French Studies Web: Universities, Libraries, and Archives

Universities and Colleges

France
French Educational System.
From Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale. A site that contains an outline of the French educational system and also supplies statistical and background information.
Braintrack's French University Index.
Also includes links to Colleges and Polytechnics.
French Schools and Universities from Yahoo!

Canada
Canadian Universities // Universités Canadiennes.
Page is maintained by Chris Redmond at the University of Waterloo.
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada // Association des Universités et Collèges du Canada.
A not-for-profit, non-governmental association that represents Canadian universities, at home and abroad. Their 89 members are made up of universities from every province.
Canadian Colleges and Universities from Yahoo!

United States
Geographical Index of Colleges and Universities.
From the Educause website
U.S. News and World Report: Colleges and Careers Center.
Includes links to university and college web sites, rankings for undergraduate and graduate schools, and info. on the application process, careers, and financial aid.
U.S. Colleges and Universities from Yahoo!
For more links to US College & University sites, see The Librarians' Index to the Internet -- Colleges Page

Libraries Worldwide
Sunsite World Libraries Page, from U. Cal. Berkeley
- European Libraries
- French Libraries
- Canadian Libraries
- Swiss Libraries
- BeNeLux: see individual countries (Belgium; The Netherlands; Luxemburg)
Gabriel: Gateway to Europe's National Libraries.
Contains links to online services and (international) publications of the European National Libraries represented in CENL (Conference of European National Librarians), and to a selection of other services of international interest, arranged by type.
Repositories of Primary Sources.
Links to over 2200 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. Includes US, Canada, Latin America & Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Near East.

France
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- BNdF Home Page
- BN-OPALE Plus, the Web catalog of the BNdF
Le Centre Historique des Archives Nationales (CHAN)
French Libraries.
From U. Cal. Berkeley
Catalogue Collectif de France.
Provides information about French libraries' collections (special collections, rare books, etc.) and their services. Includes links to library catalogs.
SUDOC, Système universitaire de documentation. Maintained by the ABES, Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur.
The SUDOC catalog contains the holdings of all academic libraries in France, as well as holdings previously described in Téléthèses (dissertations) and CCNPS (serials).
The SUDOC directory provides basic information on all 3,000 institutions participating in SUDOC.

Belgium
Bibliothèque Royale, Albert I.
Search the Catalog of the Royal Library.
Archives de L'Etat en Belgique.
Information about all the state and provincial archives in Belgium.
Guide des bibliothèques universitaires en Communauté française de Belgique.
Links to university libraries of the French community in Belgium. Maintained by the Conseil Interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique (CIUF).
Belgian Library Catalogs.
Maintained by the User Forum Workgroup on Libraries of Belnet, the Belgian Research Network.
BeNeLux: see individual countries (Belgium; The Netherlands; Luxemburg).
From U. Cal. Berkeley