Francophone+Festival

Learn about the visual and performing arts, fashion, food, sports, architecture, and geography of the francophone country of your choice by exploring the database collections and web sites below.

This comprehensive collection features information about the history, culture and daily life of countries and territories around the world, including detailed statistics, maps and much more.

This terrific database that provides information about the **visual and performing arts** (under "Arts & Landmarks"), **sports and games** (under "Traditions & Etiquette"), **archite****cture** (under "Arts & Landmarks"), **food and holidays**.

This comprehensive collection features information from more than 1,100 magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books and encyclopedias, about a wide variety of subjects. (This database is made available by the [|Massachusetts Library System]. For a complete list of the full-text resources MLS offers, click [|here].)

This easy-to-use database is searchable by artist name or nationality, title of a particular work, or art museum.

[|Virtual Library Museum Page: Museums Around the World]



The Gale Virtual Reference Library includes //**Contemporary Fashion**// and //**Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages**//. Begin your search for information about the traditional costumes or current fashion trends of the francophone country you are researching here!

[|Destinations : Countries A-Z], from Lonely Planet

[|Geography, Daily Life & Culture] Visit this annotated list of sites for additional information about the country you are researching, including maps, flags, and detailed **geographical information**, including location, climate, and major landforms.