Indexes and Databases

Field Details
About

Termium Plus

Connect to Resource

Contains the entire contents of TERMIUM on CD-ROM, including the following writing assistance tools:

  • Chroniques de langue (quarterly journal for language professionals Terminology Update/L'Actualit� Terminologique)
  • Clefs du fran�ais pratique (deals with the problems of grammar, syntax and usage)
  • ConjugArt (presents the conjugations in all tenses and moods of some 8,000 French verbs, including technical verbs, Canadianisms and European regionalisms)
  • Dictionnaire des Cooccurrences (useful tool for anyone who hesitates when choosing a word, unsure of the most appropriate adjective or verb)
  • Favourite Articles (past issues of Terminology Update that deal with English language usage and style, translation problems, and other language-related matters)
  • Le Bellerive - Didacticiel sur les principales conventions typographiques fran�aises (on-line self-instruction tool that helps users learn the main rules of word division, capitalization, numerical expressions, italics and punctuation at their own pace)
  • Le guide du r�dacteur (provides answers to such topics as capitalization, italics, punctuation, numerical expressions in written text, abbreviations, quotations and hyphenation at the end of a line. Outlines the many techniques available to incorporate the feminine gender, general rules for correspondence, principles of plain language and detailed rules for bibliographic references. An entire chapter is devoted to geographical names)
  • The Canadian Style (gives concise answers to questions concerning written English in the Canadian context. Covers such topics as the decimal point, abbreviations, capital letters and punctuation marks, hyphenation, spelling and frequently misused or confused words. Deals with letters, memos and report formats, notes, indexes and bibliographies, and Canadian geographical names)
  • Writing Tips (contains concise observations on and examples of English grammar, usage and style problems)
  • plus 50,000 Spanish terms.



    Updated Monthly
  • Help

    Need additional help using this resource? Contact this resource's subject librarian.

    Access &
    Permitted Uses

    Open Icon Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)

    Permitted Uses

    This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.

    Tell me more »

    What does 'Full Text' mean? popup Full Text What does 'Full Text' mean? popup

    No

    Subjects

    English; French; Spanish