Along with journals, Cairn.info offers collections of e-books and reference collections such as "Que sais-je?", a Pocket Encyclopedias collection from the French Publisher PUF. The project is supported by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (French National Library) and the Centre National Du Livre (National Book Centre).

Subscription Options

Journals 

Institutions can subscribe to the Bouquet Général (the complete collection) or to any of the following sub-collections:

• Humanities and Social Science Collection, 385 journals in 2019
• Economics, Social and Political Sciences Collection, 284 journals in 2019
• French Studies Collection, 150 journals in 2019 in the areas of History, French Literature and Philosophy

A subscription to one of the collections includes access to the English version of the journals that are part of the "bouquet" on Cairn International Edition, provided the English version exists.

A full list of titles is available.

E-books & Pocket Encyclopedias

A wide variety of e-books and pocket encyclopedias are also available on a subscription basis.

1. E-books: over 8,500 research e-books make up the collection on Cairn.info. Subscribing institutions can access every title without any limit on the number of concurrent users. The number of e-books available in this collection has grown by at least 25% annually over the last three years and will continue to grow by at least 10% annually.
2. Pocket encyclopedias: (1,510 titles): this is a popular format of e-book in the French speaking world. Titles are generally between 80 and 150 pages long and provide an in-depth introduction to a broad range of topics. Authors are usually experts in their fields. This collection is made up of two collections, Que sais-je? and Repères.
   • Que sais-je? (880 titles): this is a collection of pocket encyclopedias published since 1941 by the Presses Universitaires de France (PUF), which has sold worldwide more than 160 million copies translated into 43 languages.
   • Repères (460 titles): a collection of pocket encyclopedias published by La Découverte, dedicated in particular to social and economic issues.

Full lists lists of e-books and Pocket Encyclopedia are available.

Coming soon in 2020 is the option to pick and choose certain titles with incremental discounts applied depending on the number of titles taken.

Backfiles or archives included

For each title, the service generally offers all issues published from 2001 to the present without any embargo period.