Online Texts in Western European Literature

We have added a new resource to the e-Library Gateway. Online Texts in Western European Literature is a comprehensive gateway to collections of electronic texts in a range of European languages including: Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Old Norse and Icelandic, Portuguese, Romanian, Provençal, Spanish and Swedish. The Gateway provides links to each collection which are listed in order of size. It has been created by the Western European Section of the Association of Colleges and Research Libraries.

Gallica

Gallica is a digital library of works in the public domaine from the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and its partner libraries. In addition to Gallia Classique which contains works from the middle ages through to the nineteenth century, there are a number of special collections relating to Voltaire, Proust and Zola. The collections are searchable and there is a facility to assemble your own digital library and tag your documents. A link has been added to the e-Library Gateway

New Electronic Resources added to eLibrary Gateway

Les Signets de la Bibliothèque nationale de France - Bookmarks from the National Library of France

An annotated selection of internet resources, useful for French language and cultural studies, chosen by librarians of the National Library of France.

The resources can be searched alphabetically or by theme. They cover a wide range of subjects including: philosophy and religion, social sciences, law, science and technology, arts, language and literature, history and geography. General works such as dictionaries and encyclopaedias etc. are also covered.

Lexilogos

Lexilogos is a key resource for language students. It provides access to a comprehensive set of tools for the study of world languages including French, German, Spanish, Russian and many other national and regional languages. Resources available include on-line dictionaries (mono-lingual and bi-lingual), encyclopaedias, translation sites, maps and atlases. There is also a multi-lingual keyboard facility which allows you to type a range of scripts including the International Phonetic Alphabet.