Research Tools

All Languages

• The Cofrin Library Home Page contains valuable links to online catalogs, internet subject directories, electronic indexes and databases, and a way to send an e-mail message to a Cofrin Library reference librarian. On campus users have access to the online Encyclopedia Britannica, an excellent research resource.
• Columbia Guide to Online Style - A how-to-cite-online-sources guide in the MLA style format.

French Search Engines

These search engines specialize in databases from France and other French-speaking countries around the world.

• Google - France
• Francité Search by topic (like Yahoo) or by word.
• Swiss search engine in French, German, Italian, English.
• Wanadoo France. Search from indexed lists of information.
• Yahoo, France. Excellent
• Voilà. Search by topic, including current events. Offers useful direct links to French news services, etc. Excellent

German Search Engines

These search engines specialize in databases from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

• Yahoo Deutschland
• Deutsches Internet-Verzeichnis

Spanish Search Engines

These search engines specialize in databases from Spanish-speaking countries

• Google - Spain
• Yahoo, en español