French & Italian Studies

Electronic Resources

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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An index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, linguistics, folklore, and (since 1996) film, 1920s -
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before present.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and books in the humanities and social sciences published by university presses; searchable by journal issue, author, and keyword, 1996-present.
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ARTFL This link opens in a new window
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More than 2000 texts ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing, 12th to 19th century.
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Linguistics Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Citations and abstracts for articles in the scholarly journals of linguistics, 1985-present.
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Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 This link opens in a new window
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Contains both early and modern critical interpretations of the greatest writers of the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Restoration. Part of Literature Criticism Online.
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Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
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Biographies and substantial excerpts from critical responses over time, on the works of a huge number of authors from classical time to the present.
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Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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A large collection of literature reference material, including criticism and author biographies.
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Historical Abstracts Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles, many in full text, and citations to books and dissertations on world history from 1450, published 1954-present.
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International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Citations to journal articles, books and book chapters in all European languages, on medieval studies. Citations 1967-present on the historical period 400-1500.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
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Academic OneFile
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A large interdisciplinary collection of scholarly, professional and trade journal articles, 1980-present.
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ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of scholarly publications on the Middle Ages and Renaissance; the ITER Italia manuscript catalog; and three journals. Covers the period 400-1700; citations date back to 1784.

Free e-resources:

Romanische Bibliographie
Online access to German-produced bibliography on Romance languages & literatures.

Western European Studies Section
Association of College & Research Libraries' Western European Studies Section web page, with multiple links to Western European languages e-resources.

Gallica
Gallica includes full-text of over 100,000 volumes and 300,000 images covering the Middle Ages to the beginning of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on nineteenth-century material.

Internet culturale:Cataloghi e collezioni digitali delle biblioteche italiane
Portal to Italian online catalogs and digital primary resources.

Italinemo: Riviste di Italianistica nel Mondo
References to articles on Italian literature and culture published in Italy and worldwide, 2000-present.

The Dartmouth Dante Project
The Dartmouth Dante Project (DDP) is a searchable full-text database containing more than seventy commentaries on Dante's Divine Comedy - the Commedia.