Research Guides @ Fordham: Languages and Cultures: Databases

Recommended Databases

Ethnologue
From SIL International, an authoritative resource on world languages. Detailed profiles of every recognized language in use today. Includes all dialects and brief country profiles. Note: Subscription excludes expanded country digest.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
The Modern Language Association (MLA) subject index dates back to the 1920s and contains millions of citations from journals and series, as well as book publishers. Covers modern languages, literature, folklore and linguistics. Includes MLA Directory of Periodicals.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - Access Ends 7/31/25
Abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews back to 1973.
Global Issues (Gale In Context)
Global Issues In Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Browse podcasts, video, and interactive graphs by Issues and Topics, and Country Finder. Results are in English.
JSTOR & ARTSTOR
Hundreds of academic journals in full text from v.1:n.1. Includes French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
NOTE: Basic and advanced searching defaults to "read and download" content we subscribe to. Browsing defaults to "all content." Look for the Access Level limiter on the lower left side to change settings. Access excludes ebooks, Thematic Collections and Global Plants (part of Primary Sources).Fordham does not subscribe to the Constellate text/data analytics service. Users can download full datasets with up to 25,000 items. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION.
JSTOR Subscribed Collections with Access:
Arts & Sciences I through XV, Ireland, Life Sciences, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Lives of Literature, Public Health, Security Studies, Sustainability, Global Plants,19th Century British Pamphlets.
ARTSTOR notes:
To go directly to Collections, use the Browse function dropdown (upper right corner) or filtering on the left side after doing a search.
Academic Search Complete
Comprehensive multi-disciplinary full text database with thousands of periodicals and other publications.
Project MUSE - Premium Collection
Full text of hundreds of journals including current issues. No access to books.
Humanities International Index
Comprehensive database covering over 2000 journals, books, and other important reference sources. Includes French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish.
Arts & Humanities Database
On ProQuest's platform. Full text of almost 500 scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies.

Film Databases

Swank Motion Pictures Streaming Video Database
A collection of 500 films covering Film Studies, Sociology, Documentaries, and many other disciplines. Avoid using Safari browser.
Kanopy Streaming Videos
Thousands of videos of movies, documentaries, foreign films and more.
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See also our new streaming video database, Academic Video Online, located on the A tab and Videos & Multimedia tab.
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Academic Video Online (AVON)
More than 68,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas and curated for the educational experience. Do not use the toggle icon to change channels--access only to Academic Video Online channel.
Should you get an error page when trying to access content on-campus or remotely, clear cache / cookies and / or try a different browser that has been cleared of cache / cookies.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database
A bibliographical resource offering coverage of hundreds of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present. Many of the key titles are available in full text, including complete runs.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
A comprehensive index of full-text and bibliographic coverage of hundreds of publications on film and television with links to full text.
Screen Studies Collection
Proquest platform enabling the ability to cross-search American Film Institute Catalog (AFI), Film Index International (FII) and FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals database.

Newspaper Databases

Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text of minority newspapers and magazines since 1991.
News (Gale OneFile - Includes NY State Newspapers & NY Times)
Full text articles from thousands of national, internationaal, state and local English language newspapers from 1980 to present. Includes French and Spanish.
Nexis Uni
Major US & world news,company profiles, SEC filings, US and State legal cases including Supreme Court decisions back to 1790. For best results: Must create account & log in; turn off pop-up blockers. Includes Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
A user will be able to download 250 titles/headlines from the search results list at a time. Checking the box next to each search result allows users to download the full document. The system will allow downloading of 100 documents or 1,000 pages at a time. There are no overall total download limits.

Literature Databases

ARTFL Project
Over 3500 texts ranging form classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction, from medieval to the 20th century. Includes French.
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Includes Spanish.
LitFinder (Gale Literature)
Full text of over 130,000 poems, stories, plays, essays, and speeches from thousands of authors. Over 800,000 citations overall. Multinational content. Includes French and Spanish.

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
A comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. Entries are in English.
Contemporary Authors Online (Gale Literature)
Biographical information on thousands of contemporary novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists, and scriptwriters. Includes global authors; results are in English.
Gale Literature Platform Search
Gale's literature platform for cross-searching: Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, Scribner Writers Online and Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Results are in English.
Scribner Writers Online Series
American, British, European, and World & Genre Writers collections of e-books. Results are in English.

Languages and Cultures: Databases

Databases for Modern Languages & Literatures

Recommended Databases

Film Databases

Newspaper Databases

Literature Databases

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