Finding Information on

Paris

This research guide can be found on Adirondack Community College Library’s Web page: http://www.sunyacc.edu/Library

Books & Videos: ACC Library Web page > Finding Books

To find books and multimedia items, use the online catalog. The ACC Library offers more then 80 books on Paris. Try a search such as “Paris France” and click the Subject search box.

Paris France	France guidebooks	Art France Paris	Museums France Paris
France history	Paris (France) Guidebooks	Paris (France) History	Musée du Louvre
Paris (France) Fiction	Americans France Paris	Paris (France) Intellectual life

To find books on two overlapping topics, use the Boolean search word and: Hemingway and Paris.

You may also use a wildcard ending to words (a technique called truncation) by replacing the end of the word with an asterisk. Examples: histor* and Paris, or Paris and art* (art* finds art, artist, artwork, etc.) To find travel guides, use “guidebooks and Paris”.

Reference books: Main floor

These are useful for current political and cultural information on Paris:

Great Museums of Europe	REFERENCE N1010.G74 2002
The Cambridge guide to the Museums of Europe	REFERENCE AM 40 .H83 1991
World Eras	REFERENCE D 20 .W67 2001
Frommer's Road Atlas Europe	REFERENCE G 1797.2 .F76 2002
Medieval Archaeology	REFERENCE D 125 .M42 2001
World Almanac	REFERENCE AY 67.N5 W7 2003
Lands and Peoples (vol. 1-6 plus index)	REFERENCE G 133 .L3 1997
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures & Daily Life	REFERENCE GN 333 .W67 1998
Statesman's Year-book (also see SYBWorld database)	REFERENCE JA 51 .S7 2003

We also recommend using these Library research guides (under ACC Library > Research Guides and Tutorials):

	Finding Information on Travel and Tourism
	Finding Information on Art and Artists
	Finding Travel Information on the Web
	Finding Information on Anthropology and Archaeology

SYBWorld:

This database offers demographics, comparative statistics with other countries, recent chronology of events, country history, politics, climate, religion, industry, city profiles, much more. It is the online version of the reference book Statesmans’ Year-book.

Go to: ACC Library Web page > Finding Books > Reference > SYBWorld. If searching from home, log in using screen directions to log on.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Search this database to get full-text chapters from over 50 reference books. (The ACC Library owns many of these reference books in printed format also.) Among the reference books it searches are: Countries and their Cultures, Geo-Data: the World Geographical Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Encyclopedia of World Biography, World Education Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, Europe: 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, and more. Go to: ACC Library Web page > Finding Books > Reference > Gale Virtual Reference Library. If searching from home, log in using screen directions.

Articles and Article Databases:

Use online article databases to locate articles. Which you use depend on your topic. Consult a librarian for recommendations.

To reach the online databases,go to ACC Library’s Web page:

• Under Finding Articles, click on General Databases or Subject Databases.

• To search these databases from home, follow screen directions to log in.

General Databases include:

• Expanded Academic ASAP: Lists 11 million articles, 1550 journals, 1980-on; 50% full-text.

• InfoTrac OneFile: 37 million citations, 6200 periodicals; 1980-now, 50% full text.

• MultiMedia Archive (news photos, sound) - Photos from Associated Press news.

Subject Databases include:

• SYBWorld - Country statistics, culture, more. Also linked under Finding Books > Reference.

Web sites:

Save time and effort by starting with these useful sites about Paris:

Librarians’ Index to the Internet

http://lii.org

This subject directory lists 14,000 quality Web sites. Search by terms such as “Paris France” for dozens of quality Web sites.

LII lists many major and useful Web sites about Paris. Here are several, with descriptions provided (and copyrighted 2004) by the LII staff:

Paris

http://www.paris.org

Contains information on museums, monuments, restaurants, cafes, hotels, trains, and shopping in Paris. Includes a glossary, historical city maps, related links, and more. Also available in French.

Paris Anglophone

http://www.paris-anglo.com/

More than just a commercial directory and database of English-speaking Paris, this site is priceless if you are planning to relocate to France, want to study there, or you simply like things French. Excellent guide to Paris, complete with photographs. Sign on (free) to Cafe de Paris Chatting Salon, and also receive the FrancoFile e-mail subscription.

Louvre W3

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

One of the world's great museums has hit the Web big time! Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as French, this official site provides a thorough virtual trip through its collections, activities and history.

The Official Site of La Tour Eiffel

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/

This interactive, searchable site on the Eiffel Tower includes important tourist information (hours, fees, tours, maps) and lots of historical facts, anecdotes, and statistics. Also available in French. Listed under the subject: Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)

Consulate General of France

http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/

Parisian Newspapers:

Le Monde Interactif

France's major daily newspaper, in French only.

http://www.lemonde.fr/

World-newspapers.com

http://www.world-newspapers.com/france.html

News and Newspapers Online: Europe - France

http://library.uncg.edu/news/nq-state.asp?dbstate=329

General travel information:

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