{"id":4091,"date":"2025-05-22T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/?page_id=4091"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:42:49","slug":"franco-american-centre-reference-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/franco-american-centre-reference-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Franco American Centre Reference Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Franco American Centre&#8217;s library and reading rooms are home to hundreds of resources in Franco American Studies. Many of these resources are available in Maine&#8217;s library system and can be found on the Maine library catalog, <a href=\"https:\/\/ursus.maine.edu\/\">URSUS<\/a> ; others are unique to the Centre (<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2024\/03\/Basic-Inventory-of-Franco-American-Archives.xlsx\">Click here for a basic Inventory of the Franco American Centre Archives<\/a>). All our resources are available for your research and enjoyment. Our library is also home to various meetings, meals, films, concerts, and presentations &#8211; open to the public &#8211; as well as&nbsp; graduate and undergraduate courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit the Franco American Centre and peruse our shelves. To help you find resources, use our <a href=\"https:\/\/mils.polarislibrary.com\/polaris\/\">online catalog on MILS<\/a>, (choose &#8220;Franco-American Centre Library&#8221; from the drop-down menu in the left hand corner).&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find resources in a particular subject, use our <a href=\"https:\/\/francolibrary.org\/\">subject bibliography<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre also has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umainesystem.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/UM-FrancoAmericanPrograms\/EfcWw-b4OYlFhLUO_QoI6ckB_dFjwEbu3gWEo43alOr4YQ?e=vWOqrE\">video library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre is privileged to be home for a non-lending library of special collections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umainesystem.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/UM-FrancoAmericanPrograms\/EXJCI5YFDRFNlIzpfAnxKp8BfGtj9pVh_fKMitXIxuo_XA?e=Z4fWfg\">Adrien Ringuette Memorial Library<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umainesystem.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/UM-FrancoAmericanPrograms\/ESuGSlEXj2JLhoPmvnTeqCcBnE7WdYArSkbG5ynig64B3g?e=LI8GCy\">Honorable Albert and Margaret M. 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