Getting to Know France
Overview of the Country
Reading about France
Books & Encyclopedias
Browsing Areas and Subject Headings
Newspapers
Travel Guides
Travel Web Sites
Films
Geography and Maps
Language
Browsing for Books
These are call numbers for some areas of the library you may want to browse:
Subject Headings
The Library of Congress classification system has many subject headings relating to France. To search the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries Catalog using a subject heading, choose "LC Subject" and then enter a search term. Often you can find a helpful subject term by entering "France" and then playing around with keywords. You can make the headings broader or narrower in scope by adding or removing search terms. For instance, you can narrow "France--Fiction" to "Women--France--Fiction."
Some subject headings you may want to begin with are:
