Guide to Resources in Spanish

• Databases: Use the databases to find articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers
• Internet Sources: Find Web sites chosen by CSC Librarians
• Reference Books: A good place to find background information at the Library
• Other Print Sources: Find books and journals at the Library
  

Databases

About off-campus access

Go to the list of Spanish Databases

Internet Sources

The following is a selected list of Web resources that focus on the culture of Spanish speaking countries, and Spanish language and literature. Use the list of Spanish Search Engines to find more Internet sites in Spanish.

Culture and History | Language | Literature |

News Sources | Latinos and Hispanics | Spanish Search Engines

Artes e Historia México
http://www.arts-history.mx/index.php
Mexican arts and culture. In Spanish.

Biographías y vidas
http://www.biografiasyvidas.com
Spanish language biographies of famous people.

Federal Research Division Country Studies
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Online books published by the Federal Research Division on the history, politics, economics, and society of countries throughout the world. Searchable and browsable.

GlobalEDGE
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
History, culture, government, and economy of over 200 countries including Latin American countries and Spain.

Language Links: Spanish Resources
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/spanish.html
List of Spanish and Latin American cultural resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
Provides access to Internet-based information on Latin America. From the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org/
A resource for and about Indigenous Cultures around the world. Includes Mexico and South America in the Resource Center.

CSC Spanish Department Webpage
http://minerva.stkate.edu/offices/academic/spanish.nsf/pages/homepage
Includes links to Spanish grammar websites, online Spanish news sources, Spanish online dictionaries, and information about local Spanish language radio.

Diccionarios.com
http://www.diccionarios.com/
Online dictionary and thesaurus for Spanish language. Also includes translations for Spanish to English, Spanish to French, and Spanish to Catalán.

El Castellano
http://www.elcastellano.org/ns/edicion/ultima/index.html
Information in Spanish about the Spanish language. Includes language guides, dictionaries, word of the day, and a history of the Spanish language.

Instituto Cervantes
http://cvc.cervantes.es/
A organization of instructors in 25 cities in Spain. Includes a variety of information on Spanish culture, art, and language. Written in Spanish.

LearningLanguages.net
http://learninglanguages.net
From the Internet Scout Project, a portal of language learning tools from the Internet.

Real Academia Española
http://www.rae.es/
The Royal Spanish Academy in Madrid. The purpose of the Academy, founded in 1713, is to maintain the official Spanish (Castilian) language. Includes a history of the Royal Spanish Academy, dictionary, and other language resources. In Spanish.

REACH
http://www.nflc.org/REACH/index.htm
A site for Spanish-speakers, Spanish teachers, and the general public.

Typing Spanish Language Characters on an English Keyboard
http://www.spanishnewyork.com/spanish-characters.html
A commercial website from www.spanishnewyork.com, this page gives the codes for Spanish characters for both Windows and Mac users.

Your Dictionary.com
http://yourdictionary.com
Use the Translate Foreign Languages option to translate to and from Spanish and English.

Artes e Historia México: Literatura
http://www.arts-history.mx/2001/literatura/
Resources for Spanish language literature information. In Spanish.

Enlaces de Literatura en General
http://parnaseo.uv.es/Webs/Literatura.htm
Links for Literature in Spanish. From the University of Valencia website: Parnaseo . Written in Spanish.

Iberian Language and Literature
http://www.library.yale.edu/wess/iberianlanglit.html
Portal for Spanish language web resources. Includes online texts, bibliographies, and language resources.

Literatura Argentina Contemporánea
http://www.literatura.org/
Source for information on writers from Argentina. In Spanish.

Sololiteratura.com
http://www.sololiteratura.com/
Latin American literature. Includes information on authors and countries. In Spanish.

LANIC: Latin American News Resources
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news/
Links to online news sources from Latin American countries. Listed by country. From the University of Texas-Austin.

Spanish Language News
http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/spanish.html
From MIT Libraries. Links to Spanish language news sources listed alphabetically.

Latinos and Hispanics in the US

American FactFinder from the US Census
http://factfinder.census.gov/
Use the American FactFinder to compile information about the United States' Hispanic population. For general population overviews, see People and go to Race and Ethnicity.

CENTRO (Centro Cultural Chicano)
http://www.centromn.org
A multifaceted service agency providing social services to the local Latino community for over 24 years. Located in Minneapolis.

Pew Hispanic Center
http://www.pewhispanic.org/
Understanding and chronicling the diverse Hispanic population in the US. Reports on a variety of issues covering demography, economics, education, immigration, health and identity.

Spanish Search Engines

Brújula.net
http://www.brujula.com.ar/

Elcano
http://www.elcano.com/

Google español
http://www.google.com/intl/es/

Google Language Tools
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
Search in English for sites in Spanish. Use the online translator for text. Translate whole webpages.

Grippo
http://www.grippo.com.ar

Ozú
http://www.ozu.es/

Trovator
http://www.trovator.com/

Yahoo en español
http://espanol.yahoo.com/

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Reference Books

Spain and Latin America | Spanish Language | Spanish Literature

The following is a selected list of reference works on the civilization, culture, history, sociology, and arts of Spain and Latin America. See the Reference Librarian for help finding other library materials that deal with topics and issues in the Spanish speaking world.

• The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. REF F1406 .C36 1992
• Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture. REF DP233.5 .E63 1999
• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. REF F1406 .E53 1996
• Encyclopedia of World Art REF N31 .E533 v.13 (See South American Cultures and Spain)
• Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. REF DP269 .H54
• South American Handbook. REF F1401 .S71 1998
• Statistical Abstract of Latin America. REF HA935 .S8 (multiple volumes)
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Americas. REF G63 W67 2001 v. 3
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Europe. REF G63 W67 2001 v. 5

The following is a selected list of Spanish language grammar books and dictionaries found in the CSC St. Paul reference collection. Browse the shelves in the call numbers PC4001-PC4977 to see the full range of books in the collection.

• Búscalo! (Look It Up) : A Quick Reference Guide to Spanish Grammar and Usage. REF PC4112 .C53 1998
• Cassell's Contemporary Spanish : A Handbook of Grammar, Current Usage, and Word Power. REF PC4129.E5 P47 1993
• The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish or Spanish-English)--via Oxford Reference Online
• Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellano. REF PC4761 .C81D v. 1-4
• Enciclopedia del idioma. REF PC4667 .A4 v. 1-3
  Standard Spanish language dictionary.
• Guide to Reference Works for the Study of the Spanish Language and Literature and Spanish American Literature. REF PC4071 .W66 1997
• Latin-American Spanish Dictionary. REF PC4822 .G65 1997
• Merriam-Webster's Spanish English Dictionary/ Diccionario español-inglés. REF PC4640 .M47 1998b
• NTC's Dictionary of Spanish False Cognates. REF PC4593 .P7 1993
• A New Pronouncing Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. REF PC4640 .V54 1943
• The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish or Spanish-English)--via Oxford Reference Online
• The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary. REF PC4629 .O94 1995
  Lists terms relating to grouped images. Provides many technical terms.
• Oxford Spanish Desk Dictionary. REF PC4640 .O83 2001
• Random House Latin American Spanish Dictionary : Spanish-English English-Spanish. REF PC4822 .G65 1997
• Streetwise Spanish Dictionary/Thesaurus. REF PC4971. G55 2001

The following is a selected list of reference works that focus on the literature of the Spanish speaking world. Browse the reference shelves in the call numbers PQ6001-PQ8929 to see the full range of reference books on this topic.

• Dictionary of Literary Biography. REF PS21 .D5

  v. 82 Chicano writers. 1st ser.
  v.108 20th Century Spanish Poets. 1st ser.
  v.113 Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers. 1st ser.
  v.117 20th Century Caribbean and Black African Writers. 1st ser.
  v.122 Chicano writers. 2nd ser.
  v.125 20th Century Caribbean and Black African Writers. 2nd ser.
  v.134 20th Century Spanish Poets. 2nd ser.
  v.145 Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers. 2nd ser.
  v.209 Chicano writers. 3rd ser.

• Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. REF PQ7081.A1 E56 1997
  Contains entries on writers, works, and topics relating to Latin American literature.
• Latin American Writers. REF PQ7081.A1 L37 1989
  Includes essays on the life, work, and contribution of authors from Latin America's colonial period through the present.
• The Literature of Spain in English Translation : A Bibliography. REF PQ6044 .R83 1975
  A bibliography of works of Spanish literature (stories and poetry) translated into English. This book was published in 1975, so please be aware that many works of more contemporary authors, or recent translations will not be included in this volume.
• Masterpieces of Latino Literature. REF PQ7081.A1 M29 1994
  Contains plot summaries and critical analyses of 140 works of fiction and non-fiction written by Spanish American, Brazilian, and Chicano authors.
• Spanish American Women Writers : A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book. REF PQ7081 .S6 1990

Finding Books: CLICnet

CLICnet is the online catalog for St. Kate's and the other ACTC schools. You can search by keyword by entering your search terms in the box. You can connect terms using AND, OR, and NOT. Learn more about searching CLICnet.

You may want to browse the shelves for Spanish language and literature books just to see the range of books owned by the CSC libraries.

• Spanish language books can be found in the call numbers PC4001 through PC4977.
• Spanish literature books can be found in the call numbers PQ6001 through PQ8929.
  

If you want to find books written in Spanish, select Limit or Sort this search at the top of the results page in CLICnet.

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