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ARTICLES
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sclinksJournal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals.
Scholarly Articles
HAPI : Hispanic American Periodicals Index - 1970 to present - Help
Citations to articles and other materials from 400+ journals, on Central & South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, U.S.-Mexico border & U.S. Hispanics.
Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present
Indexes 1,300 journals covering all arts and humanities disciplines. The database of almost 2.1 million records includes materials published from 1980 to the present as well as older material cited in these publications. Updated weekly.
Handbook of Latin American Studies - 1935 to present - Help
A bibliography on Latin America edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Access to future, current, and retrospective volumes of the Handbook.
Historical Abstracts - 1956 to present
Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations.
Humanities Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs from over 465 sources in the humanities.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes nearly 1,200 English-language scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; also includes citations to book reviews.
Humanities International Index
Includes data from American Humanities Index plus international journals, books and reference works. Provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help
Indexes scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, includes 1,200,000+ records.
BOOKS AND MEDIA
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Moodle/E-Reserves
Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more.
Library Catalogs
Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records.
Book Purchases and Reviews
Libros en Venta - current coverage
Spanish-language books-in-print covering all types of books including adult fiction, non-fiction, juvenile, scholarly, textbooks, reprints, legal, medical, religious, and more. Includes 290,000 in-print titles from 12,000 publishers.
Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present.
Puvill Libros
Supplier of Spanish, Mexican, Portuguese and Andorran books and materials provides an online catalog of over 95,000 titles.
NEWS
International Newspapers
ABC (Madrid) - Full Text
El Pais Digital (Madrid) - Full Text
Jornal do Brasil (Brazil) - Full Text
La Jornada (Mexico City) - Full Text
La Nación Line (Argentina) - Full Text
Página 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Full Text
LexisNexis Academic: Spanish & Portuguese Language News - Full Text
Provides coverage of over 60 Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American newspapers and other news services, including the newspaper El Pais. Choose Major World Publications (Non-English), or search Sources by country.
Mexican Newspapers Online
Hosted by University of Texas at San Antonio Library.
newspapers.start4All.com - Full Text
Find newspapers, magazines, web sites by country or search for worldwide newspapers, etc.
REFERENCE TOOLS
Companion to Latin American Literature & Culture [Blackwell] - Full Text
Considers cultural and historical contexts for major authors of fiction, essays, and poetry. Includes discussion of forms and genres, plus architecture, music, and film.
Addresses, Phone Numbers, Etc.
MLA Directory of Periodicals
Dictionaries
Concise Oxford English-Spanish Dictionary [Oxford]
Concise Oxford Spanish-English Dictionary [Oxford]
Dicionário WordReference Português-Inglês
Portuguese online dictionary with English and Spanish language definitions.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Unabridged bilingual dictionaries for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian & Chinese, with native speaker audio pronunciation. Will be expanded to include Japanese & Polish.
Portuguese Dictionaries
Comp-Jugador
Automatically conjugates over 10,000 Spanish verbs (from Daniel M. Germàn, University of Waterloo).
Línguas indígenas brasileiras
Dictionary of Brazilian Indian languages organized alphabetically by language. In Portuguese and English.
Translation, Free from SDL International - Help
Select from 10 languages to translate from English, or to English from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, or Russian.
Dissertations and Theses
RefWorks Workshops - Fall 2008 - Help
Register now for a Fall 2008 workshop: Wed. 10/1 (3-4:30), Thurs. 10/2 (3-4:30), Tues. 10/21 (3-4:30), or Wed. 10/22 (7-8:30pm). Location: Neilson Library Classroom
Style Manuals
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
INTERNET META-SITES
Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature - Full Text
From the ACRL Western European Specialists Section, this site lists sources for literary texts in the western European languages, including Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish Literature.
Internet links from the Hispanic Reading Room
Library of Congress.
Internet Para Hispanistas
Wellesley College.
Language Links: Portuguese Resources
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Language Links: Spanish Resources
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center
University of Texas at Austin.
Buscadores y Sitios Portales
Multi-Purpose Spanish Internet search page. Also includes links to English-language sites.
Internet Resources for Latin America & Iberian Studies
Hosted by University of California Santa Barbara Libraries.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Voice of the Shuttle: Spanish & Portuguese Literature
(including Latin American, Mexican)
ORGANIZATIONS
Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean
The Unived Nations' ECLAC or CEPAL presents economic and statistical data for Latin America, as well as reports, studies, speeches, news and more.
RELATED SMITH WEB SITES
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Latin American and Latino/a Studies
Vistas: Spanish American Visual Culture, 1520-1820
Multi-faceted website by Dana Leibsohn & Barbara Mundy includes links and bibliography. With Spanish or English interface.
LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
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Older Spanish Language & Literature Class Guides
Archived class guides may not be up-to-date. Please ask a Librarian for assistance if you encounter broken links.
HELP FROM A LIBRARIAN
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