USEFUL RESOURCES
HOW TO VIEW THE FIRST EDITION OF THE ENCYCLOPÉDIE
Online
The University of Chicago's ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) Encyclopédie, complete with text and images of pages. Searchable through many advanced functions. Highlighting a word and pressing 'd' automatically searches the word in an 18th century context. Website is in English, Encyclopédie in original French.
The French website ENCCRE (Édition Numérique Collaborative et CRitique de l'Encyclopédie), containing text and scans of pages side by side. Also searchable with advanced functions. Website and Encyclopédie are in French.
The University of Michigan's Collaborative Translation Project is an ongoing effort to translate the entire Encyclopédie into English. Searchable though various criteria. Site and Encyclopédie in English.
In Print
Many colleges and universities around the world house full or partial sets of the text and plates. Also, scholars throughout the world have created compilations of articles and plates which allows for the Encyclopédie to be accessible at home without need for the internet.
Articles
- The compilation edited by Scott Richard St. Louis and David Eick.
Plates
- The two-volume collection by Charles C. Gillispie (A Diderot Pictoral Encyclopedia...).
- The oversize volume by Roland Barthes, Robert Mauzi, and Jean-pierre Seguin (L'univers de l'encyclopédie).
- Another oversize volume edited by Jacques Proust (L'Encyclopédie Diderot et d'Alembert: Planches et commentaires présentés par Jacques Proust).
TOOLS FOR STUDYING THE ENCYCLOPÉDIE
Notable Scholars
Balcou, Jean
Benhamou, Paul
Benhamou, Reed
Brewer, Daniel
Curran, Andrew
Darnton, Robert
Doig, Kathleen Hardesty
Doolittle, James
Edelstein, Dan
Eick, David
Goodman, Dena
Huard, Georges
Israel, Jonathan
Kafker, Frank
Leca-Tsiomis, Marie
Loveland, Jeff
Lough, John
Pappas, John
Pinault(-Sørensen), Madeleine
Roe, Glenn
Schwab, Richard
Watts, George B.
Wilson, Arthur M.
Notable Journals
Diderot Studies
Eighteenth Century Studies
French Historical Studies
French Studies
Recherches sur Diderot et l'Encyclopédie
Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century
Notable Databases and Locations
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
University/College Libraries