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ELECTRONIC DATABASES
These electronic databases, selected from the library's collection of databases, could be useful in studying and researching topics in the Spanish language and Hispanic literature and culture.
- Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource indexes over 4300 periodicals and contains full text for over 3400 scholarly publications. Academic Search Premier includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. This scholarly collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities,education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
A component of the Institute for Scientific Information's Web of Science, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Select Full Search or Simple Search on the Web of Science page to see the option for the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
- Chicano Database
The Chicano Database identifies all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos. Updated quarterly, the Chicano Database provides extensive coverage from the 1960s to the present, with selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s. Records added since 1992 have expanded its scope to include the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
- Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol
The most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language, Enciclopedia Universal en Español contains over 47,000 articles plus 8,300 photos and images.
- Essay & General Literature Index 1983-
This familiar index cites essays and articles from anthologies and collections. It focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.
- Francis
FRANCIS covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities (67%), social sciences (30%), and economics (3%). FRANCIS is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature, with particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Updated monthly, FRANCIS covers 1984 to the present.
- MLA International Bibliography
The MLA International Bibliography provides a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. This database annually indexes over 45,000 books and articles.
- Papers First
An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. 1993 to present.
- Proceedings First
An index of worldwide conference proceedings, congresses, exhibitions, meetings, symposiums, and workshops. 1993 to present.
PRINT REFERENCE SOURCES
The following titles from the Library collection are excellent sources for information on the Spanish language and Hispanic literature and culture.
- Biographical dictionary of Hispanic literature in the United States (RefPQ7420.2 .K3)
- Cassell's Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary (RefPC4640 .C35 1978)
- Diccionario de literatura española e hispanoamericana (RefPQ6006 .D66)
- Diccionario práctico del comentario de textos literarios (RefPQ6014 .M67)
- Dictionary of Hispanic biography (RefCT1343 .D53)
- Enciclopedia hispánica (RefAE61 .E52)
- Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture (RefDP233.5 .E63)
- Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture (RefF1406 .E53)
- Encyclopedia of Latin American literature (RefPQ7081.A1 E56)
- Encyclopedia of Mexico (RefF1210 .E63)
- The Feminist encyclopedia of Spanish literature (RefPQ6055 .F46)
- Guide to reference works for the study of the Spanish language and literature and Spanish American literature (RefAAZ2695.A2 W66 1997)
- Hispanic literature criticism (RefPQ7081.A1 H573)
- Hispanic writers (RefPQ7081.3 .H58)
- Latin American writers (RefPQ7081.A1 L37)
- Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish (RefPC4640. O94 2001)
- Spain, a country study (DP17 .S67 1990)
- Spanish American authors (RefPQ7081.3 .F57)
- The University of Chicago Spanish dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish (RefPC2640 .U5 2002)
- World literature and its times: v.1 Latin American literature and its times (RefPN50 .M625)
INTERNET RESOURCES
There are many Web sites dealing with the Spanish language and Hispanic literature and culture. The list below is a small selection of useful sites with dozens of helpful links.Careers for Spanish Majors
General Spanish Language and Culture Sites
- About.com Spanish Culture Page
- CiberCentro: Your Information Gateway to Latin America
- Diccionarios.com
- Latin American Network Information Center
- Museo del Prado
- Online News from Spain
- Online Picasso Project
- Portals to the World: Selected Internet Resources: Spain [Library of Congress]
- Recursos: A Guide to Resources for Spanish Studies on the World Wide Web
- Resources for Students of Spanish
- Si, Spain
- Spain, a Country Study
- Spain, the United States & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas [Library of Congress]
- Spanish Language
- Spanish Resources
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library Spanish History Index
- www.Prensaescrita.com[International Spanish Daily Newspapers Collection]
Organizations
Texts in Spanish
The "Spanish Resources Page" is maintained by Marcy Milota, Library Liaison for the Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures Department at John Carroll University. Last updated December 3, 2003.