Research: Guides: Courses

Course Guide: Introduction to Spanish Culture (SPAN 324)

Spring 2008
Instructor: Mirzam Cristina Handal

For additional research assistance after this research session, contact me:

Sean Knowlton, Reference Librarian & Bibliographer
Sean@Tulane.edu or 504-247-1870

An Introduction to Collections at Tulane University

The Latin American Library Website

What resources are available to you?

• Specialized dictionaries and encylopedias on countries, cultures, languages
• Guidebooks
• Historical dictionaries by country
• Access to selected web resources and library-subscribed databases

 

Develop Your Research Strategy

Develop you topic and get background information Identify your information need Scholarly articles in journals and books Books Newspaper articles (Current and/or historical) Select web sites Identify your resources Reference works Web portals / web sites Library catalogs Article Databases Bibliographies & Works Cited Consider using a bibliographic management tool, like RefWorks

 

 

Select Reference Tools [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

Dictionaries and encyclopedias Language Spanish/English language dictionaries: PC4640- (HTML Reference, HTML Stacks, LAL Reference) Full-Text Spanish/English dictionaries Select Topics Lathrop, Tom. Don Quijote dictionary. Newark, Del.: European Masterpieces, c2001. Howard-Tilton Stacks. PQ 6329 .A5 D667 1999 Gerli, E. Michael. Medieval Iberia : an encyclopedia. New York : Routledge, 2002. Howard-Tilton Stacks. DP 99 .M33 2002 Rodgers, Eamonn. Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. Howard-Tilton Reference. DP 233.5 .E63 1999 Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana. [Madrid] : Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, c1999- (10 vols.) Latin American Library Reference ML 315 .D53 1999 Smith, Angel. Historical dictionary of Spain. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1996. Howard-Tilton Reference DP 12 .S59 1996 Kern, Robert W. Historical dictionary of modern Spain, 1700-1988. New York : Greenwood Press, 1990. Howard-Tilton Reference DP192 .H57 1990

 

Keywords & LC Subject Headings

Create a list of possible terms. Include synonyms, broader terms, and narrower terms: Do keyword searches in Tulane's Libraries Catalog. Identify relevant Subject Headings. Add Subject Headings to your working list of search terms.

Possible Subject Headings on Your Topics
Nationalism -- Spain National characteristics -- Spain Popular culture -- Spain Flamenco	Spain -- Emigration and Immigration Immigrants -- Spain
Use LC Subject Headings to effectively search: Tulane University Libraries Catalog WorldCat [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription] If a title is not available at Tulane, consider requesting it via Interlibrary Loan: ILLiad

 

 

News and other media [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

LexisNexis Academic CORE Offers full-text of national and international newspapers. To search Spanish or Portuguese language news sources select "News" from the red menu (top left). Then select "Spanish Language News" or "Portuguese Language News" as a source. You may also search by individual publication. Coverage varies by title. Provides selective archival full-text access to hundreds of newspapers from Spain and Latin America, including ABC, El Pais, and El Mundo. [Tulane Subscription] Newspapers ABC (Hemeroteca: Online archive 2002- ) El Mundo (Hemeroteca: Online archive 1994- ) El Pais (Archivo: Online archive 1976- ) La Vanguardia (Barcelona) (Hemeroteca: Online archive mediante micropago, 1881 - ) La Voz de Galicia (Hemeroteca, Online archive, 2000 - ) El Diario Vasco (Hemeroteca: Online archive 2006 - ) ABYZ News Links—Spain Radio Radio Nacional de España Cadena SER

 

Recommended Research Guides

Guide: Spanish and Portuguese Guide: History Guide: Film Studies

 

Web Portals for Iberian Studies

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes This major academic portal provides access to thousands of full-text literary and historical works. Portales de Historia Historia y crítica del cine español Adaptaciones de la Literatura española en el cine español Iberian Studies Web (WESS) The Iberian Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly resources in Iberian Studies (for Spain, Portugal and Andorra). We do not strive for exhaustiveness but rather for quality. The resources organized here have undergone a selection and evaluation process. Annotations have been added where needed, augmenting the research value of these resources to scholars. Spain {Brown University-Iberian Studies in SALALM (Brown University)] A list of useful links to web-based resources on: Cultural Events, Museums, Country Studies, Geography, Government, Political Parties & Elections, Economy & Trade, Population, Statistics, Gender, Weather, Gateways, and Search Engines. Wikipedia (en español) Disclaimer: "Because anyone can add or change content, there is an inherent lack of reliability and stability to Wikipedia. Authors of articles may not necessarily be experts on the topics they write about, leaving a lot of room for errors, misinformation, and bias" (Quoted from "Using Wikipedia" Carleton College)

 

 

Citing Your Sources RefWorks (Manage your bibliographies and citations online) [Tulane Subscription] Citation & Writing Guides (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University)