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CAIRN: Information at a Glance

Resource Type
French language e-journals with a search engine.
Subject Area

Primary subject areas covered by the collection are history, psychology, economics, political science and sociology.

Availability
Trent - Access available to any valid Trent user, using their Novell Password in the Library, or at home through the PROXY SERVER.
How to Access

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For off campus access, learn how to use the proxy server
Description

Cairn was formed in 1995 by four European publishing houses ( Belin, De Boeck, La Découverte and Erès) and offers access to a comprehensive collection of French language periodicals in the social sciences and humanities disciplines.

The collection is currently comprised of 149 titles from more than 40 publishers, teaching institutions and learned societies and is growing rapidly. The earliest full text coverage begins with 2001 issues to the present, in both html and pdf. The collection is projected to include 182 journals by 2009 and 230 journals by 2010.

Notes

There is no English language search interface to this French resource.

Available through a CRKN agreement (June 1, 2008 - July 31, 2011).

Coverage
Varies by journal.
Update Frequency
Ongoing.
 
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