Most of the major periodical indexes relevant to French studies are available as networked databases. Full-text electronic materials are purchased selectively, as they become available and as funding permits. As language and literature are usually studied within a larger cultural framework, students of French may also wish to call upon materials from related disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts. Languages With respect to the literature itself, collecting priority is given to the original French-language work. An attempt is made to collect the works of French-Canadian authors translated in any language.
Literary criticism is purchased in both French and English.
Geographical Coverage Priority is given to works published in Canada, Western Europe, the Caribbean, and North Africa. Chronological Coverage Materials are purchased extensively for 19 th and 20 th century French-Canadian authors. For language and literatures of French expression other than French-Canada, the Library collects classic authors and criticism of their works covering the 16 th century onward. An attempt is made to own the oeuvres compl tes of the major French-language authors. In general, highest priority is given to prose works of the major authors of the 19 th and 20 th centuries.