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ARTICLES
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sclinksJournal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals.
Scholarly Articles
Expanded Academic Index [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines.
Humanities Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs from over 465 sources in the humanities.
MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help
Indexes scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, includes 1,200,000+ records.
Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present
Indexes 1,300 journals covering all arts and humanities disciplines. The database of almost 2.1 million records includes materials published from 1980 to the present as well as older material cited in these publications. Updated weekly.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index - 1990 to present
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Historical Abstracts - 1956 to present
Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes nearly 1,200 English-language scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; also includes citations to book reviews.
Humanities International Index
Includes data from American Humanities Index plus international journals, books and reference works. Provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) - 1802 to 1995 - Full Text
Full text archive of hundreds of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. For complete indexing use the Periodicals Index Online.
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) - 1665-1995
Index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. Full text of selected titles can be found in the Periodicals Archive Online database.
Revues.org
Indexes almost 100 mostly French-language journals in many disciplines. Has mostly current issues with abstracts and some full-text (text intégral).
Popular Articles
Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) - 1802 to 1995 - Full Text
Full text archive of hundreds of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. For complete indexing use the Periodicals Index Online.
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) - 1665-1995
Index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1995. Full text of selected titles can be found in the Periodicals Archive Online database.
BOOKS AND MEDIA
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Insight - Help
The Smith College image database with 150,000+ digital images covering visual arts and culture. Includes selections from the Smith art department and museum, plus Archivision and AMICA.
Google Books - Full Text
Indexes the full text of a growing number of books. For some books complete text is online; for others only a small portion. Printing and downloading are not available.
Moodle/E-Reserves
Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more.
Library Catalogs
Bibliothéque Nationale, OPALE-PLUS catalogue
Catalogue Collectif de France - ENGLISH VERSION
"Any book in France"
Catalogue Collectif de France - FRENCH VERSION
Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records.
LibDex
Link to other libraries' Web-based catalogs, listed by country.
Book Purchases and Reviews
alapage.com
Online French language book store.
Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present.
REFERENCE TOOLS
Cambridge Collections Online - Full Text
Online version of the Cambridge Companions; offers introductions to major writers, artists, topics and periods within the fields of literature, classics, philosophy, religion and culture.
Addresses, Phone Numbers, Etc.
MLA Directory of Periodicals
Dictionaries
Concise Oxford-Hachette English-French Dictionary [Oxford]
Concise Oxford-Hachette French-English Dictionary [Oxford]
Conjugate French Verbs Online
Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Unabridged bilingual dictionaries for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian & Chinese, with native speaker audio pronunciation. Will be expanded to include Japanese & Polish.
ARTFL, Research on the Treasury of the French Language - Full Text
Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) at the University of Chicago. Includes 2000 texts covering literature, philosophy, arts, and sciences from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Includes dictionaries.
Dissertations and Theses
RefWorks Workshops - Fall 2008 - Help
Register now for a Fall 2008 workshop: Wed. 10/1 (3-4:30), Thurs. 10/2 (3-4:30), Tues. 10/21 (3-4:30), or Wed. 10/22 (7-8:30pm). Location: Neilson Library Classroom
Style Manuals
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper
(Duke University Library) Guides for Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, and APA.
Examples from the MLA's own Web Page
INTERNET META-SITES
ClicNet: site culturel et littëraire francophone
French Connection
Howard University
Globegate
Formerly Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links, University of Tennessee, Martin.
HAPAX: French Resources on the Web
Literature & Culture of Francophone Africa and the Diaspora (Brown University)
Littérature de langue française en ligne
City University of New York.
INTERNET RESOURCES
ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelle - Full Text
288 French-language texts by major authors.
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals - Full Text
Includes nearly 800 "free, full text, and quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals."
Evaluating Internet Resources
University of Maryland, University College.
Gallica - Full Text
Over 80,000 searchable e-texts from the Biblioth?que nationale de France.
Littérature francophone virtuelle (via ClicNet) - Full Text
Poésie française - Full Text
Over 6,000 French poems from the Middle Ages through the early 20th century.
Reading Women Writers and African Literature
Francophone African women writers.
ARTFL, Research on the Treasury of the French Language - Full Text
Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) at the University of Chicago. Includes 2000 texts covering literature, philosophy, arts, and sciences from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Includes dictionaries.
RELATED SMITH WEB SITES
Smith College French Majors Research Skills - Fall 2007
Research and information literacy skills identified as essential for French majors at Smith College.
Department of French
LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
FRN343: Culture Wars at the Theater (J. Vanpée) - Fall 2008
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Older French Class Guides
Archived class guides may not be up-to-date. Please ask a Librarian for assistance if you encounter broken links.
HELP FROM A LIBRARIAN
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