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Databases
Literature Resource Center
Coverage: Full text
Literature Resource Center (LRC) provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of over 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. A significant amount of New Zealand content is included.
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Coverage: Full text
Literature Resource Center (LRC) provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of over 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. A significant amount of New Zealand content is included.
» User Guide
MLA International Bibliography
Coverage: 1926 to present (Index)
Produced by the Modern Language Association. Provides access to scholarly research in over 7,000 journals and series as well as monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies etc in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
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Coverage: 1926 to present (Index)
Produced by the Modern Language Association. Provides access to scholarly research in over 7,000 journals and series as well as monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies etc in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
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Oxford Journals
Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Full-text of journals published by Oxford University Press. Users can browse journals by title or search across the entire online collection.
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Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Full-text of journals published by Oxford University Press. Users can browse journals by title or search across the entire online collection.
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Project Muse
Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Includes over 300 journals from over 70 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
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Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Includes over 300 journals from over 70 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
» User Guide
Dictionaries
Collins French Dictionary Plus
This edition has been revised and updated to offer extensive and relevant coverage of today's English and French, with thousands of phrases and examples guiding the user to the most appropriate translation.
This edition has been revised and updated to offer extensive and relevant coverage of today's English and French, with thousands of phrases and examples guiding the user to the most appropriate translation.
Concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionary: French-English, English-French
Completely updated to include the very latest vocabulary, the Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary offers authoritative coverage. Brand-new features include cultural notes on life in the French-speaking world.
Completely updated to include the very latest vocabulary, the Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary offers authoritative coverage. Brand-new features include cultural notes on life in the French-speaking world.
French Business Dictionary
Provides a specialist business vocabulary and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of business.
Provides a specialist business vocabulary and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of business.
McGraw-Hill's French Student Dictionary
3,500 essential words, each with grammatical information, easy-to-use pronunciation guide, verb conjugation (when appropriate), and an example sentence.
3,500 essential words, each with grammatical information, easy-to-use pronunciation guide, verb conjugation (when appropriate), and an example sentence.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
Over 700 alphabetical entries on key aspects of French culture since 1945, including the economy, fashion and design, food and drink, media, the arts, politics, sport, and more.
Over 700 alphabetical entries on key aspects of French culture since 1945, including the economy, fashion and design, food and drink, media, the arts, politics, sport, and more.
Encyclopedia Universalis
French-language general encyclopedia published by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
French-language general encyclopedia published by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature
A compendium of information about French women writers and the world in which they lived.
A compendium of information about French women writers and the world in which they lived.
Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
This new Oxford guide emphasises "high-culture" books in translation that have had the most lasting impact on English-speaking culture since the Middle Ages. Also provides translation histories and helpful judgments about which translations are best and most reliable.
This new Oxford guide emphasises "high-culture" books in translation that have had the most lasting impact on English-speaking culture since the Middle Ages. Also provides translation histories and helpful judgments about which translations are best and most reliable.
News
Websites
Alliance Française de Wellington
The Alliance Française is a worldwide, non-profit network of associations dedicated to promote French language and culture abroad.
The Alliance Française is a worldwide, non-profit network of associations dedicated to promote French language and culture abroad.
SUDOC (Système universitaire de documentation)
Bibliographic information on all types of documents held by French academic libraries, as well as other higher educational establishments.
Bibliographic information on all types of documents held by French academic libraries, as well as other higher educational establishments.
