Oxford LibGuides: French and Francophone newspapers: Online access

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French Language and Literature
Guide for finding out about books and online resources for French, including ebooks, ejournals and bibliographic databases
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Press Freedom Index
Foreign Language news and newspapers: French

Listings

Some access to recent articles

It is possible to access the current issue of many contemporary French newspapers including Le Monde. However, it is not possible to gain the same free access to their archives which is offered by some British newspapers.

Courrier du Vietnam, Le
Full access to this newspaper - the only Vietnamese French newspaper. Online access goes back to January 2014
Croix, La
La Croix is a daily French general-interest Roman Catholic newspaper. Some articles behind a pay-wall, much still freely available
evene.fr
Not a newspaper but a website specialising in culture and affiliated to Le figaro. Much material now behind a pay-wall
Figaro, Le
Le Figaro is the oldest national daily in France and one of the three French newspapers of record. Most material now behind a pay-wall
Humanité, L'
L'Humanité is a French daily newspaper with links to the Communist party. Much material now behind a pay-wall
Libre Belgique, (La)
La Libre Belgique currently sold under the name La Libre, is a major daily newspaper in Belgium. Together with Le Soir, it is one of the country's major French language newspapers and is popular in Brussels and Wallonia

Literary magazines

Some publications offer partial access to their current issue and/or a web site

Magazine littéraire, Le
NB: The Taylor Institution Library in St Giles takes the paper copy of this magazine currently available in theItalian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romance Reading-Room (formerly Periodicals Reading Room)
Quinzaine littéraire, Le
NB: The Taylor Institution Library in St Giles takes the paper copy of this magazine currently available in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romance Reading-Room (formerly Periodicals Reading Room)

Press agencies

Press agencies and archiving services.

Agence France Presse
AFO is an international news agency with its headquarters in Paris. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency.

French and Francophone newspapers: Online access

Purpose of this guide

Related web-sites

Listings

Some access to recent articles

Literary magazines

Press agencies