LibGuides: French: Find Articles

Article Databases from Tredway Library

For journal articles, book chapters, and/or reviews:

Many of the databases below contain material in French and other languages. On the advanced search screen, or in your results list, look for an option to limit by language and select your preferred language(s).

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Bibliography of resources covering literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full access to the Humanities Collection
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources relating to multiple subject areas

SUDOC Catalogue
The SUDOC catalogue is a French index "created by Higher Educational and Research libraries and resource centres." It indexes "nearly 13 million bibliographic records in this catalogue describing all kinds of document (books, dissertations, reviews, electronic resources, audio-visual documents, microfiches, maps, scores, manuscripts (not in Calames) and very old books.)"
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It is recommended that students use the Advanced Search option to better filter and tailor their search results with SUDOC.
Fabula
Fabula is a free research association and website dedicated to "the articulation between literary theory and history;" it " aims to be a resource and meeting place for researchers in the broad field of literary studies." Fabula is aimed at French-speaking researchers, but there are some English resources and publications as well.

For international news articles:

Nexis Uni and NewsBank index articles from news organizations--English- and non-English-language--across the globe. For Nexis Uni, in addition to a keyword search, try the "Country Info" option under "Guided Search." For NewsBank, try a heading under the "International Studies" button or the "Map Search" feature. Results can be limited by language, geography, and publication in which the article appeared.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources
*Company Dossier containing company information
*Shepard's Citations service for all federal and state court cases from 1789 to the present
**To access Nexis Uni from off-campus, you must first register (create an account) while on campus.

NewsBank
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues including 12,000 total sources with 300+ Illinois publications and 200 countries represented along with diverse news media such as trade journals, video, audio files, broadcast transcripts.