FRANCIS
French academic bibliographic database
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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.
| Producer | INIST (France) |
|---|---|
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish |
| Access | |
| Providers | EBSCO, ProQuest, Ovid Technologies |
| Cost | Subscription |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Humanities, social sciences |
| Record depth | Index & abstract |
| Format coverage | Journal articles (79%); Books (9%), Conference proceedings, dissertations, reports, exhibition catalogs (7%), Other (5%) |
| Temporal coverage | 1972-present |
| Geospatial coverage | Worldwide, with emphasis on France and Europe |
| No. of records | > 2.600.000 |
| Update frequency | Weekly |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
INIST-CNRS is now providing free access to the FRANCIS database, along with PASCAL database content, on their website.[1]
