Outline of this guide: Reference Works Books Articles

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• Dictionaries
  To find dictionaries, go into the Library Catalog and do a "Subject" search for one of the following Library of Congress Subject Headings:
  • Spanish language dictionaries
  • Spanish language dictionaries English
  • English language dictionaries Spanish
  Some useful dictionaries include:
  • Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary. Colin Smith. 3rd ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
    Reference R 463.2 S644c
  • Diccionario de la Lengua española (Real Academia Española). 22nd ed. 2 vols. Madrid: Editorial Espasa Calpe, 2001.
    Reference R 463 A16d22
    The library also has earlier editions of this dictionary.
  • Diccionario de uso del español. María Moliner. 2nd ed. 2 vols. [Madrid]: Gredos, 1998.
    Reference R 463 M722d2
    The library also has the CD-ROM version; it is shelved at the Circulation Desk.
  • Oxford Spanish Dictionary. Ed. Beatriz Galimberti Jarman and Roy Russell. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
    Reference R 463 O98 2003
  • Pequeño Larousse ilustrado. Ramón García-Pelayo y Gross. Paris: Ediciones Larousse, 1976.
    Reference R 463 L332p-g
• Literature, History, & Culture
  • Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
  • Contemporary Authors. Gale: 2000- .
    The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76.
  • Diccionario de literatura española. Ed. Germán Bleiberg and Julian Mariás. 3rd ed. Madrid: Revista de Occidente, [1964].
    Reference R 860.3 D553
  • Diccionario de Literatura Española e Hispanoamericana. 2 vols. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1993.
    Reference R 860.9 D5541
  • Diccionario Enciclopédico de las Letras de América Latina. 3 vols. [Caracas]: Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1995-1998.
    Reference R 860.9 D554
    
  • Dictionary of Hispanic Biography. Ed. Joseph C. Tardiff and L. Mpho Mabunda. New York: Gale, 1996.
    Reference R 920.9 D5541
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- .
    Reference R 928.1 D554
  • Dictionary of Mexican Literature. Ed. Eladio Cortés. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.
    Reference R 860.3 D5531
  • Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Ed. German Bleiberg et al. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
    Reference R 860.3 D5532
  • Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Ed. Daniel Balderston et al. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000.
    Reference R 972.9 E56
  • Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture. Ed. Eamonn Rodgers. New York: Routledge, 1999.
    Reference R 946.08 E56
  • Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, history, Culture. Ed. Luis Martínez-Fernández et al. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003.
    Reference R 972.91 E56
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. Ed. Jane Turner. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2000.
    Reference R 709.8 E56
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003. Ed. Daniel Balderston and Mike Gonzalez. New York: Routledge, 2004.
    Reference R 860.3 E561
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Ed. Barbara A. Tenenbaum. 5 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996.
    Reference R 980 E56
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Ed. Verity Smith. Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
    Reference R 860.3 E56
  • The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature. Ed. Janet Pérez and Maureen Ihrie. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.
    Reference R 860.9 F329
  • Gale Literary Criticism Titles
    • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- .
      Reference R 809.04 T971
      To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
    • Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1973- .
      Reference R 809.04 C761
      To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
      Some entries from this set are available online as part of the Gale Literary Databases, but the online version is incomplete. You will still need to consult the print set.
  • Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975. Ed. James S. Olson. New York: Greenwood, 1992.
    Reference R 914.6 H673
  • Latin American Literature and its Times. Joyce Moss and Lorraine Valestuk. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1999.
    Reference 860.9 M913L
  • Latin American Writers. Ed. Carlos A. Solé. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 1989.
    Reference R 928.6 L357
  • Literary Cultures of Latin America: A Comparative History. Ed. Mario J. Valdés and Djelal Kadir. 3 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
    Reference R 860.9 L776
  • Manual de literatura española. Felipe B. Pedraza Jiménez, Milagros Rodríguez Cáceres. 14 vols. Pamplona: Cenlit, 1980–2000.
    Little Library Stacks 860.9 P371m
  • Modern Latin American Literature. Ed. David William Foster and Virginia Ramos Foster. 2 vols. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1975.
    Reference R 860.9 F754m
  • Modern Spanish and Portuguese Literatures. Ed. Marshall J. Schneider and Irwin Stern. New York: Continuum, 1988.
    Reference R 860.9 M689
  • The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature. Ed. Philip Ward. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
    Reference R 860.3 O98
  • A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Ed. James D. Henderson et al. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
    Reference R 980 R332
  • Reference Guide to World Literature. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2003.
    Reference R 809 R332
  • Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century. Angel Flores. New York: Wilson, 1992.
    Reference R 928.6 F634s
  • Spanish Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book. Ed. Linda Gould Levine et al. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
    Reference R 860.9 S735

• To find books at Davidson, search the following:
  • Library Catalog
    Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library.
    • To locate videos, do a keyword search and limit your search by the format "video materials (VHS/DVD)."
    • To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
    • To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
    • To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
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• To find information about books that might be available from other libraries, search the following:
  • WorldCat
    Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
    Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
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• Starting points
  • Academic Search Premier
    (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
    Search Syntax:
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    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
    • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega
    (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
    Search Syntax:
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    • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
• Core Resources for Hispanic Literatures
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Online
    (1935 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers covering topics related to Latin America; covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, economics, geography, history, international relations, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
  • HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Online
    (1970 to present) Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and original literary works and covers the literature, history, culture, and politics of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, and the United States-Mexico border. Also covers works related to Hispanics in the United States.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: automatic
    • Phrase searching: automatic.
  • MLA International Bibliography
    (1926 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore.
    For more information, see the MLAIB Search Planner.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
    • Wildcard: use a question mark ?
• Other Resources
  • Essay & General Literature Index
    (1985 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
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    • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
    • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
  • Historical Abstracts
    (Time period covered: 1450 to present; publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews.
    Search Syntax:
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  • Humanities Abstracts
    (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all humanities subjects, including history, classics, art, archeology, literature, philosophy, and religion.
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    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
    • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
  • JSTOR
    Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use a plus sign +
    • Phrase searching: automatic
  • Periodicals Index Online
    (c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
    Search Syntax:
    • Truncation: use an asterisk *
    • Phrase searching: automatic
  • Project Muse
    Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses.
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    • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "