Resources
This partial selection is not meant to serve as a web guide or a portal but represents a collection of materials used often in our courses. More sites can be found at the Brown Library French subject site.
French Film Collection @ Brown
Over 1800 films in various formats have been collected with help from the Sevaux family fund, French Studies, the Rockfeller library and private donors. The information desk at the Friedman Center on Level A of the SciLi now serves as the service point for LRC videos. Library staff will retrieve requested titles and bring them to users at the Friedman desk. Circulation policies have not changed. Viewing stations are located on the 14th floor of the SciLi.
- New (Fall 09) / Feature films / Francophone films / Shorts / Plays / Music / TV / Animation / Documentaries
Music
- Selected French and Francophone music sites Some contain lyrics, others videos.
Newspapers
Cartoons
- Francophone comic books at the Brown Library
Radios
- Radios Francophones (Podcast and streaming of over 20 radio stations)
- RFI Français facile en podcast :Easy french news to download
- Widget M@radio. Over 50 francophone radio stations to install in Dashboard ( Mac Only)
Television
- Les archives de L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) Over 100.000 television programs on-line
- Télévisions francophones, full listing of all on-line programs
- Culture Pub, over 1200 French television ads
French Summer Programs
- Alliance Française
- French Embassy in Washington (follow the "going to France" link)
Others (Dictionaries, Portals)
- L'Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, a portal to Francophone Resources
- Citations du monde , daily dose of quotable quotes
- Orthonet, spelling and grammar on-line help
- La France en Amérique, documents from the Library of Congress and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- Wordchamp, read foreign websites wihtout a dictionary with pop-up windows
- Le Littré en Ligne Ce site offre pour la première fois une consultation agréable et gratuite de la référence des écrivains et des amoureux de la langue. Son contenu très riche en fait un guide parfait pour découvrir, comprendre et approfondir la maîtrise du français dans son usage jusqu'à la fin du XIXe siècle.
- FranceTerme, Tousles termes publiés au Journal Offciel par la Commission Générale de Terminologie et de Néologie