Librarians for Spanish

Laura Reiner
Research & Instruction, x2108

Steve Smith
Collections, x2103

Course Guides

SPAN 242: Literary Genres, Spain & Latin America
SPAN 247: Meaning of Family in Hispanic Cultures

SPAN 268: Contemporary Spanish Cinema

SPAN 269: Caribbean Literature & Culture

SPAN 272: Civilizations & Cultures of Spain

SPAN 301: Hispanic Theatre & Performance
SPAN 302: Don Quixote

 

SPAN 305: Hispanic Literature of the United States

Related subject guides

Latin American Studies

Cinema & Media Studies
History

Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

Spanish Department

• HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index
• Informe - full text Spanish journals - search in SPAN
• MLA Bibliography - literary criticism - search in SPAN or ENG
• Literature Resource Center - literary criticism
• Film & Television Literature Index Full Text
• Historical Abstracts
• Handbook of Latin American Studies
• JSTOR - backfile of scholarly journals up to 3-5 years ago

• Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - select Spanish
• Tesauro de SIGNUM - finds synonyms & antonyms in Spanish
• Diccionarios - La Página del Idioma Español
• Specialized Spanish dictionaries in print: Clapp Reference PC2625
• Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionaries in print: Clapp Ref PC4640

• Iberian Studies Web
• Internet para Hispanistas
• Latin American Network Information Centre (LANIC) - Humanities & Society & Culture
• Latin American Arts & Culture
• Latino Resources on the Web

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature Clapp Reference PQ6055 .F46 2002
• Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature Clapp Reference PQ6006 .O95
• Gran Enciclopedia de España - Clapp Reference AE61 .G73 1990
• Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature Clapp Ref PQ7081.A1 E56 1997
• Latino & Latina Writers Clapp Reference PS 153 .H56 L39 2004
  
• search encyc* + [your broad topic] for more in the library catalog

• tip: in the library catalog, click on the title of a useful book > full record tab - follow the subject links to find more on that topic
  
• some useful subject searches in the catalog:
  • [your author - last name first] criticism & interpretation
  • spanish literature / poetry, etc.
  • latin american literature / poetry, etc.
    
• click on the NExpress or Virtual Catalog buttons to request checked out items
  
• or search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! Wellesley button)

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