LibGuides: French: Databases &amp; Journals

Relevant Databases via Hunter College Libraries

Full list of relevant databases for French studies.

Full list of relevant databases for Film & Media studies. Students of French film may also find our Film & Media Studies research guide to be useful.

A selection of relevant databases is listed below.

Caribbean Literature
Fiction and poetry from the Caribbean region of the 19th and 20th centuries in the original language.
Gale Literature
Gale’s integrated research platform for their literary resources. It searches multiple literature databases at once with workflow tools to analyze information.
Humanities Source
Resource to worldwide content on all aspects of the humanities in more than 1,450 full-text journals back to 1907.
JSTOR
Full text of scholarly journals and books in arts and science, business and economics, language and literature, humanities and social sciences. Current journals are not entered into the database for two to five years.
Kanopy Streaming Video
Streaming video of Kanopy films which have been licensed for curricular support. Faculty requesting that films be added to Kanopy must use their Hunter email and list the relevant course(s). Licenses are annual so content may vary depending on the subscription period.
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MLA International Bibliography
Index to literary criticism and linguistic research in journals, books and dissertations worldwide from 1963 to present.
Project Muse
An online collection of full text journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses.
Proquest Ebook Central
The site for thousands of ebooks on all topics from this vendor. It includes the collection formerly known as Ebrary Academic Collection.

Relevant Journals via Hunter College Libraries

Browse a list of journals relevant to French language and literature.

Browse a list of journals relevant to film studies.

Relevant Databases via NYPL

Be sure to take advantage of the research collections at the New York Public Library! You can apply for an NYPL card online, and take advantage of the following online resources which are not available though Hunter.

Cairn.Info
Cairn.info is an online collection of French language periodicals and ebooks in the social sciences and humanities.
Torrossa
Torrossa includes the content of Casalini's Editoria Italiana Online, Edición Española Online, EIO-Fabrizio Serra E-Journal, Franco Angeli Riviste E-journal, and Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli collections. (Includes material in French)