WISER: Electronic Resources for Modern Languages An introduction to networked databases available through the Oxford Libraries Information Platform (OxLIP) Vanya Murray and Miguel Torrens

Summary of key resources General databases on OxLIP for all language areas: the Modern Languages Association Bibliography (MLA); Arts and Humanities Citation Index Language-specific databases on OxLIP for French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese e.g. Frantext, Iter Italicum Web resources: Intute Journals (TDNet) and online dictionaries

MLA Bibliography Managed by the Modern Language Association of America Indexes books, journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings and dissertations relating to language, linguistics and literature from 1926 to the present Contains over 1,800,000 records and is updated 9 times a year Access via FirstSearch through OxLIP

MLA Bibliography

Bibliothèque nationale de France The Web Site Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) is a veritable treasure trove of resources for A Level students, undergraduates, postgraduates, academics, and teachers of French and History. The site is in French and English, although the English version is not as extensive as its French counterpart. It contains numerous resources, of which Gallica is probably one of the most useful. Gallica consists of an Culture.fr The website, Culture.fr, from France's Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication is a vast gateway and information service for all aspects of French culture. This is an essential resource for anyone working on contemporary French studies. It offers a remarkable number of annotated links to genuinely quality resources in the fields of: archaeology; architecture; modern art; cinema; history; French language; literature; and the performing arts. Links are also provided to: national libraries; museums; archives; and study and research resources. The site also acts a news service for cultural events and the arts in France: users will find up-to-date, detailed information on a variety of events, exhibitions, and performances across the country, as well as articles reviewing events in depth. A search facility allows for easy access of sites and events of interest. This is an excellent portal, and recommended to all involved in contemporary French studies. Users are recommended to take time to explore the site in depth since each section contains various, more specialized sub-sections, to which access is not always immediately obvious. Type: Resource guides and directories; Texts; News; Secondary source; Places Format: html Added:

Frantext (Institut National de la Langue Française) Corpus of over 3800 French texts from the 16 th to the 20 th century, mainly literary works. Instructions for searching available at (follow link for Online Resources on left of screen) Corpus de Littérature Médiévale des origines à la fin du XVe siècle Collection of ca 900 works of medieval literature from the early period through to the end of the 15th century covering: fiction, chanson de geste, poetry and theatre (religious and secular). Includes editions published by Champion, Droz and the Société des Anciens Textes Français. L'Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert Montaigne, Corpus of Works Voltaire électronique Online French resources and websites: useful links from the British Library French section:

Digital Dante Digital Dante is a website that provides not only access to parallel transcriptions and the site has remained static for several years and, unfortunately, some of the links and features of the site (such as the discussion area) have not been maintained, there is still much of value to the student of Dante. Archivio Franca Rame Dario Fo The Archivio Franca Rame Dario Fo is an online archive of millions of documents relating to the life and works of the Italian playwrights and actors Dario Fo (1997 Nobel Laureate in Literature) and Franca Rame. Fo and the site is funded by Fo and Rame. This site is a valuable source of primary material for anyone interested in Italian theatre and, in particular, in the political and theatrical writing of Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Type: Datasets; Bibliographic databases Format: html Added: Biblioteca italiana The Biblioteca Italiana is a freely-accessible online library of cultural and literary Italian texts. These texts (numbering over 1,000) are held in the public domain, and have been encoded using XML-TEI. Biblioteca Italiana is an excellent resource for anyone seeking easy access to early Italian literature and prose in general.

Databases covering Italian include: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, FRANCIS, Iter Italicum, Modern Languages Association Bibliography (MLA) Italian dissertations: online information available via Dissertation Abstracts and Index to Theses (OxLIP) or via the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze: Web resources include Intute and the Guida completa ai motori di ricerca (list of Italian search engines): as well as See the OULS Library & Information Resources for Italian guide for further details of Italian resources

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Other OxLIP resources for languages Online journals (TDNet) Online dictionaries (Xreferplus)

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