The FRANCIS database is created by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS) in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (France). It is an invaluable resource for research libraries. FRANCIS is a multilingual, multidisciplinary database covering the humanities and social sciences. Its broad subject areas and international scope make it an ideal stand-alone social science database, as well as a suitable complement for more specialised databases. FRANCIS is strong in areas such as archaeology, geography, linguistics, philosophy, religion, and sociology. The database contains more than 1 million records, with abstracts in French or English, and descriptors in both languages, and includes coverage of journals, books, conference papers and other documents.

Subject Coverage
Areas of coverage include:

• Philosophy (1984 - today)
• Education (1984 - today)
• Sociology (1984 - today)
• History of Science (1984 - today)
• Literature (1984 - today)
• Linguistics (1984 - today)
• Prehistory (1984 - today)
• Archaeology (1984 - today)
• Religion (1984 - today)
• Administrative Sciences (1984 - 1997)
• Ethnology (1984 - today)
• RAA - History of Art (1984 ‚Äì 1989)
• Geography (1984 - today)
• Latin America (1984 ‚Äì 1997)
• Employment and Training (1984 ‚Äì 1984)
• Data Processing and Law (1984 ‚Äì 1994)
• RESHUS, Public Health (1984 ‚Äì 1994)
• DOGE, Company Management (1984 - today)
• ECODOC, Economics (1984 ‚Äì 1994)
• Energy Economics (1984 - 1996)