French and Francophone Studies
This guide provides a general introduction to Library resources relating to French and Francophone Studies.
About Library databases
The Library uses the term ‘database’ to describe a searchable online resource which forms an increasingly important part of our overall Library collections. Usually, the Library pays for access to copyrighted content within licensed databases, although a small number may be freely avialable to access.
Why use Library databases?
- Access to information sources far beyond our own Library collections, anytime and anywhere
- Powerful search facilities for research
- Databases can be subject specific
- More importantly, using the databases provided by the Library will help you find reliable information from trusted sources.
You might be able to find references to licensed databases by searching Google, but you'll only be able to access them via UoE login by following the links from Databases A-Z or Databaes by Subject, that is, if we do own or subscribe to the databases you need.
What do databases cover?
A database may be dedicated to a single subject (e.g. Beckett Digital Library) or cover several subjects (e.g. Arts and Humanities Citation Index). Some publishers also provide a single platform which allows you to search across all their databases from one website (e.g. ProQuest).
You can find a variety of resources:
- full text e-journal articles
- e-books
- abstracts
- citation information
- newspaper articles - historical and current
- primary source material, e.g. archives
- dissertations
- conference proceedings
- images
- audio-visual content including video streaming
Relationship between DiscoverEd and Library databases
- DiscoverEd is a catalogue of all the Library collections, physical and electronic. The system is maintained by the Library. Databases are maintained and updated by database publishers.
- Most databases are indexed in DiscoverEd by database name. We aim to keep this indexing as up to date as possible.
- Most databases are also indexed in DiscoverEd at the item level, such as e-books, e-book chapters, and e-journal articles, but NOT for all the databases. One such exception is The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, 1902-2014 : you can find the database name in DiscoverEd, but articles in this database are NOT indexed in DiscoverEd. Therefore, search the database itself if you are looking for TLS articles.
- You can search full text within full-text databases (e.g. JSTOR), but NOT in DiscoverEd because the latter doesn't index databases at the full-text level.
Tips for accessing databases
- Access databases via the one of the correct routes below, instead of doing so via Google:
- Library Databases list
- DiscoverEd
- Library channel in MyEd
- Resource Lists
- Remember to sign in when using DiscoverEd
- Remember to use VPN when off-campus
- Try a different browser
- Some databases limit the number of simultaneous users - if you are turned away, just wait for a little while and try again.
E-resources trials
The Library regularly arranges trials to new resources, including databases. It's always worthwhile checking the list of current trials as there could be something available for a short period that is just what you are looking for.
Library databases. University login required.
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
- Early European Books This link opens in a new window
- Early Modern Books This link opens in a new window
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
- Eighteenth Century Journals This link opens in a new window
- Electronic Enlightenment This link opens in a new window
- Encyclopedia of language & linguistics This link opens in a new window
- Ethnologue : Languages of the World This link opens in a new window
- Europeana This link opens in a new window
- European Sources Online This link opens in a new window
- French Women Writers This link opens in a new window
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
- Gallica Bibliotheque Numerique This link opens in a new window
- International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
- Journal de Trevoux This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Le Grand dictionnaire historique, ou le Melange curieux de l'Histoire sacree et profane, etc. (1759) This link opens in a new window
- Le grand Robert & Collins This link opens in a new window
- Le Monde This link opens in a new window
- Le Monde Historical Archive (1944-2000) This link opens in a new window
- Le Petit Robert This link opens in a new window
- Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection This link opens in a new window
- Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new window
- PASCAL and FRANCIS bibliographic databases This link opens in a new window
- Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
- Provençal poetry This link opens in a new window
- Textes de Français Ancien (TFA) This link opens in a new window
- WorldCat This link opens in a new window