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FRANCIS (FRANCIS)

International, multilingual, multidisciplinary humanities and social sciences

Why select this database?

  • Indexes multilingual information published in over 4,300 journals
  • Provides abstracts for 80 percent of its records
  • Provides in-depth coverage of humanities and social sciences
Database details
Subjects

Humanities and social sciences:

archaeology linguistics
art history management
ethnology philosophy
French literature prehistory
geography psychology
history of science and technology religion
information science sociology
Sources 4,300+ indexed journals
Number of records Over 2,000,000
Dates covered 1984 to present
Updated Monthly
Producer information

Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du CNRS
2, Allée du Parc de Brabois
CS 10310
F-54519 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy France
Phone: +33 (0)3 83 50 46 00
Fax: +33 (0)3 83 50 46 50
Web: http://www.inist.fr/
Email: infoclient@inist.fr

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Copyright

FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Sciences) is the copyrighted product of the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS). Users of FRANCIS may reproduce a single copy of any records retrieved online, provided such copy is used solely for private study, scholarship, research or information. Under no circumstances may users store any records electronically for the purposes of resale, redistribution, or performing ongoing searching.

Index labels and examples of an expert search in FRANCIS

Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.

Search indexes Labels Examples
Keyword kw: social and engineering
Abstract ab: principle+
Accession number no: 520-00-12714
Author au: wright
wright sue
Author phrase au= smith david geoffrey
[last name first]
Conference name cn: colloque
Conference name phrase cn= megapoles mediterraneennes colloque
Corporate author phrase co= ird
Database name phrase ds= philosophie / philosophy
Descriptor de: agricultural
Descriptor phrase de= agricultural policy
Document type phrase dt= book
First page pg: 225
Geographic coverage phrase gc= south america
Identifier id: management
Issue is: 3
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Language phrase ln= non-english
Notes nt: dissem
Personal name pn: wright
Personal name phrase pn= wright sue
Place of publication pl: paris
Publication date pd: 1998
Publication type phrase pt= conference-meeting
Publisher pb: hautes
Source so: computers
Source phrase so= computers and the humanities
Standard number sn: 0011-5266
Subject su: art
Subject phrase su= art educat*
Title ti: designing technology
Title phrase ti= designing technology to support reflection
Volume vo: 32
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Year yr: 1998
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