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Modern Languages and Literature Indexes and Databases

Title
Access
Description
Coverage
Academic OneFile a general index with many full text articles Trent description C & FT
Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost) a general index with many full-text articles
Trent
C & FT
Arts and Humanities Citation Index from Web of Science
Trent
some FT
Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und literaturwissenschaft [Ref.] Z2231 . B5
in library
C
CAIRN (French Language Journals)
Trent
FT
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index)
Trent
some FT
Erudit index for French Language journals
Public
FT
Eureka.cc index for French Language newspapers and news services
Trent
FT
Germanistik [Ref.] Z 2235 .A2 G4
in library
C
Iter index for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Trent
C
JSTOR (online journal storage for 1100+ journals in a variety of subjects)
Trent
FT
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Trent
C
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
Trent
C
Periodicals Archive Online (historical collection of 500 journals spanning 200 years of publication)
Trent
FT
ProQuest Modern Languages & Literature Databases (search several databases at once)
Trent
FT
Repère Online and Repère in print [Ref.] AI 7 .P65
Trent
some FT
Scholars Portal Journals - search the majority of Trent e-journals at once Trent description FT
       
Other Online Resources      
ALPSP Journals through Swets
Trent
FT
Art Project (by Google) - virtual art museums
Public
Primary, Images
Early Canadiana Online
Trent
FT
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Trent
Reference
Literature Resource Center (LRC) New - September 2011
Trent
Reference
The Johns Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
Trent
Reference
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Modern Languages and Literature Websites
Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature
Internet sources for literary texts in western European languages other than English.
 
The International Phonetic Alphabet
Reproduction of the International Phonetic Alphabet (Revised to 1993, Updated 1996) by the International Phonetic Association.
Language Links
Multi-language and individual language sites with information on the history and culture as well as the language and literature of each country.
Language Resources on the WWW
Annoted links to language teaching and learning sites, and newspapers and magazines available on the Internet.
Languages on the Web
Comprehensive listing of langauge related links from around the world.
French Websites
French-English/English-French Dictionary
A French-English/English-French online dictionary developed by Tyler Jones at the University of Chicago.
Gallica
This project of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France contains 80,000 digitized texts, with an intuitive search engine. Gallica includes documents of all kinds, not only literary texts. Texts are arranged chronologically and by themes. Also included are many reference works, including the classic French dictionaries and encyclopedias, and a section of images.
Littérature de langue française en ligne
A site maintained by the PhD Program in French at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Links to libraries, author sites, online texts, theater, dictionaries, francophone literature, etc..
Online Language Tools
Trent's French Studies Department's links to online dictionaries, grammar resources, writing guides and more.
German Websites
Bibliographischer Werkzeugkasten
A large collection of Internet reference sources compiled by a German librarian.
DaF-Internet-Welt
Das Internetportal für Deutsch als Fremdsprache.
German Internet Trails
An excellent source of German Studies resources on the Internet complied by Andreas Lixl, University of North Carolina.
Germanistik im Internet
An impressive site from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Germanistik. Organized into categories such as Institute, Epochen, Recherchieren, Digitale Texte, Literartur-Archive, each category contains numerous important links.
Internet Handbook of German Grammar
Comprehensive German grammar reference.
Make German Your Business
BBC web resource for using German in a business environment.
Olivers Links zur Literatur
500 German literary links including links to texts, societies, authors' pages, literary projects, libraries, discussion groups, and more. Links are annotated with asterisks, indicating a rating from "Unentbehrlich" to "Weggucken."
Projekt Gutenberg
The largest collection of German literature on the Internet.
wissen.de
A "knowledge portal" offering free search of Wahrig dictionaries. In addition, time tables of history and assorted topical information.
Spanish Websites
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
A joint initiative of the University of Alicante and the Santander Central Hispano Bank. Initial project includes 2000 texts in Spanish. Eventually, it is to include 30,000 works, from 16th century chronicles to early 20th century literary texts. Search on author, title or time period, but no full-text searching. Free access.
Biblioteca Virtual Mundo Hispano
A large list of links to Spanish digitized texts. There are sections on individual authors, periods, and genres - all with links to online text archives. Searching can be done on individual texts, using the browser "Find in page" function.
Latin American Studies Links
Compiled by the University of Nebraska, subject areas include performing and fine art, history, geography, government, statistics, business and economics.
Online Spanish Dictionaries
Links to Spanish English dictionaries, and many subject specific dictionaries, i.e., dictionaries of wine, perfume, business, medical terminology, etc..
PhiloBiblon
Bio-bibliographical databases to early Iberian texts, including Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese.
Spanish Websites
Trent's Spanish Studies Department's list of links for language exercises, hispanic resources, and Mexican sites.

Modern Languages and Literature Reference Books

 
E-Books
   
xreferplus An online collection of 100 reference books
   
General Reference Books
   
Contempory authors   PN 771 .C6 REF
Dictionary of literary biography    PS 129 .D5 REF
A Dictionary of oral literature   GR 350 .S86 1990 REF
Dictionnaire mondial des mouvements littéraires et artistiques contemporains : groupes, courants, pôles, foyers : littérature, peinture,; théâtre, cinéma, musique, architecture, photo,  bande dessinée  PN 41 .V57 1992 REF
Dictionnaire universel des littératures   PN 41 .D5274 1994 REF
Encyclopedia of contemporary literary theory : approaches, scholars, terms    PN 81 .E52 1993 REF
A Handbook to literature   PN 41 .H6 1986 REF
York dictionary of English-French-German-Spanish literary terms and their origin   PN 41 .E45 REF
   
Subject Specific Reference Books : Film and Theatre
   
Antología crítica del cine español 1906-1995 : flor en la sombra   PN 1993.5 .S7 A79 1997 REF
Diccionario de cine y video : español-inglés, inglés-español   PN 1993.45 .F47 1988 REF
Diccionario de realizadores   PN 1998.2 .D49 1997 REF
Diccionario Espasa del cine español   PN 1993.5 .S7 T69 1999 REF
Dictionnaire dramatique, contenant l'histoire des théâtres   PN 1625 .D5 1967 REF
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama : international reference work in 5 volumes   PN 1625 .M3 1984 REF
The World encyclopedia of contemporary theatre   PN 1861 .W67 1994 REF
   
Subject Specific Reference Books : French Language and Literature
   
Collins-Robert French-English, English-French dictionary : unabridged   PC 2640 .C69 1998 REF
Dictionary of modern French literature : from the age of reason through realism   PQ 41 .D65 1986 REF
Dictionnaire canadien, français-anglais, anglais-français = The Canadian dictionary, French-English, English-French   PC 2640 .D53 REF
Dictionnaire de la langue française classique  PC 2650 .D8 REF
Dictionnaire de la langue québécoise  PC 3637 .B47 1981 REF
Dictionnaire de la littérature française, XXe siècle    PQ 305 .D49 2000 REF
Dictionnaire de la musique populaire au Québec, 1955-1992   ML 3563 .T53 1992 REF
Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord    PS 8081 .H36 1989 REF
Dictionnaire des canadianismes    PC 3637 .D83 1989 REF
Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec   PS 8082 .D5 REF
Dictionnaire historique du français Québécois : monographies lexicographiques de québécismes  PC 3637 .D485 1998 REF
Dictionnaire mondial des images  NX 80 .D52 2006 REF
Dictionnaire universel des littératures    PN 41 .D5274 1994 REF
Grand Usuel Larousse : dictionnaire encyclopédique  AE 25 .G648 1997 REF
Guide to French literature : Anthony Levi   PQ 226 .L48 1992 REF
Les Littératures francophones depuis 1945   PQ 3809 .L57 1986 REF
Multi dictionnaire de la langue française  PC 2625 .V54 1997 REF
The New Oxford companion to literature in French    PQ 41 .N49 1995 REF
The Oxford illustrated literary guide to Canada   PS 8087 .M67 1987 REF
Romanciers immigrés : biographies et oeuvres publiées au Québec entre 1970 et 1990   PS 8089.5 .M55 H44 1993 REF
Routledge French dictionary of environmental technology : French-English/English-French    TD 9 .R67 1997 REF
   
Subject Specific Reference Books : German Language and Literature
   
Collins German-English, English-German dictionary : unabridged    PF 3640 .C68 1993 REF
Deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters : Verfasserlexikon  PT 155 .S78 REF
Deutsches Wörterbuch    PF 3625 .G7 REF
Dictionary of German synonyms   PF 3591 .F37 REF
Doderer-ABC : ein Lexikon für Heimitisten   PT 2607 .O3 Z775 2000 REF
Duden, das Große Fremdwörterbuch : Herkunft und Bedeutung der Fremdwörter Drosdowski, Günther  PF 3670 .D78 1994 REF
Duden Deutsches Universal wörterbuch A-Z und Duden Oxford Großwörterbuch Englisch   PF 3640 .D84 1990 REF
Duden Rechtschreibung der deutschen Sprache   PF 3146 .D764 1996 REF
Duden Zitate und Aussprüche   PN 6090 .D84 1993 REF
Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache   PF 3580 .K5 1989 REF
German-English science dictionary   Q 123 .D4 1978 REF
Harrap's standard German and English dictionary   PF 3640 .H37 REF
Langenscheidts Grosswörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache : das neue eingsprachige Wörterbuch für Deutschlernende   PF 3625 .L36 1994 REF
The Oxford companion to German literature   PT 41 .G3 1986 REF
Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte   PT 41 .R43 REF
Shorter Cambridge-Eichborn German dictionary : business and business law, economics, administration   H 45 .E37 1984 REF
   
Subject Specific Reference Books : Spanish Language and Literature
   
Borges : una enciclopedia   PQ 7797 .B635 Z6228 1999 REF
Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary : unabridged   PC 4640 .S595 1997 REF
Diccionario cubano de habla popular y vulgar   PC 4854 .C8 P394 1998 REF
Diccionario de la lengua   PC 4625 .D48 1994 REF
Diccionario de literatura de Española e Hispanoamericana   PQ 6006 .D6 1993 REF
Diccionario de mejicanismos : razonado, comprobado con citas de autoridades, comparado con el de americanismos y con los vocabularios provinciales de los más distinguidos diccionaristas hispanamericanos  PC 4832 .S3 2000 REF
Diccionario de uso del español   PC 4625 .M6 1998 REF
Diccionario enciclopédico de las letras de América Latina   PQ 7081 .D515 1995 REF
Hispanic literature criticism   PQ 7081 .A1 H573 1994 REF
Latin American literature in the 20th century : a guide   PQ 7081 .L385 1986 REF
Latin American writers   PQ 7081 .A1 L37 1989 REF
Latin American writers on gay and lesbian themes : a bio-critical sourcebook   PQ 7081.3 .L37 1994 REF
Oxford companion to Spanish literature   PQ 6006 .O95 REF
Spanish American authors : the twentieth century   PQ 7081.3 .F57 1992 REF
Spanish women writers : a bio-bibliographical source book   PQ 6055 .S63 1993 REF
   
Bibliographies : French
   
The Annotated bibliography of Canada's major authors   Z 1375 .A55 REF
Bibliographie des auteurs modernes de langue française   Z 2171 .T16 REF
Bibliographie du Québec   Z 1392 .Q3 B5 REF
A Critical bibliography of French literature   Z 2171 .C3 REF
French-Canadian authors : a bibliography of their works and of English-language criticism   Z 1377 .F8 K35 1990 REF
Histoire du théâtre en France. Répertoire du théâtre comique en France au Moyen-Age   Z 2174 .D7 P4 REF
Littérature facétieuse sous Louis XIII, 1610-1643 : une biographie critique  Z 2172 .M47 1991 REF
   
Bibliographies : German
 
Bibliographie Deutschunterricht : ein Auswalverz.   Z 2235 .A2 B5 REF
Bibliographisches Handbuch der Barockliteratur : hundert Personalbibliographien deutscher Autoren des siebzehnten Jahrhunderts   Z 2232 .D85 1980 REF
The bibliography of German literature : an historical and critical survey   Z 2231 .A1 B37 REF
A Critical bibliography of German literature in English translation, 1481-1927 : supplement embracing the years 1928-1955   Z 2234 .T7 M8 1965 Suppl. REF
Deutsches Schrifttum zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen, 1918-1945   Z 2231 .H35 Bd. 11 REF
German literature in English translation : a select bibliography   Z 2234 .T7 O53 REF
Germanistik   Z 2235 .A2 G4 REF
Literature of the German Democratic Republic in English translation : a bibliography : studies in GDR culture and society   Z 2250 .G45 1984 REF
Romanverzeichnis, Bibliographie der zwischen 1750-1800 erschienenen Erstausgaben   Z 2234 .F55 H3 REF
Was ist wo interpretiert? : eine bibliographische Handreichung für das Lehrfach Deutsch   Z 2231 .S34 1991 REF
   
Bibliographies : Spanish
   
Bibliography of comedias sueltas in the University of Toronto Library   Z 2694 .D7 T66 REF
Catálogo de escritoras españolas en lengua castellana (1860-1992)   PQ 6055 .F35 1992 REF
Catálogo de las piezas de teatro que se conservan en el gabinete de manuscritos de la Biblioteca Nacional   Z 2694 .D7 M2 1989 REF
The contemporary Spanish novel : an annotated critical bibliography, 1936-1994   Z 2694 .F4 A64 1996 REF
Dissertations in Hispanic languages and literatures : an index of dissertations completed in the United States and Canada, 1876-1966   Z 2695 .A2 C46 REF
Guide de bibliographie hispanique   Z 2681 .A75 REF
La literatura perdida de la Edad Media castellana : catálogo y estudio   Z 2692 .D49 1995 REF
The literature of Spain in English translation : a bibliography   Z 2694 .T7 R83 REF
Manual de bibliografía de la literatura española   Z 2691 .S53 REF
A sourcebook for Hispanic literature and language : a selected, annotated guide to Spanish, Spanish-American, and Chicano bibliography, literature, linguistics, journals, and other source materials  Z 2691 .A2 B55 1983 REF
Women writers of Spain : an annotated bio-bibliographical guide   Z 2693.5 .W6 W65 1986 REF
 

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