliographies and other works in all fields; ...an abridgement of the author's Les sources du travail bibliographique...." (Sheehy AA7)

-----. Les sources du travail bibliographique. Geneva: E. Droz, 1950-58.
SML Reference Z1002 M35 (LC)

A comprehensive guide to largely French reference materials. Vol. II Bibliographies spécialisées; sciences humaines has useful sections on, e.g., the history of Paris, regional history, modern and contemporary Europe, and the primary and secondary sources for 20th century diplomatic and military history. Full index.

Manceron, Claude. La révolution française. Paris: Renaudot: Diffusion Stendhal, 1989. 2 v.
SML Reference DC147 M36 1989

Divided into two parts: a biographical dictionary and a general dictionary of events and institutions.

Mandrou, Robert. La France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Sixth expanded edition. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1997.
SML Stacks DC33.4 M28X 1997

Marion, Marcel. Dictionnaire des institutions de la France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paris: Editions A. & J. Picard, 1969.
SML Reference DC35 M37 1969
SML Stacks DC35 M37 1968
MUDD WB 33602

Reprint: Originally published Paris, 1923.

Medieval France: an encyclopedia. Eds. William W. Kibler et. al. New York: Garland Pub., 1995.
SML Reference DC33.2 +M44X 1995
SML Stacks DC33.2 +M44X 1995

Mourre, Michel. Dictionnaire encyclopédique d'histoire. New edition. Paris: Bordas, c1996. 5 v.
SML Stacks D9 M894X 1996

Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. New York: Facts on File, 1988.
SML Reference DC147 P38 1988

Pillorget, René and Suzanne Pillorget. France baroque, France classique: 1589-1715. Paris: R. Laffont, c1995. 2 v.
SML Stacks DC33.4 P54X 1995

Raymond, Gino. Historical dictionary of France. European historical dictionaries, no. 30. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
SML Reference DC35 R39X 1998

Rioux, Jean-Pierre and Jean-François Sirinelli. La France d'un siècle à l'autre: 1914-2000. Dictionnaire critique. Paris: Hachette, 1999.
SML Stacks DC33.7 R56 1999

Tulard, Jean. Histoire et dictionnaire de la révolution française: 1789-1799. Paris: R. Laffont, 1987.
LSF DC147 T85 1987

Compact compendia by major specialists; sections include events/narrative, chronology, international overview, dictionary, historiographical essays, and maps.

Viguerie, Jean de. Histoire et dictionnaire du temps des Lumières. Paris: R. Laffont, c1995.
SML Reference D286 V54X 1995

An historical narrative covering events in and outside of France. The 765-page dictionary includes mainly personages and institutions, and is followed by a 90-page chronology. Includes a 160-page bibliography.

WESSWEB: Homepage of Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries
URL: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/

This site has many links to European resources including the following:

French Studies Web

URL: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ala/alawess/index.html

The WESS French Studies Web provides annotated links to scholarly Web resources and also includes sites of particular interest to librarians specializing in Western Europe. The geographical coverage includes France and the francophone regions in Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, North America and the Caribbean.

WWW Virtual Library: West European Studies

URL: http://www.library.pitt.edu/subject_guides/westeuropean/wwwes/

This page focuses on Europe since 1945 with special emphasis on European Union Studies.

A note on the annotations:

Balay = Guide to reference books. Edited by Robert Balay. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
Shelved at Reference Desk

Sheehy = Guide to reference books. Edited by Eugene P. Sheehy. 10th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
Shelved at Reference Desk