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Databases and Indexes for Spanish Culture and History

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Title	# Users	Access Restrictions
ADMYTE	1	Special
America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)	1	On & Off Campus
BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index ‡		On & Off Campus
CREDO Reference		On & Off Campus
eHRAF World Cultures		On & Off Campus
Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (EBSCOhost)	4	On & Off Campus
Humanities International Index (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)		On & Off Campus
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection Old Platform (only available until Dec. 12, 2012)		On & Off Campus

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Databases and Indexes for Spanish Language Materials

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Info	Title		# Users	Access Restrictions
	EBSCOhost Espanol Interface is in Spanish articles in English			On & Off Campus
	Fuente Academica (EBSCOhost)			On & Off Campus
	Global Reference Center Use: Enciclopedia Juvenil			On & Off Campus
	Global Reference Center Use: Enciclopedia Planeta			On & Off Campus
	LearningExpress Library one-time User Registration required			On & Off Campus
	LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Use the News tab to narrow to 'Spanish Language News'			On & Off Campus
	MedicLatina (EBSCOhost)			On & Off Campus
	Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection See "Bilingual Dictionaries"			On & Off Campus
	PRIMO			Special

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Reference Books

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The following are selected resources for research on Spanish language, literature, and culture. For more books on these topics, please use the Library Catalog.

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Biographical Sources

Biographical dictionary of Hispanic literature in the United States: the literature of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and other Hispanic writers. Ref PQ7420.2.K3 1989

Contemporary Authors, Cumulative Index. Ref PN771 .C667

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ref PN771 .C59

Contemporary Spanish-speaking writers and illustrators for children and young adults: a biographical dictionary Ref PQ7082.C48 C66 1994

A dictionary of contemporary Latin American authors. Ref PQ7081.3.F6 (1975)

Hispanic writers: a selection of sketches from Contemporary authors. Ref PQ7081.3 .H58 1991

Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism. Ref PN761 .N56

Spanish American authors: the twentieth century. Ref PQ7081.3.F57 1992

Spanish dramatists of the Golden Age: a bio-bibliographical sourcebook. Ref PQ6051 .S63 1998

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Ref PN771 .G27

Guides, Handbooks, Encyclopedia Works

Diccionario de literatura Espanola. Ref PQ6006.D5 1953

Dictionary of Spanish literature. Ref PQ6006 .N4 1972

Dictionary of twentieth-century Cuban literature. Ref PQ7378 .D53 1990

Ensayo de un diccionario de la literatura. Ref PN41.S3 (1949)

Feminist Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American Authors. Ref PQ6055.F46 2002

Guide to reference works for the study of the Spanish language and literature and Spanish American literature. Ref PC4071 .W66 1997

Handbook of Latin American studies. Ref F1401 .H26

Hispanic literature criticism. Ref PQ7081.A1 H573 1994

Modern Latin American literature. Ref PQ7081 .F63 1975

Modern Spanish and Portuguese literatures. Ref PQ6072 .M57 1988

The Oxford companion to Spanish literature. Ref PQ6006 .O95 (1978)

The Romance literatures. Ref PN808 .P37 1970

A sourcebook for Hispanic literature and language : a selected, annotated guide to Spanish, Spanish-American, and United States Hispanic bibliography, literature, linguistics, journals, and other source materials. Ref PC4071 .B55 1995

The York dictionary of English-French-German-Spanish literary terms and their origin. Ref PN41.E4 (1976)

Bibliographies and Indexes

The 20th-century Spanish-American novel: a bibliographic guide. Ref PQ7082.N7 F68 1975

The contemporary Spanish novel: an annotated, critical bibliography, 1936-1994. Ref PQ6144 .A64 1996

Historia bibliográfica de la novela chilena. Ref PQ7997 .C33 1961

Index to anthologies of Latin American literature in English translation. Ref PQ7087.E5 F74 1977

Index to Spanish language short stories in anthologies. Ref PQ7085 .C35 1994

Latin America fiction & poetry in translation. Ref PQ7087.E5 L45 1970

Latin American literature in English translation: an annotated bibliography. Ref PQ7087.E5 S47 1976

Latin American play index. PQ7082.D7 H63 1983

Spanish American modernism; a selected bibliography. Ref PQ7083 .A67 1970

Web Sites

A Guide to the Spanish Language: find resources to help you learn vocabulary, history, grammar, and more about the Spanish language and culture.

Livemocha: Social Language Learning - Online! Livemocha is the world's largest language learning community with over 4 million members! Designed for all language goals and skill levels, Livemocha offers free and plus learning options that actually work - and make learning languages social and fun!

Literature in Latin America: Created by the University of Texas at Austin.

Resources for Spanish Language and Literature: The Central Library at Vanderbilt University maintains this index of sites for Spanish and Spanish studies.

Spanish CALL Project: Created by a professor of Spanish at Indiana University, this site is like a virtual textbook for Spanish language studies. It covers grammar, offers practice exercises, and information about the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. Except for the first page, most of the material on this site is in Spanish.

Spanish Language Resources: Created and maintained by the San Diego State University Library, this Web site is a portal to online Spanish language resources such as Spanish language search engines, language tools, and more.

Language Learning Aids

Best Spanish Web Sites
Indexes sites on the web for learning Spanish.

Spanish Language & Culture
Interactive written grammar exercises

Spanish Word a Day

Librarians

Bibliographer & Reference Librarian for Foreign Languages	Reference Librarians for Spanish
Sandra Shropshire Dean/University Librarian (208) 282-2671 shrosand@isu.edu	Jenny Lynne Semenza Associate University Librarian for Public Services/Building Manager (208) 282-2581 semejenn@isu.edu	Spencer Jardine Coordinator of Instruction (208) 282-5609 jardspen@isu.edu

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