Find Background Information
Literature Resource Center
From: Gale
Access to biographies, bibliographies, journal articles, and critical analyses of authors from every age and discipline. IncludesDictionary of Literary Biography.
Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula R 860.03 D56 (2 vols)
Ency. of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures R 972.9 En1 (3vols)
Latin American Writers R 860.9 L34 (3vols)
Milenios de México (3 vols) 1999 R 972 M975h
Spanish Women Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Source Book R 860.9 Sp2
Find Articles (magazines / journals)
Recommended databases for finding articles in Foreign Language Literature research topics.
MLA International Bibliography. New York: Modern Language Association
Coverage: 1926 -
An international database that enables users to find scholarly articles from over 4000 journals on languages, literature, folklore
and linguistics. It is useful for finding literary criticism on particular authors or work, as well as information on literary theory or time periods.
Although most of the articles are in english at least 70 other languages are represented including Spanish.
JSTOR.
JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years,
between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
These interdisciplinary databases cover a number of topics related to the humanities.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index in Web of Knowledge
From: Institute for Scientific Research (ISI)
Coverage: 1988 - current
As part of the Web of Science, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. For search help
you may access: Web of Science tutorial or Web-Based Training.
Clase Periódica
Index of Latin American journals in the arts and humanities
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
Humanities International Complete
From: EBSCOhost
A comprehensive database of humanities content, providing full text of hundreds of journals, books, and other published sources from around the world.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies of the University of Toronto.
Coverage:400 - 1700
A database that provides access to published materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700)
General databases that may be useful
Academic Search Premier
From:EBSCOhost
The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600
peer-reviewed publications. Offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals as well as information in nearly every area of academic study.
General OneFile
From: Gale
A source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics, including business, computers, current events, economics, education,
environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, and technology.
Research Library
From: Proquest
Search for journal articles on various topics including arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Includes The New York Times , USA Today , Barron's, and The Wall Street Journal.
Find Articles (newspapers)
Academic Universe
Full-text newspapers; some in Spanish. Includes El País.
Foreign Language Newspapers
List of newspapers from the Internet Public Library
International Newspapers
Spanish Newspapers on the web (Spain)
Individual Newspaper Home Pages:
ABC.es (Spain)
El Correo Gallego (Spain - Galicia)
El Mundo (Spain - Madrid)
El País (Spain - Madrid) Use Academic Universe
El País (Spain - Madrid) The online version of El País - one of Spain's national newspapers. Selected articles available.
El Periódico (Spain - Barcelona)
La Vanguardia (Spain - Barcelona)
Find Books
Meredith College Library Catalog.
Keyword searches may be limited to materials in Spanish
In a keyword search remember to try searching Spanish words. Some examples are:
poesía
literatura and feminista
Subject heading searches may help to locate books on broad topics
Some examples of Library of Congress subject headings are:
Spanish poetry
Spanish literature
Spanish fiction
Spain--History
WorldCAT
Website from: OCLC
Search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world.
Two different search interfaces are available, WorldCAT (new user-friendly website from OCLC)
and WorldCAT (OCLC First Search)
Other Libraries
Link to libraries in the Triangle, North Carolina, and all over the world.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
Biblioteca Nacional de España
National Library of Spain
Libraries on the Web
Library catalogs in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America
Find Dictionaries
Search for Spanish language
dictionaries in the Carlyle Campbell Library
Dictionaries from El Mundo
The New Velázquez Spanish and English Dictionary (ebook)
Online dictionaries from Yahoo
Dictionaries available in the Carlyle Campbell Library
Diccionario Crítico Etimológico de la Lengua Castellana R 463 C81
Diccionario de Expressiones Idomáticas 1990 R 463.21.h23
Diccionario de la Lengua Española 1970 R 463 Acl
Simon and Schuster's International Dictionary R 463.21 Si5 1975
Diccionario Técnico / Routledge Spanish Technical Dictionary 1997 R 463.21 R76
Gran Diccionario de Sinónimos y Antónimos 1987 R 463.1 G76
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish/English Dictionary R463.21 Ox2 1995
Find Statistics
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Institute, Madrid)
Ministerio de Cultura (España)
Statistics: Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Regional and country specific statistics
World Factbook
From: CIA
Political, social and economic data on countries of the world
Suggested Internet Resources
Cervantes Project
Flamenco World
I Love Languages
Iberian Studies Web
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Maps of Spain
Santiago de Compostela
Si, Spain / Si, España
Terra
A Spanish language search engine and directory
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
