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Reference Sources for French

French Studies Web
A great place to browse for high-quality links, maintained by the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert
Online version of the 28-volume encyclopedia published between 1751 and 1772, courtesy of the ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago. Search and browse the encyclopedia in English, but the results are in French.
Lexique des termes littéraires
A dictionary of literary terms, courtesy of lettres.net, an online resource for francophone professors and students of literature.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
Courtesy of George Mason University, over 600 primary documents.
The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871
Courtesy of Northwestern University, over 1200 images and photographs.
CESAR: calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l'ancien régime et sous la révolution
Explores the world of 17th- and 18th-century French theater. It includes an imagebank containing thousands of images, and a full-text database of contemporary play reviews, police reports, and treatises on drama.

Iberian Studies Web
A great place to browse for links on any topic related to Spain, maintained by the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Pew Hispanic Center
Publications, surveys, and data about Latinos' diverse experiences in the USA. Topics include demography, education, politics, immigration, labor, and much more.
Real Academia Española
The world's definitive record of the Spanish language, published in Spain.
Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: English-Spanish (4th ed.)
Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English (4th ed.)
Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary: English-Spanish
Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary:Spanish-English