FRENCH R1B: Travel Narratives

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Watch a 40 second video on how to search Literature Research Center.

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• MLA International Bibliography
  Advanced Search baudelaire AND flowers of evil Search Too many results? Edit Search Click 'English Only'
  
• Literature Resource Center (LRC)
  Advanced Search Works—Browse list Type in name of work [e.g. "around the world in eighty days" in top search box. Select the correct title from the list Click 'Search'
  
• JSTOR
  Advanced Search: baudelaire AND “flowers of evil” Notice the results. Want fewer? Modify Search Click 'Add field'. Search “travel*”
  

In addition to the literature databases, you may want to see what has been published in journals of French culture. The FRANCIS database is worth a look.

• FRANCIS
  Indexes over 3,000 journals, books, dissertations, and other American and European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics. Produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique, most records are in French, with about 33% in English.
  

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