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FRANCIS

FRANCIS is an academic bibliographic database maintained by INIST. FRANCIS covers the core academic literature in the humanities and social sciences with special emphasis on European literature.

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Source
FRANCIS
ProducerINIST (France)
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish
Access
ProvidersEBSCO, ProQuest, Ovid Technologies
CostSubscription
Coverage
DisciplinesHumanities, social sciences
Record depthIndex & abstract
Format coverageJournal articles (79%); Books (9%), Conference proceedings, dissertations, reports, exhibition catalogs (7%), Other (5%)
Temporal coverage1972-present
Geospatial coverageWorldwide, with emphasis on France and Europe
No. of records> 2.600.000
Update frequencyWeekly
Links
Websitewww.inist.fr?Francis-74&lang=en

FRANCIS is an academic bibliographic database maintained by INIST. FRANCIS covers the core academic literature in the humanities and social sciences with special emphasis on European literature.

INIST-CNRS is now providing free access to the FRANCIS database, along with PASCAL database content, on their website.1

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References

References

  1. "FRANCIS Database moves from EBSCOhost to free version". California Digital Library. 20 January 2017.