Research Guides: French: Find Articles

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Core Article Databases

Search the following databases to locate scholarly journal articles in the field of Spanish language and literature.

ARTFL Project
French-language texts that range from classic works of French literature to non-fiction writing, primarily from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Literature Resource Center [GALE]
Contains full-text journal articles, biographical information on authors, plot summaries of literary works, and literature criticism.
MLA International Bibliography [EBSCO]
Core database for literary research, includes citations to articles and books related to literature, language, and folklore.

Additional Databases

Depending on your topic, you may need to search other databases such as the following.

Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
This multi-disciplinary database is an excellent starting point for finding scholarly journal articles and popular magazine articles on a wide range of topics.
Access World News Research Collection [NEWSBANK]
Comprehensive news collection ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, and national level. Diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos.
Arts & Humanities Database [PROQUEST]
Contents reflect the full interdisciplinarity of contemporary study in the arts and humanities, with the inclusion of selected titles from related fields that are also covered by these indexes, such as ethnic and area studies, politics, economics and women's studies.
Designed to complement the following indexes: ABM, Avery, BHA, BHI, DAAI, Index Islamicus, MLA, Philosopher's Index and RILM.
Biography: Gale In Context [GALE]
Full-text biographical information on more than 150,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
For those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. It merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
Diversity Studies: Gale OneFile [GALE]
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
Historical Abstracts [EBSCO]
Citations and abstracts to journal articles and books covering world history from 1450 to the present (excluding North America).
International Newsstream [PROQUEST]
Full text access to the world's top newspapers.
Includes access to: The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series
JSTOR [ITHAKA]
Core interdisciplinary research database. Full text access is limited to backfiles (generally on a 5 year rolling wall basis).
Use Interlibrary Loan to request access to current content.
Archive Journal Collections
- Arts & Sciences I-XV
- Business IV
- Hebrew Journals
- Ireland
- Life Sciences
- Lives of Literature
- Public Health Journals
- Security Studies
- Sustainability
Primary Source Collections
- 19th Century British Pamphlets
- World Heritage Sites: Africa
- Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa
- Global Plants
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical and reference publications (most full-text, the rest abstracted), primarily newspapers, magazines and journals.
Covers local, regional and international newspapers (in English and non-English languages). Includes broadcast transcripts, case law, legal codes, regulations, Shepard's Citations to Supreme Court cases (back to 1789), company financial information, and SEC filings and reports.
Project MUSE - College Edition
Full-text articles and article citations from over 100 journals, with a particular strength in literature, fine arts, history, and the humanities.

French Language Periodicals

The following journals may contain French articles and are available online and/or in print.

Print copies are located in the Periodicals Collection (Lower Level).

L'Esprit créateur
Exploring all periods of French literature and thought, l'esprit créateur has been analyzing and documenting contemporary French and Francophone Studies for half a century.
Le Français dans le monde
Revue périodique éditée par les Librairies Hachette et Larousse.
The French Review
Published by the American Association of Teachers of French.
MLN (Online)
Modern Language Notes (MLN). Each issue is devoted to a topic in a particular field: Italian, Hispanic, German, French, and comparative literature. Access online
Modern Language Journal
Published by the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations. Available in print and online (access through Journal Finder)
Modern Language Studies
Published by the Northeast Modern Language Association. Available in print only.
PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association of America)
Available in print only.
Présence francophone
Revue internationale de langue et de litterature.
Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France
Publiée par la Société d'histoire littéraire de la France.
Romanic Review
Journal devoted to the study of Romance literatures and published by Columbia University.

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