French and Francophone Studies Subject Guide
Article Databases
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This list of databases and websites are a great place to look for articles in French or about all aspects of French and Francophone civilization.
Indexes about 560 French-language periodicals in all subject areas, published in Quebec, elsewhere in Canada, France, Belgium and Switzerland. Coverage goes back to 1980 and is updated daily.
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
Indexes periodicals and series, monographs, book collections, dissertation abstracts, Festschriften (books written to honor a particular scholar), and other sources. Areas covered include modern languages and literature, folklore, linguistics, literary themes, genres, and related topics across national literatures and other classified boundaries. Covers from 1963 to the present. Updated 9 times per year. Has citation tools for Refworks, Endotes and Procite. It also has a personal folder option to save articles and citations.
Z 7006 .M64 (Ref. Index Shelves) (1921-present)
(FirstSearch) Indexes articles from over 1,300 arts and humanities journals and selectively covers relevant articles from over 5,800 social science and science journals. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Updated weekly. See also the Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
This African news site posts over 800 stories daily in English and French and offers multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 900,000 articles in the archive, including the Africa News Service from 1997.
Indexes more than 465 major humanities journals in art, history, literature, philosophy, religion, music, and related areas. Coverage from 1984, abstracts from 1994 to the present.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Indexes core journals published in the 20th century in North America and Europe. Coverage 1907-1984.
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts all aspects of language study including linguistics, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Some of the physical and medical aspects of language are also included, such as speech pathology. About 1,500 English and foreign language sources are indexed. Coverage: 1973-present. Updated monthly.
Contains over 125,000 full text poems, and some short stories, essays, and plays. Biographies of the authors are included and over 800,000 more poems are cited.
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, research reports, statistical directories, and more about public affairs worldwide. Coverage is from 1914 and is updated monthly.