Research Resources for Spanish

Find books

Wellesley College Library catalog - The catalog lists books, journal titles, videos, and other items in the Wellesley College Libraries. Note that individual journal articles are not listed in the catalog. To find articles about your topic, use the resources below.

WorldCat ^WC - Use this database to find books, journals, videos, etc. in other libraries.

Library catalogs on the Web in Spain and Portugal.

Find background information

Dictionaries

Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary. (Clapp Reference PC4640 .C53 1993)
Larousse Diccionario Español-Inglés, Inglés-Español. (Clapp Reference PC4640 .L37 1996)
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary. (Clapp Reference PC4629 .O94 1995)
The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish) ^WC
The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (Spanish-English) ^WC

Links to other Online Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Gran Enciclopedia de España. (Clapp Reference AE61 .G73 1990)

History and Culture

Diccionario de Historia de España. (Clapp Reference DP56 .D5 1968)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture. (Clapp Reference DP 233.5 .E63 1999)
Gran enciclopedia de España. (Clapp Reference AE61 .G73 1990)
Historical Dictionary of Modern Spain, 1700-1988. (Clapp Reference DP192 .H57 1990)
Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. (Clapp Reference DP269 .H54 1982)
Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975. (Clapp Reference DP56 .H57 1992)
The Regions of Spain : A Reference Guide to History and Culture. (Clapp Reference DP48 .K45 1995)
Spain - A Country Study - prepared by the Library of Congress (1988), an encyclopedic text on history, politics, and culture.

Literature

Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature in the United States: the Literature of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Other Hispanic Writers. (Clapp Reference PQ7420.2 .K3 1989)
Diccionario de Literatura Española. (Clapp Reference PQ6006 .D5 1972)
Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. (Clapp Reference PN849.S6 D54 1993)
Escritoras.com - Biographies and bibliographies for more than 100 women authors writing in Spanish, as well as a bibliography of general works on women writers.
Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature. (Clapp Reference PQ6006 .O95)

Find articles and essays

The following indexes and databases provide either full-text articles, or citations (information about when and where the article was published). Once you have a citation for an article, do a title search in the Wellesley College Library catalog using the name of the journal as the title. If Wellesley does not have the article, you can request it via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Arts & Humanities Citation Index ^WC - Use this to find articles 1980-present.

Ethnic NewsWatch ^WC - Use this to find and access English and Spanish newspaper articles from United States ethnic, minority & native presses.

Historical Abstracts ^WC - Use this to find citations for journal articles written between 1954 and the present.

Humanities Full Text ^WC - Use this to find journal articles about world literature and reviews of books, plays, and radio/TV programs from 1984-present. Article abstracts provided for entries after 1994.

LexisNexis Academic News ^WC - Use this to find articles from news sources. Spanish-language sources can be accessed by choosing "Non-English Language News" in the "Select a News Category" menu, then choose "Spanish Language News" as a source and enter your terms and dates. English-language sources can be accessed from the "World News" news category.

MLA Bibliography ^WC - Use this to find articles about literature, languages, linguistics, folklore from 1963-present.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) ^WC - Use this to find journal articles, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and international publications covering public affairs, law, and social sciences. Covers 1937-present.

Other databases may be useful for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. AskUs and get some customized suggestions, or request an appointment with the library research liaison.

Go to related Wellesley College Research Resources

Wellesley College Research Resources for Latin American Studies

Go to a guide tailored for your class

SPAN 242: Literary Genres of Spain & Latin America

SPAN 268: Contemporary Spanish Cinema

SPAN 269: Caribbean Literature & Culture

SPAN 272: Civilizations & Cultures of Spain

SPAN 300 - Honor, Monarchy, and Religion in Golden Age Drama

SPAN 318 - Love and Desire in Spain's Early Literature

Internet links

Internet paper Hispanistas - Jointly-sponsored site from Wellesley College and Universitat de Lleida.

Cervantes Project 2001 - Extensive Cervantes site including the Cervantes International Bibliography Online, the Cervantes Digital Library, and the Cervantes Digital Archive of Images. Site also available in Spanish.

Iberian Studies Web - Gateway to Spanish and Portugese history, literature, politics and government, performing arts, newspapers, library catalogs, and reference resources compiled by the Association of College and Research Librarians' Western European Studies section.

LIBRO: The Library of Iberian Resources Online - Recent. but out-of-print scholarly monographs from university presses. Eventually, 50 books will be included. Focus now is on the Hispanic Middle Ages (ca 500 to 1500) but will be expanded to the 16th and 17th centuries. Books retain original pagination. LIBRO provides a rather crude, simple keyword searching system. Copyright restrictions are included with each book. LIBRO is a joint project of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain with the University of Central Arkansas.

Si, Spain - Information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic and cultural development as part of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Spain and Portugal Internet Resources - University of Arizona Library's gateway to Country Studies, Arts & Architechture, Language, History & Government, Literature & Literature Theory, Libraries & Museums, and General Information.

Spanish Language Newspapers and News Magazines

ABC (Madrid)
El Diario Vasco (San Sebastian)
Jornal do Brasil (Brazil)
La Nación (Argentina)
Página 12 (Argentina)
El Pais Digital (Madrid)
El Periodico de Catalunya (Barcelona)
Proceso (Mexico)
La Vanguardia (Barcelona)

Contact the departmental Library liaison

For help with your research, or to schedule a library research session for your class, contact Laura Reiner, library research liaison to Spanish.

To discuss acquiring particular resources, contact Steve Smith, library collections liaison to Spanish.

Go to related Wellesley College academic departments and programs

Spanish Department
Latin American Studies Program

• Betty Febo
• Wellesley College Library
• Date created: February 1, 2001
• Date Modified: April 11, 2007
• Expires: September 1, 2007