Open Access Resources for Modern Languages
The staff of the Institute have compiled a list of Open Access resources to support Modern Languages researchers in accessing materials, particularly while libraries and archives remain closed or inaccessible. We have included primary and secondary materials, including online text and media archives, and Open Access journals and books. While we have focused primarily on research resources, many of these may also be valuable for incorporating into research-led teaching and self-directed learning activities.
As indicated below, some of these have been made freely available or developed specifically in response to Covid-19, but the majority are permanent Open Access resources that will continue to be available in the future. While the list is not exhaustive and partly reflects the languages and areas of expertise of current staff, it will be regularly updated and we welcome suggestions for further additions to the list, including those in or about other languages or geographic regions. Please write to naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk if you would like to recommend any other resources for inclusion.
Cross-Languages Resources
- Open Access Publishing in European Networks – Open Access books in a range of languages
- Liverpool University Press – Open Access books
- Berghahn Books – Open Access books
- Institute of Modern Languages Research – Open Access books
- University of London Press - Open Access books
- Modern Languages Open – Open Access journal
- Critical Multilingualism Studies – Open Access journal
- Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature – Open Access journal
- DART-Europe – E-theses portal
- Europeana – digitised books, artworks, music and more from European archives, libraries and museums
- Archives Portal Europe – Information on archival material and institutions in different European countries
- CLARIN - European Research Infrastructure for Language Resources and Technology – online environment providing access to a range of digital language resources and tool
- Endangered Languages Archive – digital repository of endangered languages documentation materials
- Peter Lang – Open Access books
- British Library – digital collections, including materials in a range of languages and from different regions of the world, particularly from the Endangered Archives Programme
Online Learning and Teaching Resources
- University Council of Modern Languages – a list of free online language learning and teaching materials developed in response to Covid-19
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages – teaching resources created and shared in response to Covid-19
- Bringing Your Course Online - teaching resources and guidance developed by the Modern Language Association in response to Covid-19
- Future Learn, Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching – online course developed by the British Council and the University of Southampton
French and Francophone Studies
- French Studies ‘états présents’ – Open Access content from the French Studies journal
- Irish Journal of French Studies – Open Access journal 2001–2017
- Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies – Open Access journal
- Francosphères – Open Access journal
- Women in French Studies – Open Access journal until 30 June in response to Covid-19
- Gallica – Digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Bibliothèque nationale de France – the BnF’s online offer in response to Covid-19, including books, conferences and podcasts, virtual exhibitions, and French language learning resources
- Didier FLE - language learning textbooks made freely available in response to Covid-19
- TV5, Enseigner le français – French language learning resources
- MyFrenchFilmFestival – French films free to watch online until 25 May 2020 in response to Covid-19
- Institut français du Royaume Uni – virtual live reading groups
- Louvre – virtual museum tours of the Louvre
- Visions du Réel – online filmmaking masterclasses (inc. Claire Denis)
- Culturethèque – digital platform of cultural and educational French content provided by the Institut Français
- Francophone Africa Archive – digital archive of resources on colonisation and its aftermath
German Studies
- Deutscher Bibliotheksverband – German library portal, including information on digital media and sources
- Archivportal-D – German archives portal provided by Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
- Deutsches Textarchiv - digitised text archive
- Project Gutenberg (German) – digitised text archive
- The Sussex Weidenfeld Institute-Centre for German Jewish Studies - online database of British archival resources relating to German-Jewish Refugees 1933-1950 (BARGE), compiled between 2003-2008
- Literaturhaus – website of the centre for Austrian literature, including a digital corpus of commissioned reviews. Linked also to Austrian Archive of Exile Studies.
- Ariadne – Austrian website with information and documentation on women and gender-related research
- Filmarchiv der media wien - Vienna film archive
- Zeitschrift für Germanistik – Open Access journal
- Literatur für leser – Open Access journal
- Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik – Open Access journal
- Goethe Institut – the Institut’s online offer, including links to their free German-language eLibrary and their virtual events programme
Hispanic Studies
- Dialnet – Open Access database of Spanish journal articles, book chapters, monographs and PhD theses)
- Redalyc - Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal – Open Access journal database
- Institute of Latin American Studies - Open Access books
- Caracteres: Estudios Culturales y Críticos de la Esfera Digital – Open Access journal
- Letras Hispanas: Revista de Literatura y Cultura – Open Access journal
- Latin American Research Review – Open Access journal
- marcoELE. Revista de Didáctica Español Lengua Extranjera – Open Access journal
- La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures – Open Access journal until June 30 in response to Covid-19
- Laboratorio en Innovación de Humanidades Digitales – links to Digital Humanities projects in Spain, including a number of Spanish-language literary/textual databases
- SALALM – Latin American and Caribbean digital primary resources
- Traces – database of Catalan language and literature
- Movimientos Migratorios Iberoamericanos – digital archive of primary sources connected to Ibero-American migration
- Instituto Cervantes biblioteca electronica – online library of Spanish-language literature, audiobooks, newspaper archives, etc. (*registration fee: 12 euros for a year’s access)
- La Enciclopedia del Museo del Prado – online encyclopaedia with biographical details of artists and information on the museum’s extensive collections
- La Novela Corta - online library of Mexican short stories
- Contexto teatral – online collection of contemporary Spanish plays
- Tonos Digital: Revista de Estudios Filológicos – Open Access journal
- CEMHAL: Revista Historias de las Mujeres – Open Access journal
- Open Iberia/América – an Open Access collection of short pedagogical editions/translations of premodern Iberian and Latin American texts
- Centro de Documentación de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música (CDAEM) – online materials connected to Spanish theatre, music and dance, including Don Galán (revista de investigación teatral) and the Documentos para la Historia del Teatro Español database
- Gendering Latin American Independence – open educational resources connected to Latin American independence, including a map-based database on the women involved in the wars of independence
- Canning House – a series of webinars connected to Latin American political, economic and social issues
- Instituto Cervantes of London – a series of online cultural events, including film screenings and book launches
Italian Studies
- Firenze University Press – Open Access books and journals
- Torrossa Open Access – Open Access books and journals
- UniCA Open Journals – Open Access journals
- Gender/Sexuality/Italy – Open Access journal
- RiCognizione - Rivista di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne – Open Access journal
- Reti Medievali Rivista – Open Access journal
- Virtual Humanities Lab - Brown University Department of Italian – links to Digital Humanities projects/resources in Italian Studies
- Digital Dante – a multimedia website with Dante’s texts and original research on Dante
- Pelagus – online archive of Italian literary classics
- Italian Women Writers – online database with biographical information and some full-text titles by Italian women writers
- BASILI&LIMM - BAnca dati degli Scrittori Immigrati in Lingua Italiana e della Letteratura Italiana della Migrazione Mondiale – online database of Italian-language migrant writers and Italian migration literature
- #ItalyRestArt – a series of online events on Italian art, culture and science, organised by London’s Italian Embassy with the Italian Cultural Institute