French, German, Italian & Spanish

Useful links

For quick access to high quality information for your assignments, try the links on these pages.

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Reading Lists

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations/Research Projects

Dictionaries

Finding Articles

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For most assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough articles to work with.

Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular names as a good way of finding articles. This section lists key sources for French, German, Italian and Spanish.

• Databases

• Journals about France and the Francophone World

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• French Cultural Studies

A peer-reviewed journal covering French literature, cinema, television, the press, the visual arts, popular culture, and cultural and intellectual debate.

• French Politics, Culture and Society

A useful source of peer-reviewed articles about French social and political topics from the early twentieth century onwards.

• Modern and Contemporary France

The top, peer-reviewed journal for French topics taught at Portsmouth.