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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
Extensive Index to 1,300 journals in all arts and humanities disciplines.
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.
Historical Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1956 to present
Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations.
Humanities Abstracts [EBSCO] - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, fiction, drama, poetry, and reviews of plays, television, and radio from 465+ sources.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes 1,200 scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; with citations to book reviews.
Humanities International Index [EBSCO]
Citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works (poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations) from books and journals.
MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help
Extensive index to literature, language, linguistics and folklore in journal articles, books, dissertations, proceedings, and more. From the Modern Language Association of America.
BOOKS AND MEDIA
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LUNA - Help
330,000+ digital images covering visual arts & culture, including selections from the Smith art department and museum, Archivision, and AMICA. Search & access images in several media types, view side-by-side, or create collections.
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
Extensive catalog (OCLC) of books, serials, media, web resources, and more worldwide.
Book Purchases and Reviews
Libros en Venta - current coverage
Spanish-language books-in-print for adult fiction, non-fiction, juvenile, scholarly, textbooks, reprints, legal, medical, religious, and more.
Books in Print - 1979 to present
Information on all books (scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint, etc.) on all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. With out-of-print titles from 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.
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM)
Includes a list of Latin American & Iberian Booksellers.
NEWS
International Newspapers
ABC (Madrid) - Full Text
El Pais Digital (Madrid) - Full Text
Jornal do Brasil (Brazil) - Full Text
JB Online: O primeiro jornal brasileiro na internet
La Jornada (Mexico City) - Full Text
La Nación Line (Argentina) - Full Text
Página 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Full Text
LexisNexis Academic: Spanish Language News - Full Text
Provides coverage of Spanish & Latin American newspapers and other news services, including the newspaper El Pais. Choose Major World Publications (Non-English), or search Sources by country - Portuguese papers are also available.
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 [EBSCO] - Full text
Details on 7100+ journals with contact information, pricing, and submission guidelines.
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.
Portuguese Dictionaries
Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Guide
Online grammar guide with verb conjugations and more, intended as quick reference.
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.
Web-Compjugador
Automatically conjugates over 10,000 Spanish verbs (from Daniel M. Germàn, University of Waterloo).
Style Manuals
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
INTERNET META-SITES
CyberCentro
Directory of search engines and newspapers throughout Latin America organized by country
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.
FLASCO: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
La FLACSO es un organismo internacional de carácter autónomo y regional, creado en 1957, por iniciativa de la UNESCO y algunos gobiernos de la región. Su principal objetivo es promover las ciencias sociales en América Latina y el Caribe.
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
SPN220: Contemporary Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World (M. Joffroy) - Fall 2009
SPN230: A Transatlantic Search for Identity (E. Harretche) - Fall 2009
SPN245: Teledictadura: Historical Narrative and Spanish TV (R. Lázaro) - Fall 2009
SPN250: Sex and the Medieval City (E. Harretche) - Fall 2009
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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.
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