In order not to feel the horrible burden of time breaking your shoulders and bending you towards the earth, you have to be continually drunk.
Charles Baudelaire
But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But get drunk.
Curated list of the last months (from 01.06.2025)
Here you will find curated lists of subject-specific databases and journals from the holdings of Basel University Library. The lists are not exhaustive and are continuously maintained.
The subject librarian is happy to assist you with individual questions regarding information research for projects in French linguistics and literary studies (developing a search strategy, searching in the library catalogue and subject databases, etc.). Please contact the subject librarian directly.
An overview of all training opportunities available at the University Library (guided tours, reference managment, etc.) can be found here.
CLARIN-CH digital language ressources
Access to corpora in various languages
Romanistik.de
Most important Internet resource for Romanists in the German-speaking countries (in German)
FID Romanistik: Forschungsdaten
Valuable information from the German Fachinformationsdienst Romanistik related to research data (in German)
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Catalogue of the National Library of France (BnF)
Le Catalogue Collectif de France (CCFr)
Access to the French library network union catalogue comprising BnF, Sudoc (système universtaire de documentation) and Base Patrimoine (catalogue des fonds anciens et spéciaux)
Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval
Access to the French-Canadian library network
Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale (Réro)
Catalogue of the library network in Western Switzerland
Gallica
Digital library of the National Library of France. Extensive full-text database predominantly from BnF holdings (primary and secondary literature, image and audio files about French culture)
ABU: La Bibliothèque Universelle
Access to selected works by modern French-speaking authors (16th to early 20th century) in full text
Athena: textes français
Numerous full texts in French
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Libraries with additional holdings