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An exhibit has been set up in the AFBI Library at Newforge entitled ‘Food Science at AFBI’ showcasing two elements of the Food Science Branch research:

(i)            the commercial Campylobacter testing service offered to the poultry industry by Food Microbiology, and

(ii)          the production of reduced fat Cheddar cheese fortified with omega-3 fatty acids, a DARD Evidence & Innovation project run jointly between Food Microbiology and Food Chemistry.

To see the display, visit the AFBI Library in AFBI Headquarters at Newforge Lane.

The FRANTEXT database consists of over 2900 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, poetry, theatre, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.

FRANTEXT is produced by ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue  Française).

FRANTEXT is a useful tool for analysing literary texts. Queries can be constructed in order to analyse the frequency of key words or phrases and to locate specific categories both within works and across works.

Searching tips:

In order to access all items in FRANTEXT, click on Corpus de travail and then Définir le corpus de travail. Leave the search box blank and click Enregistrer la selection to show the entire list of works.

To select texts to search, click on Corpus de travail and then Définir le corpus de travail.

Enter search terms (name, title or both) into the search box and click the Enregistrer la selection button to see the number of texts. To view details, click on Corpus de travail, then Visualiser le corpus de travail and then Affichage détaillé de la bibliographie.

The Documentation and Ressources didactiques tabs give comprehensive guides on utilising FRANTEXT  to the fullest.

Click here for a full listing of the main Modern Languages resources on LibGuides.

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The Library has set up trial access to Cite Them Right Online until the end of April. Cite Them Right Online is an interactive resource designed to help you with citing and referencing.  It covers a wide range of sources such as books, journal articles and websites. It also includes the major referencing styles: APA, Harvard, MLA MHRA, OSCOLA and Vancouver.

Just select a source type, choose a referencing style and Cite Them Right will show you how the citation and reference should be formatted.

Let us know if you think the Library should purchase a subscription to Cite Them Right Online by emailing: ruth.scott@qub.ac.uk.

Trial access to the New York Times is available until 02/05/2014 (on-campus only) for QUB staff and students.  Please click here to access.

We would appreciate feedback on this resource – please let us know what you think by completing this very short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VMFDMYQ

The Historical New York Times with Index (1851-1993) provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times (1851-2007)