Subject Guides: World Languages & Literatures: Articles

Article Databases

Multidisciplinary Databases with Articles in Other Languages

Almost all databases provide a language limiter. The following databases are multidisciplinary. Go to a Subject Guide to find the databases that work best for your particular topic.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of the most utilized subjects and topics. The database includes thousands of full-text titles, with a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, important and general interest magazines.
Academic oneFile This link opens in a new window A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects; intended primarily for academic researchers.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Use LexisNexis to search within international publications. You can search in different languages or use the database's Language Limiter.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Presents information from publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Subjects covered include the arts, business, education, environmental studies, history, journalism, political science, and sociology.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) Online This link opens in a new window
Provides citations to worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Coverage is 1970 to the present and includes articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 social science and humanities journals. Many of the citations are linked to full text.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Please note that this database will not provide articles published in the last 3-5 years, so it should not be used for very current topics.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window

Literary Criticism Databases

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window Offers citations to international publications relating to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore worldwide.
Literature Online This link opens in a new window A virtual library containing more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 366 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Newspapers

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Le Monde (1944-2000)
Major French newsper.

How do I find an article in another language?

Many of the databases will provide a way to limit results to a specific language. You may find these language limiters at the initial search screen or on the results page. The languages available on the results page will be dependent on your topic.

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World Languages & Literatures: Articles

Article Databases