''Persée'' is a
digital library
A digital library (also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, a library without walls, or a digital collection) is an online database of digital resources that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital ...
of
open access
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 de ...
, mostly French-language scholarly journals, established by the
Ministry of National Education of France. The website launched in 2005. The resource is maintained by the
École normale supérieure de Lyon,
French National Centre for Scientific Research
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engi ...
, and
University of Lyon.
It is one of the largest
francophone
The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...
portals dedicated to human and social sciences, with about 600 000 documents freely available.
See also
* List of journals in Persee.fr (
fr)
*
Open access journal
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 de ...
* List of open access bibliographic databases (
fr)
References
Bibliography
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External links
Official site
Full-text scholarly online databases
Internet properties established in 2005
French-language websites
Open access (publishing)
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