The Reference Department of the Lorette Wilmot Library at Nazareth College

Spanish American Contemporary Narrative (Senior Seminar)

Dr. Hilda Chacon, Foreign Languages and Literatures Department

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General Research Guides

• Choosing and Narrowing a Topic (Iowa State University Instruction Commons)
• Knowing the Difference: Searching by Subject or by Keyword (Iowa State)
• Primary and Secondary Sources (Iowa State)
• Using a Print Index or Bibliography (Iowa State)
• What are Primary Resources? (National History Day Workshop, Iowa State Libraries)
• Comparing Scholarly Journals & Popular Publications (Iowa State)
• Evaluating Books & Journal Articles (Iowa State)
• Evaluating Internet Resources (Jennifer Burr, Reference Librarian, Nazareth College)

Citation Guidelines

• How to Cite Electronic Resources (Iowa State)
• MLA Style (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University)

Background Sources

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
• See also print encyclopedias (books) shelved directly across from the Reference Desk, Main Floor Reading Room. In addition to English language encyclopedias such as the Britannica and the World Book, you will find Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, in Spanish.

Dictionaries

• Diccionario de Autoridades (La Real Academia Española)
• Online Spanish-English dictionaries (from yourdictionary.com)
• See also print dictionaries (books) shelved in the Reference area adjacent to the Main Floor Reading Room. Spanish language and Spanish-English dictionaries are shelved under the Dewey Decimal number 463.

Sources of Factual Information on Specific Countries

• Background Notes (United States Department of State)
• CIA World Factbook
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices (United States Department of State) (Note: Abolished by act of Congress, 2002.)
• Country Studies (Federal Research Division, Library of Congress) (Note: These are online editions of books published from 1988-1998, so some information may be out of date.)
• Export.gov (Market research from the United States Department of Commerce. Includes Country Commercial Guides.)

Library Catalogs

• WebPAC (For the Lorette Wilmot Library, Nazareth College)
• WorldCat (Library holdings throughout the United States and beyond)
• Libraries and Archives in Latin American countries (list of links from LANIC, Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas at Austin)

Scholarly Electronic Databases

• Art Abstracts (for art)
• Art Bibliographies Modern (for contemporary art)
• Historical Abstracts (history; also political science and cultural studies)
• MLA Bibliography (literary criticism; also linguistics and folk culture)
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service. This database indexes popular news articles and government documents as well as journals.)

Other Databases

• Academic Universe
• CountryWatch
• Ethnic Newswatch

World Wide Web Resources

• Andanzas al Web Latino (Library, New Mexico State University)
• LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas at Austin)
• Latin World (Commercial site; search engine and Internet directory)
• Mundo Latino
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies (Center for World Indigenous Studies)
• Zona Latina: Latin American Media and Marketing

Electronically Reserved Articles for This Course ("E-Reserves")

jsb updated July 27, 2005