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Spanish Language and Literature Subject Guide
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Indexes
General
Wilson Web OmniFile A multidisciplinary database providing abstracts and some full-text. Use SearchPlus to limit to a specific Subject Area or to filter results for peer-reviewed journals only.
Academic Search Complete 
A multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed academic journals, offering indexing, abstracting and some full-text. Also includes image collections of people, places, historical photos, and more.
Britannica Online Full-text of the Encyclopedia Britannica including photos, drawings, flags, biographies, and geographical articles. Also includes the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Subject
EBSCO Spanish Interface provides a Spanish language interface to several EBSCO databases.
Essay and General Literature Index cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the U.S., Great Britain, and Canada.
MLA International Bibliography is a database of citations to materials in literature, linguistics and languages
WorldCat is a database of citations to books and other materials from selected libraries all over the world, including Abell Library. WorldCat includes books written in English and Spanish.
NOTE: To locate Periodicals in Abell Library, search using the "Periodical Title" field in the online catalog. Check the record(s) to determine Location. |
E-Sources
Journals
Project Muse Index of periodicals published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Most are available in full-text.
Publications of the Cervantes Society of America includes Cervantes, the official journal of the Cervantes Society of America, and the CSA Newsletter. The Cervantes journal is indexed in MLA International Bibliography.
Reference Works
Credo Reference Center Credo Reference is a leading provider of reference services for libraries and information centers. By using unique proprietary technology that integrates information through a network of intelligent, multi-dimensional cross-references, Credo Reference delivers real added value to students, researchers, businesses and reference help desks worldwide.
Gale Literary Databases includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Literature Resource Center includes contains information on both classical and contemporary authors and their works. Obtain over 130,000 biographies of authors, bibliographies of all they have written, over 40,000 critical essays and more than 6000 work overviews, plot summaries, and explications. Search by the author's name, the title of the work, or even by the title of the periodical or journal that is part of the database
Books
netLibrary collection of full-text electronic books (ebooks) includes a wide variety of subject content from both popular and scholarly texts. Users can search across the entire eBook collection for authors, titles, or keywords, and they can search within books for keywords and phrases. Users may read or browse through ebooks for an unlimited amount of time. A title may be unavailable temporarily when all NetLibrary copies are in use by other patrons.
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About the Catalog
Search for books, journal titles, and other resources in our online catalog.
Some subject headings used for this discipline are listed below. For additional headings, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located behind the Reference Desk.
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Spanish drama
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Spanish language--Dictionaries
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Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700
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Spanish poetry
Internet Sites
- English-Spanish Dictionary, Granada University, Spain Compilation of general and academic terminology that students and
professionals encounter when reading professional literature with a
particular emphasis on information organisation and retrieval (library
science/librarianship). 107.000+ entries. Google PageRank 7/10.
Internet-accessible since 2000. Usage statistics since 2002. Babylon
version also available.
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Internet Resources for Latin American: La Guia Nueva provides access to many Latin American resources on the web with brief descriptions of the content and quality of the information.
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Language Links: for those interested in Spanish language and culture.
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Latin American Studies (WWW Virtual Library): search by country or subject for information concerning Latin American countries.
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Cervantes Society of America Offers access to a Cervantes discussion network and to full-text articles from the society's publications.
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La Jornada Mexican politics and culture magazine - in Spanish
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La Pagina del Idioma Español A compendium of grammar, spelling, other useful linguistic information, and regularly-changing new items.
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Iberian Language and Literature Web. A selective, scholarly guide to web sources, chosen by librarians.
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Iberian Studies Web Broader in scope than the above resource, but just as authoritative.
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yourDictionary.com - Spanish provides links to a variety of Spanish and Spanish-English dictionaries.
- Spanish Language Source An online directory of Spanish language schools in the U.S and abroad. Programs include volunteering, group classes and private tutoring.
Intelligent Spanish is a free online interactive resource for learning Spanish/ English. This tutorial functions on any computer connected to the Internet. Download or installation is not required.
About the Department
Citing Sources
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition (LB2369 .G53 2003)
Refer to the following book on Reserve:
or click on Style Manuals to locate guidelines for using correct MLA citation format.
