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 since 2000
- 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 |
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| Sources |
4,300+ indexed journals |
| Number of records |
Over 2,600,000 |
| Dates covered |
1972 to present |
| Updated |
Weekly |
| 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]
|
| Classification Descriptor Phrase |
cd= |
social structure and social relations |
| 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
[use to refine other search terms] |
| 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
[use to refine other search terms] |
| Year |
yr: |
1998
[use to refine other search terms] |
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