References - Interdisciplinary collection - German collection - Gender studies - North American studies collection - Self-management collection
References
6,400 volumes
Around 50 new volumes acquired yearly on average
200 electronic resources, including 50 bibliographic and full-text databases
Contact Emmanuel Collier
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The reference collection is a support tool for the research collections developed by the library. It supplies bibliographic tools and information to serve the various needs of researchers. Reference works include print resources, as well as electronic or online resources: directories, atlases, bibliographies, specialised catalogues, general and specialised dictionaries and encyclopaedias, reviews of summaries and statistical sources, open archives, bibliographic and full-text databases, digital libraries, resource portals, etc.
The current priority is access to online resources.
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Interdisciplinary collection
10,000 volumes
Around 150 new volumes acquired yearly on average
188 periodicals received frequently, including 66 with electronic access
Contact Jeanne Longevialle
Since its inception, the FMSH library has developed an interdisciplinary collection. This comprises works on social and human sciences in general, their methods, interdisplinary works by cultural area, complete works of major social scientists in their original language and in translation when available (e.g. Marx and Engels, Tocqueville, Humboldt, etc.), works covering more than one discipline and collective works (e.g. colloquia grouping together specialists from different disciplines on a single theme).
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German collection
15,000 volumes
Around 240 new volumes acquired yearly on average
172 periodicals received frequently, including 41 with electronic access
Contact Pascale Hilsz
"Mich hält kein Band, mich fesselt keine Schranke,
frei schwing ich mich durch alle Räume fort.
Mein unermesslich Reich ist der Gedanke,
und mein geflügelt Werkzeug ist das Wort."
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
The German language collection is part of the FMSH library since its creation. It represents around 10 % of the library’s total collection. German history, culture and philosophy comprise the collection’s main strengths.
It covers contemporary social and human science research in German. It notably groups together theoretical works of German philosophy, sociology, plus complete works and major high-quality editions.
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Gender studies collection
Around 250 new volumes acquired yearly on average
27 print periodicals received frequently, with electronic access to 240 periodicals
Contact Christine Léorel
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Begun in the 1980s, this multidisciplinary collection, initially focused on women’s history and the history of feminist movements, has gradually expanded to include gender studies from the US and UK.
These studies are divided up among the various disciplines represented in the library’s collection, from history to economics, as well as politics, philosophy and psychoanalysis.
While the library acquires the vast majority of works published in French, other languages – primarily English – nevertheless represent more than 50% of acquisitions.
This offer is completed with nearly 60 print periodicals, both current and historical ones, including important legendary titles from the peak years of the Mouvement de Libération des Femmes such as Le Torchon brûle, and nearly 250 electronic periodicals.
The library also proposes access to several bibliographic databases, many of which offer full texts of articles, notably databases such as Gender Watch (the only library in France to offer this database for the time being) and Gender Studies Database (in France, only available at the FMSH library and that of the University of Toulouse-le Mirail).
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Self-management collection
900 volumes
Contact Laurence Motoret
Built up primarily during the 1970s and 1980s, this collection groups together a very wide array of documents (proceedings of conventions and colloquia, reports, research dossiers, newspapers, journals and special editions, testimonials, contracts/agreements, tracts, etc.) acquired or collected, in France or abroad, from players in self-management and researchers specialised in this topic. While this “historical” collection, comprised mainly of primary materials, is no longer enriched on a regular basis, the library continues to acquire works on self-management in fields involving pedagogy, the working world, the labour movement and political organisations. In 2008, the library joined CODHOS, a group of centres of historical documentation on workers and labour movements.
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North American studies collection
Around 170 new volumes acquired yearly on average
Contact Florence Rouiller
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Initially developed in close collaboration with the researchers at the Centre d'Etudes Nord-Américaines (CENA, EHESS-CNRS) and focused on the history of the US and interethnic relations, this collection currently covers all aspects of North American civilisation on a political, sociological and economic level, with social history constituting the priority research focus.
This collection also includes the LAC (Library of American Civilization), a microfiche collection that is unique in France and that covers the theme of US history.
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Fonds Caraïbes
1000 pièces
Contact Laurence Motoret
Le fonds Caraïbes a été constitué au début des années 1970 à la demande des chercheurs qui participaient aux séminaires organisés par l'EPHE (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes VIème section, sciences économiques et sociales), traitant de l'organisation sociale, économique et religieuse de la région Caraïbe.
Il est composé d'environ un tiers d'ouvrages et de deux tiers d'articles de périodiques.
Sur ce thème, la bibliothèque est amenée à recevoir des dons, comme en témoigne le fonds Jean-Claude Schlumberger, diplomate ayant exercé de nombreuses années en Haïti, que vous pouvez rechercher dans notre catalogue.
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