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About Reference Sources
If you're having a hard time getting ideas for your paper topic or you need to look up basic information about a particular Spanish topic, try looking at one of the reference works or websites listed below.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias provide concise, detailed, scholarly descriptions theories, issues, methods, and more. Use them for background information and to find effective search terms for online databases.
History and Culture
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Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture by Call Number: View Ebook Ref. F1406 .E53 2008 6 vols.A comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. -
Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, & Culture by Call Number: View Ebook Ref. F 1210 .E63 1997 2 vols.Data on historical figures and events. -
Cambridge History of Latin America byCall Number: Ref. F 1410 .C1834 1984-2008 11 vols.A panorama of Latin American history from its beginning to the present.
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Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics byCall Number: Ref. F 1410 .E56 2002A country by country look at political history and key personalities.
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Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 byCall Number: Ref. F 1235.5 A2 C35 1995Brief biographies of public figures prominent in Mexican political life.
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Medieval Iberia byCall Number: Ref. DP 99 .M33 2003A thousand articles about people, events, works, and institutions from the fall of the Roman Empire to the aftermath of the Reconquista.
Literature
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Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature by Call Number: View Ebook Ref. PQ 7081 A. E56 1997ISBN: 1884964184Writers, works, and topics.
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Latin-American Women Writers: Class, Race, and Gender byCall Number: View EbookPublication Date: 1995
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Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers. Second SeriesCall Number: Ref. PS 221 .D5 v.145ISBN: 0810355590Publication Date: 1994
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Twentieth-century Spanish poets. Second Series byCall Number: Ref. PS 221 .D5 v.134ISBN: 0810353938Publication Date: 1993Profiles more than thirty Spanish poets of the twentieth century, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail.
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Dictionary of Literary BiographyThis giant series has about 10 volumes related to Spanish literature. Search for these books and request them from other CLIC libraries.
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Modern Latin American Literature byCall Number: Ref. PQ 7081 .F63 1975 2 vols.Part of the Library of Literary Criticism, these volumes compile international critical commentary, half translated from the Spanish, half written in English.
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Contemporary Authors (New Revision Series)Call Number: Z 1224 C62 vols. 1-130, 1962-2005In these two series, find detailed biographical information, lists of works, and citations for further readings about modern authors, including those active prior to 1960. Ask a librarian how to use the index.
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Contemporary AuthorsCall Number: Z 1224 C6 vols. 1-225, 1962-2004In these two series, find detailed biographical information, lists of works, and citations for further readings about modern authors, including those active prior to 1960. Ask a librarian how to use the index volume.
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Latin American Writers byCall Number: Ref. PQ 7081 .A1 L37 1989 4 vols.A panoramic view of Latin American literary history from the colonial period to the present.
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Spanish American Authors: the Twentieth Century byCall Number: Ref. PQ 7081.3 F57 1992330 of the major novelists and poets from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Articles include extensive bibliographies of related resources.
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Hispanic Writers byCall Number: Ref. PQ 7081.3 .H58 1991400 twentieth-century Hispanic writers
Websites
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EthnologueMore than 7,000 languages, including Spanish, are described in this free Internet site produced by SIL International. Search or browse by language name, country, or region, and find out things like how many people speak the language, what are its related dialects, if the language is "endangered" or not, and so on.
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La Real Academia EspañolaIncludes the most extensive dictionary of Spanish, in current and past editions, rich in etymology and orthography, covering the contemporary language and historical forms and usage.
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LANIC - Latin American Network Information CenterInformation to, from, and about Latin America, organized by the University of Texas-Austin.