Research Guides: Francophone Literature: Bibliographies

General bibliographies with wide coverage

Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History.
Call Number: Main Collection Z881.N592 S352n
ISBN: 03602710
Publication Date: 1975-
A yearly bibliography arranged by subject. Reflects holdings of the New York Public Research Divisions and the Library of Congress.
Index Islamicus by Bowker-Saur
Call Number: Reference Z3013 .L72 Non-circulating (multiple holdings, see link for more)
ISBN: 13600982
Publication Date: c1994-
Bibliography of books, articles, and reviews on Islam and the Musim world, published yearly. See the subject index for headings such as "France," "French language," "Women," etc. Also includes a name index.

World Bibliographical Series

All volumes published by Clio Press, Oxford.
Location varies depending on subject.

For each country, these bibliographies provide broad coverage of all information and issues related to that country (eg., Geography, flora/fauna, social welfare, transportation, etc.). Each bibliography contains information on language, cultural and intellectual life, literature, visual arts, libraries and archives, newspapers/periodicals. The full list of titles can be accessed by searching "world bibliographic series" in the Libraries Catalog

A few examples:

Cote d'Ivoire by H. Sugar; Morna Daniels
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite DT545.22 .D36 1996
ISBN: 1851091203
Publication Date: 1996-04-01
Martinique by Janet Crane
Call Number: Reference Z1561.M37 C7 1995 Non-circulating
ISBN: 1851091513
Publication Date: 1995-03-30
Morocco by Anne M. Findlay; Allan M. Findlay
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3836 .F56 1995
ISBN: 1851092161
Publication Date: 1991-01-01
Algeria by Richard I. Lawless
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3681 .L378 1995
ISBN: 1851091300
Publication Date: 1995-12-01
Zaire by Dawn B. Williams; Dawn E. Bastian; Robert W. Lesh; Andrea L. Stamm
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3631 .W5 1995
ISBN: 1851092188
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Haiti by Chembers Frances
Call Number: Reference Z1531 .C47 1994 Non-circulating
ISBN: 1851092153
Publication Date: 1994-09-30

Africa (Includes North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa)

See also the description for the World Bibliographical Series above.

Africa Biblography by International African Institute
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3501 .B54
ISBN: 02666731
Publication Date: 1984-2011
Yearly bibliography of articles on Africa (entire continent) culled from nearly 700 journals. Arranged by geographical region, then by country, then by subject. Includes author and subject indexes.
Arab-Islamic Bibliography by Diana Grimwood-Jones (Editor)
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3013 .A66
ISBN: 0391006916
Publication Date: 1977-04-01
Arranged by type of resource. Includes a wide variety of reference resource types. Eg.: Encyclopedias, grammars, biographical info., archives, libraries (including western libraries with Arabic & Islamic collections) and much more. Note: this resource is quite old.
Bibliography of African Literatures by Peter Limb; Jean-Marie Volet
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z6514.C7 A38 1996
ISBN: 0810831449
Publication Date: 1996-07-11
Provides extensive coverage of the writings of both established and promising new authors in all continental African countries and Madagascar. Arranged primarily by language, with emphasis on literatures in English and French.
Electronic Journal Of Africana Bibliography by University of Iowa Libraries.
Publication Date: 1996-
EJAB is a refereed online journal of bibliographies on any aspect of Africa, its peoples, their homes, cities, towns, districts, states, countries, regions, including social, economic sustainable development, creative literature, the arts, and the Diaspora. Includes bibliographical information on library collections / archives, periodicals, and medical/health periodicals and books on Africa. Library / archive information is arranged by country.
Writings on African Archives by John McIlwaine
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z5140 .M45 1996
ISBN: 9781873836668
Publication Date: 1996-05-01
A bibliographic guide to material written about archives and manuscript collections located within Africa, as well as about African-related archives and manuscripts located outside Africa. Note: The concern is principally with documents of archival significance, rather than with manuscripts of primarily literary interest.

North Africa and the Maghreb

See also the description for the World Bibliographical Series above.

Bibliographie de la critique sur les littératures maghrébines by Charles Bonn
Call Number: Reference Z3014.L56 B66 1996 Non-circulating
ISBN: 2738447600
Publication Date: c1996
Divided into 4 sections: critical studies; collective works and conference proceedings; special volumes of journals; anthologies. Note: there is NO subject access to this bibliography!

Sub-Saharan Africa

See also the description for the World Bibliographical Series above.

Africa : a guide to reference material by John McIlwaine
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3501 .M3 2007
ISBN: 0954102932
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
First published in 1993, this is a new revised and substantially expanded edition of a highly acclaimed reference resource that evaluates the leading sources of information (other than bibliographies) on Africa South of the Sahara.
Les Années littéraires en Afrique by Pius Ngandu Nkashama
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3508.L5 P58 1993
ISBN: 2738414591
Publication Date: 1993-
References to handbooks, yearbooks, statistics, directories of organizations, biographical sources, atlases and gazetteers. Arranged by geographical region then by country. Also includes index for author, titles, geographical regions, and countries. Note: excludes North Africa.
Bibliographies for African Studies, 1970-1986 by Yvette Scheven (Compiled by)
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3501.A1 S34 1988
ISBN: 0905450337
Publication Date: 1988-05-01
Bibliography of bibliographies. Arranged by subject. Includes brief annotations and author and subject indexes.
French Colonial Africa : a guide to official sources by Gloria Westfall
Call Number: 1st Floor Reference DT532 .W47 1992 Non-circulating
ISBN: 1873836600
Publication Date: 1992-08-01
Provides information on political, economic, social, and cultural conditions in the Former French colonies of "tropical Africa" in official records. Organized by type of material, e.g.: general guides, bibliographies, archives, publications of the central administration, semiofficial publications, publications of colonial governments, etc. Includes an index to personal names, subjects, and titles. Also includes contact information for archives in Africa.
Guide de littérature africaine (de langue française) by Patrick Mérand 1948- Séwanou Dabla 1956-
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z3508.L5 M47
ISBN: 2858021236
Publication Date: 1979
Covers sub-Saharan Africa. Bibliography arranged by author name, with individual indexes of literature by country, titles and cited authors. Note: this bibliography is quite old.
A New Reader's Guide to African Literature by Hans M. Zell (Editor); Carol Bundy (Editor); Virginia Coulton (Editor)
Call Number: Reference PN849.A35 Z44 1983 Non-circulating
ISBN: 0841906394
Publication Date: 1983-02-01
Covers sub-Saharan Africa. A long bibliography section offers lists of bibliographies and reference works, criticism, collections, folklore, and oral tradition. Part 2 is a bibliography of primary literary works, arranged by language - English, French, Portuguese - and then by region, country, and author. Each entry includes publication information and a brief annotation. Also listed are: magazines (incl. publisher and contact information), biographies, booksellers, dealers, publishers, libraries with African literature collections and an index of all authors, editors and critics.

The Caribbean

See also the description for the World Bibliographical Series above.

A Bibliography of the Caribbean by Marian Goslinga
Call Number: Reference Z1595 .G68 1996 Non-circulating
ISBN: 0810830973
Publication Date: 1996-06-28
Includes sections on historical materials published from the 16th - 19th centuries, and reference materials. The section on "contemporary works" includes language and literature. Also includes an author and a title index, plus a geographical index for access to resources about a particular country.
Bibliography of Women Writers from the Caribbean by Brenda Berrian; Aart Broek
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z1595 .B46 1988
ISBN: 0894106015
Publication Date: 1989-07-01
Arranged by language of the colonizing nation. Subsequent arrangement is by genre or type of literature. Has a section on French Caribbean and Guyana.
Caribbean Women Novelists by Olga Torres-Seda (Editor); Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Z1595 .C364 1993 Non-circulating
ISBN: 0313283427
Publication Date: 1993-01-26
This comprehensive, annotated bibliography of works by and about Caribbean women novelists from 1950 to the present covers novelists from all Caribbean islands and Surinam writing in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, and their dialects. Entries on some 150 individual writers are organized alphabetically and comprise a biographical sketch, data on novels with plot synopses, a listing of other known publications in all genres, as well as annotated criticism and reviews.
Dictionnaire de bibliographie haïtienne by Max. Bissinthe
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z1531 .B5
Publication Date: 1951
Covers books published from 1804-1949. Six sections: works published in Haiti or by Haitians, works published in "hispaniola" and Santo Domingo concerning these two and Haiti, journals of Santo Domingo and Haiti, an alphabetical list of journalists in Santo Domingo and Haiti, a catalog of titles, and alphabetical index by subject. Supplement catalog entry for 1950-1970.
The Complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975 by Lambros Comitas
Call Number: Reference Z1595 .C63 Non-circulating (4 volumes)
ISBN: 0527188204
Publication Date: 1977-12-01
Excludes Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Provides information about the people (vol. 1), institutions (vol. 2), and resources (vol. 3) of Caribbean nations. Volume 4 consists of an author and geographic index. Volume 2 (Institutions) includes sections on language and linguistics, creative arts, folklore, etc. Arrangement is by subject and then alphabetical by author name.
The Complete Haitiana: a bibliographic guide to the scholarly literature, 1900-1980 by Michel S. Laguerre
Call Number: Reference Z1531 .L33 1982 Non-circulating (2 vols)
ISBN: 0527540404
Publication Date: 1982-03-01
A resource with broad coverage of all aspects of Haitian history, culture, etc. Volume 1 contains a section on Haitian culture, including language and linguistics. Arrangement within each section is alphabetical by name of author. Volume 2 also contains an author index.
Haiti: a research handbook by Robert Lawless
Call Number: Main Collection Offsite Z1531 .L39 1990
ISBN: 0824065433
Publication Date: 1990-08-01
A selective bibliography of mostly English-language works on Haiti (a few Creole works are included). Limited "primarily to works that are widely published and generally available at major libraries and through interlibrary loan systems." Not included: US government documents, many historical documents, book reviews, newspapers and news journals, writings on the natural sciences. Arranged by subject. Includes sections on languages and literature. Has an author index.
Writers of the Caribbean and Central America: a bibliography by M. J. Fenwick
Call Number: Reference Z1595 .F46 1992 Non-circulating (2 vols)
ISBN: 0824040104
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
A tool for discovering the tradition of Caribbean-area and Central American literature written during the independence period of the 19th and 20th centuries.