Discover Cairn
What is Cairn?
Cairn is a digital library, in French language, covering the different fields of social sciences and humanities (SHS).
As part of The Source’s subscription, you can search and consult in full text more than 600 journals covering all the disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.
Please note that the other resources proposed (books, magazines and Que sais-je/repères collection), are not included in our subscription.
How does Cairn work?
On-site
You can access Cairn via an IP connection on the Isara and Isema premises using the link above.
Remotely
You can also access the database off-campus (outside the school) via the link at the top of this page, allowing authentication in your browser with your usual Isara or Isema access codes.
Tutorial
Search with Cairn (in French)
Read an article with Cairn (in French)
How to create a Cairn account for remote access?
You can access Cairn remotely using the link at the top of this page and after authentication with your usual Isara/Isema access codes.Â
To benefit from advanced features, you can create a free individual account on the Cairn website.
Your My Cairn.info account will enable you to :
- Personalize your home page
- Build your bibliography and export it to Zotero
- Access your consultation history
- Receive alerts when your favorite journals are published
If you have any questions or difficulties, please contact us.