FRN 241 - Parler, Entendre, Comprendre

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Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library - GVRL) This link opens in a new window
A collection of reference ebooks in the following subject areas: Biography, Business, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science, World Literature and Its Times.
Sage Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Includes an expansive range of Sage eBook and eReference content for students, researchers, and faculty. This collection includes scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, encyclopedias, textbooks and more.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Features thousands of entries published in Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.

Gallica
The digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and their partners. "Elle offre l’accès à tous types de documents : imprimés (livres, presse et revues) en mode image et en mode texte, manuscrits, documents sonores, documents iconographiques, cartes et plans, vidéos."

MLA/Modern Language Association International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index of articles, book chapters and essays in literature, languages, and folklore. Features content published from the 1920s to the present.

News Research (Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new window
Features a variety of news resources: newspapers, magazines, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blog and web publications, reviews, obituaries, and editorials. Dates of coverage varies per title.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
Explore issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Content is easily searched and sorted through an intuitive, map-based interface.