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Subject Guide: Modern Languages

Books

Selected Reference Books in McQuade Library (First Floor):

French

  • Collins-Robert French-English, English-French dictionary [REF] PC2640 .C69 1987b
  • Encyclopedia Universalis (In French) [REF] AE25 .E3 v1-v20
  • New Oxford Companion to Literature in French [REF] PQ41 .N49 1995
  • The Oxford-Hachette French dictionary = Le dictionnaire Hatchette-Oxford : French-English, English-French [REF] PC2640 .O94 199

Spanish

  • The Concise American Heritage Spanish Dictionary. [REF] PC4640 .A47 2001
  • The Oxford Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English/English-Spanish [REF] PC4640 .O84 1994
  • Wiley's English-Spanish, Spanish-English business dictionary [REF] HB61 .K323 1996


Italian

  • The Cambridge Italian Dictionary [REF] PC1640 .R4
  • DII : Oxford Paravia Italian dictionary, English-Italian, Italian-English [REF] PC1640.D28 2001
  • Dictionary of Italian Literature [REF] PQ4006 .D45 1996

Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library.
Try these locations:

French Language PC 2001- PC 3761
French Literature PQ 1- PQ 3999
France - History DC 1 - DC 947
Spanish Language PC 4001- PC 4977
Spanish Literature PQ 6001- PQ 8929
Spain - History DP 1- DP 402
Italian Language PC 1001 - PC 1977
Italian Literature PQ 4001 - PQ 5999
Italy - History DG

To find additional related subject headings, scroll to the bottom of the Web catalog record OR consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (a set of red reference books located near the Reference Desk in McQuade Library).

Articles

Selected print indexes and periodicals:

  • Humanities index. in print 1974 - present .[REF] AI3 .H85
  • PAIS international in print 1991-1998. [REF] H96 .P9

Use Journal Finder to locate all print and electronic subscriptions of the McQuade Library.

Foreign Language magazines and newspapers on the Web:
These lists are made available by the librarians at MIT:

French Language News and Magazines

Spanish Language News and Magazines

Italian Language News and Magazines

Search these databases to find articles:

  • Expanded Academic ASAP (via INFOTRAC) provides citations and some full text on a variety of subjects including art and art history. Do a subject search for your artist, then select the narrower subdivision criticism, interpretation, technique etc.

  • Academic Search Premier (via EBSCOhost) provides citations and some full text on a variety of subjects including art and art history. Choose subject search from the toolbar at the top of the screen. Enter your artist's name, e.g. Matisse, Henri.

  • JSTOR is a searchable digital archive containing back-issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. It contains complete runs of these scholarly journals, many of which date from the 1800s. Note: the most recent 3 to 5 years of a journal are not included in this archive.

  • Project MUSE provides 100% full-text, online access to over 300 humanities, arts and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed.

Web Sites

French Texts online:

Spanish Texts online

Gateways and Cultural Web Sites

Local Resources

Professional Organizations/Associations

Online Tutorials