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Databases for French Studies

The following databases are some of the most useful for French Studies. Use them to find books and journal articles on a topic. Access is via the university library catalogue, using your university network username and password.

Some databases will provide the full text of journal articles, while others will just provide references and/or abstracts.

Check your references on the library catalogue. Not all the items you find will be in stock, but you can order items through the Interlibrary loan service via the catalogue. You can also use other university libraries.

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Online Databases
  • Academic Search Complete
    A very large, multidisciplinary database, which includes scholarly journals as well as newspapers and popular magazines. Indexes well over 8,000 journal titles, including more than 4,700 full text journals. Covers arts, creative writing, education, humanities, journalism, literature, performing arts, psychology and many other disciplines.

  • Communication and Mass Media Complete (Includes some full text articles)
    This database indexes and provides abstracts for articles from over 400 journals in the field of communications and mass media, including radio, television and journalism. Also includes links to full text for many journal articles. Many journals are covered from their first issues to the present.

  • Humanities International Complete™ (HIC) (Includes some full text articles)
    HIC provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. It also includes all data from Humanities International Index, a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities, which provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. Humanities International Complete is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities.

  • IIPA - International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text (Includes some full text articles)
    IIPA covers nearly all aspects of the world of the Performing Arts, from "the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes". It indexes more than 130 international performing arts journals. Most articles from 1998 onwards include an abstract, and an increasing number of journals on this service provide full text.

  • International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance™ with Full Text (IBTD with Full Text)
    International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance is a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. IBTD with Full Text also provides full text for 100 journal titles and more than 50 books & monographs.

  • JSTOR (Full-text database)
    A full-text digital archive of core scholarly journals starting with the very first issues. Subject covered include African American Studies, Asian Studies, Language and Literature. Back runs only. For the most recent three to five years you will need to use other services. Allows you to search by subject, or browse individual issues.

  • Literature Online
    A searchable library, providing full-text works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, biographies, bibliographies, key criticism and reference resources. Secondary resources include ABELL, (the MHRA''s Annual bibliography of English Language and Literature) which has links to the full text of over 180 journals. There are also links to literary resources on the web.

  • MLA International Bibliography
    Provides references on literature, language, film and theatre from 1963 onwards. Full references are given to articles in over 3000 journals; to books and to book chapters, and to theses. Literary works are only included if they contain critical material. Does not provide full- text.

  • Sage Journals Online
    Contains full-text articles of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning. Access is to subscribed journals only, get a list by clicking on “SAGE journals available to me”. Can also read summaries to journal articles we don’t subscribe to or which might be available via other databases.

  • Zetoc
    The ZETOC service provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC). The database contains details of approximately 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. With almost 15 million article and conference records, the database covers many subject areas in science, technology, medicine, engineering, business, law, finance, the humanities and social sciences. Does not provide full-text.

 

Newspapers
  • Nexis UK
    A number of French language newspapers and magazines are available through Nexis UK. It includes all the main national newspapers and many regional titles. Coverage goes back approximately twenty years, but varies between titles.

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  Page last updated : : 23 Sep 2011