LibGuides: Languages: Websites

Useful French studies websites

Alliance Francaise de Glasgow
Organisation, based in Glasgow, promoting French language and culture, along with other aspects of the French way of life.
BBC Languages
No longer updated, but still contains useful links to resources for a variety of languages.
French Studies Web
Gateway to information about France and French Studies. Includes news, literature and culture.
Gallica
Access to digitised resources from the French national library
La Grande Collecte
A partnership between the French National Library and the Service Interministériel des Archives de France. This platform provides access to digitised versions of materials from people's individual collections. Materials include: diaries, photographs, drawings, letters and official documents.
Literary Index
Index to the major literature series published by the Gale Group.
Open Edition
Open Edition provides open access materials (books, journal articles and blogs) in the humanities. Materials are offered in many languages including French.
SCILT - Scotland's National Centre for Languages
Sussex Centre for Language Studies - French
Links to useful sites on the language and literature of France, produced by the University of Sussex.
Europeana
INSEE
Website of the French statistical agency. Useful site for locating facts and figures about France. Some information is available in English.
French Revolution Images
Iconography from the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

BBC Languages
No longer updated, but still contains useful links to resources for a variety of languages.
Europeana
Italian Studies Web
Gateway to information about Italy and Italian Studies. Includes news, literature and culture.
Literary Index
Index to the major literature series published by the Gale Group.
SCILT - Scotland's National Centre for Languages
Sussex Centre for Language Studies - Italian
Links to useful sites on the language and literature of Italy, produced by the University of Sussex.

BBC Languages
No longer updated, but still contains useful links to resources for a variety of languages.
Europeana
Hispana - digital collections from libraries, museums and archives in Spain
Iberian Studies Web
Scholarly resources in Iberian Studies (for Spain, Portugal and Andorra, including news, language, literature and culture.
Literary Index
Index to the major literature series published by the Gale Group.
SCILT - Scotland's National Centre for Languages
Sussex Centre for Language Studies - Spanish
Links to useful sites on the language and literature of Spain, produced by the University of Sussex.
Dialnet
Search engine which will help you to locate journal articles and theses in Spanish