Find Articles (magazines / journals)
MLA International Bibliography New York: Modern Language Association, 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 Ann Arbor, MI: JSTOR
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Toronto, Ont.: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies of the University of Toronto.
A database that provides access to published materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700)
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
Arts and Humanities Index
Humanities International Complete
Clase Periodica. Index of Latin American journals in the arts and humanities
Google Scholar
Other general databases such as Academic Search Premier or Infotrac OneFile may be useful for you depending on your research topic. Contact a research librarian at 760-8095 for additional help.
Find Articles (newspapers)
Academic Universe Full-text newspapers; some in Spanish. Includes El País. (see note below for instructions on searching Academic Universe)
Foreign Language Newspapers List of newspapers from the Internet Public Library
International Newspapers List of newspapers from Latin America, Spain, and the U.S. available via the internet. Coverage varies.
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 - see directions below to search for a topic.
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)
Note: To search for articles in El País select Academic Universe. Follow these steps after clicking on Academic Universe: Select News > Step 1 (the news category) select non english language news > Step 2 (news source) select Spanish language news > Step 3 enter your search terms > Step 4 select the time period > Step 5 enter El País. For articles in other Spanish language sources in addition to El País leave step 5 blank.
Find Books
Meredith College Library Catalog The catalog lists books, journal titles, videos, music and other items in the Meredith College libraries.
Keyword searches may be limited to materials in Spanish
In a keyword search remember to try searching Spanish words. Some examples are:
poesía and medieval
literatura and renacimiento
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--20th century
WorldCat Use this database to find books, journal titles, videos, etc. in other libraries in the U.S. and worldwide.
Handbook of Latin American Studies. (HLAS) Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress
Biblioteca Nacional National Library of Spain
Libraries on the Web Library catalogs in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America
Find Dictionaries
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
Online dictionaries
Find Background Information
Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula R 860.03 D56 (2 vols)
Enciclopedia Universal en Español
Encyclopedia Hispánica 1996 R Index Area
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 Statistics
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (National Statistics Institute, Madrid)
Ministerio de Cultura (España)
Statistics: Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) Regional and country specific statistics
World Factbook - Political, social and economic data on countries of the world
Suggested Internet Resources
Cervantes Project
Flamenco World
Iberian Studies Web
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Maps of Spain
Si, Spain / Si, España Available in both english and spanish
Terra A Spanish language search engine and directory
