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Locating Materials at Emory

To find materials located at any of Emory's libraries, search EUCLID, Emory's online library catalog.

The contents of books and articles are not searchable in EUCLID. Read Finding a Journal Article in the Woodruff Library.

When searching EUCLID by subject, use the Browse search mode. Browsing puts you in an alphabetical list based on your subject heading. The terms for the headings themselves are established by the Library of Congress.  A multi-volume set of Library of Congress (LC) subject headings is available at the Woodruff Library Reference desk.

Use the Browse mode also when looking up periodical titles. It saves a lot of time.

A sample list of LC subject headings for Spanish language and literature follows (capitalization is not necessary):

Spanish Language
Spanish Language Dictionaries [Catalan, English, etc.]

Spanish Literature
Spanish Literature [To 1500; Classical Period, 20th Century, etc.]
Spanish Literature [Bibliography; Criticism and Interpretation; Translations into English, etc.]

Spanish American Literature [refers to Spanish literature of Latin America]
Hispanic American Literature [refers to Spanish literature of the U.S.]
Latin American Literature [refers to the literatures (Spanish, Portuguese, French) of Latin America treated collectively]

Argentine [Cuban, Chilean, etc.] Literature [Drama, Fiction, Poetry, etc.]

Carpentier, Alejo [Bibliography; Criticism and Interpretation, Interviews, etc.]

Most materials in EUCLID which say "held by GENERAL" are located in the Woodruff Library. See the Woodruff Library Location Guide.

• Biography
• Dictionaries
  • General
  • Spanish America
  • Historical
  • Etymological
  • Synonyms and Usage
  • Dictionaries on the Web
• Dissertations
• Encyclopedias
• Guides to Reference Works
• Indexes
• Library Catalogs
• National Bibliography
• Review Sources
• Subject Bibliography
• Subject Dictionaries and Handbooks
  • Relating to Literature
  • Relating to Literary Criticism
• Translations

There is no single national biography for Spain as there is for some other countries. One may use any of the three general encyclopedias or many of the literary dictionaries and handbooks listed below to find biographical information. Many Latin American countries do have a national biography and these can be located in EUCLID by doing a "browse" search in Subject on the country name followed by the words "biography dictionaries." For example, MEXICO BIOGRAPHY DICTIONARIES.

Index to Spanish American Collective Biography 4 volumes (1981-1985)
Reference Z1609 .B6M86

Identifies which of over 1000 biographical dictionaries contains information on a particular person. It covers people from Andean countries, Caribbean and Central American countries, River Plate countries and Mexico.

Indice biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica 4 volumes (1990)
Reference CT1345 .I53 1990

Like the above title, this lets one find out which biographical dictionaries contain information on a person. This index, plus several others covering various areas of the world, can be searched on line as World Biographical Index.

Diccionario de la lengua castellana, en que se explica el verdadero sentido de las voces, su naturaleza y calidad, con las phrases o modos de hablar, los proverbios o refranes, y otras cosas convenientes al uso de la lengua... 6 volumes (1726-1739)
Reference PC4625 .A3

The first dictionary of the Real Academia Española, this is known as the "diccionario de autoridades" because of the important authors cited.

Diccionario de la lengua española 21. ed. (1992)
Reference PC4625 .A34 1992

A standard work which includes etymologies. The library also has editions for 1899, 1925, 1939, 1956, 1970 and 1984.

There are a number of general dictionaries of americanismos as well as dictionaries for individual countries in the area Reference PC4822 - PC4912. See also corresponding numbers in the stacks. The subject heading for these are: SPANISH LANGUAGE PROVINCIALISMS (here insert name of country) or LATIN AMERICA DICTIONARIES SPANISH LANGUAGE PROVINCIALISMS.

Diccionario histórico de la lengua española (1960- ) In progess
Reference PC4625 .A35 1960

Definitions, often with etymology, are accompanied with dated examples of use. The earlier edition of 1933 was never completed.

Enciclopedia del idioma: diccionario histórico y moderno de la lengua española (siglos XII al XX), etimológico, tecnológico, regional e hispanoamericano 3 volumes (1958)
Reference PC4667 .A4

This dictionary gives etymology, morphlogy and definitions with citations of use and dates of appearance in earlier dictionaries.

Diccionario medieval español. 2 volumes (1986)
Reference PC4715 .Z5A465 1986

Covers the tenth to the fifteenth centuries.

Diccionario del español medieval (1987- ) In progress
Reference PC4715 .Z5M8 1987

An etymological and historical dictionary, this defines terms with examples from writers of the period.

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico 6 volumes (1980-1991)
Reference PC4580 .C6 1980

By Juan Corominas, this comprehensive dictionary includes the modern languages and dialects of Spain and Spanish America as well as pre-Roman Iberian and vulgar Arabic. Bleznick calls it "an indispensible reference."

Diccionario etimológico español e hispánico. 3. ed. (1989)
Ref PC4580 .G33 1989

In two parts: in the first part, words are listed in alphabetical order and reference is made to the principal root of each and its particular number in the second part, where full information is given.

Diccionario ideológico de la lengua española 2. ed. (1963)
Ref PC4591 .C3

In three parts: Sinóptica is a general scheme of ideas and themes; Analógica is a listing of words grouped by association, much like Roget's thesaurus; Alphabética contains definitions of words listed in the Analógica.

Diccionario de uso de español 2. ed. 2 volumes (1998)
Ref PC4625 .M6 1998

By Maria Moliner. Provides guidance for difficult constructions and troublesome expressions, instructs on proper usage and lists synonyms. Woodbridge calls it "one of the most important of twentieth-century Spanish dictionaries."

Gran diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos 4. ed. (1991)
Ref PC4591 .G67 1991

La Pagina del Idioma Español: Diccionarios: Español - Bilingües - Técnicos - Regionales

Spanish General Dictionaries

Dissertation Abstracts
1861 to present

This lists dissertations from the United States as well as selected ones from Canada and, more selectively, Europe. Abstracts, or summaries, are provided for those dissertations listed after June, 1980. For summaries of works prior to that time, consult the paper edition in the stacks, at Z5055 .U6A1

Catalogo de Tesis doctorales

This site reproduces a number of dissertations in electronic form; they can have been accepted at any university in the world but must have been written in a hispanic language.

"Dissertations in the Hispanic Languages and Literatures..." in Hispania (1918 to present)
PC4001 .H7

Since 1935, this journal has published an annual listing of dissertations completed and in progress in the United States and Canada. The list usually appears in the May issue.

Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana 70 volumes (1907-1930) Suplementos anuals (1945/48 to present)
Reference AE61 .E6

This is one of the world's great encyclopedias. The basic set is accompanied by a 10 volume appendix (1930-1933) and annual supplements.

Enciclopedia hispánica 18 volumes (1992-1993)
Reference AE61 .E52 1992

This is a good medium-level enyclopedia.

Gran enciclopedia Rialp 25 volumes (1989)
Reference AE61 .G721

A fine general encyclopedia.

Reference guides list the bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes and other works that have been created to assisted researchers working in a subject area. Often these guides will list important journals and primary and secondary works in the field.

Guide to Reference Books 11th ed. (1996)
Reference Desk Z1035.1 .G89 1996

This is the standard guide for reference works; it deals with all subjects.

A Sourcebook for Hispanic Literature and Language 3rd. ed. (1995)
Reference Z2695 .A2B55 1995

By Donald W. Bleznick. It covers "Spanish, Spanish-American, and United States Hispanic bibliography, literature, linguistics, journals , and other source materials."

Guide to Reference Works for the Study of Spanish Language and Literature and Spanish American Literature 2nd. ed. (1997)
Reference Z2695 .A2W66 1997

By Hensley C. Woodbridge. An easy to use, annotated list of reference sources. Works dealing with peninsular Spanish are arranged by period, those dealing with Spanish America are arranged by country.

Spanish and Spanish American Literature: An Annotated Guide to Selected Bibliographies (1983)
Reference Z2691 .A1W66

This lists bibliographies, both separately published and as parts of articles, that deal with Spanish literature (by period) and Spanish American literature (by country). Includes bibliographies of dissertations, periodicals, translations and other related materials.

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources (1992)
Reference Z1601. L3225 1992

This work lists resources for research in history, the arts, the various social sciences and, of course, literature.

Latin American Studies: A Basic Guide to Sources 2nd ed. (1990)
Reference Z1610 .L324 1990

A practical guide for the scholar working in the humanities or social sciences. It is especially helpful for identifying major archival and book collections in Latin America.

A Bibliographical Guide to Spanish American Literature: 20th Century Sources (1988)
Reference Z1609 /L7R438 1988

By Walter Rela. See also his earlier Guía bibliográfia de la literatura hispanoamericana desde el siglo XIX hasta 1970 (1971) at Reference Z1609 .L7R4. Both are useful and complement each other.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
(1976 to present)

A citation index to journals in the humanities. From the "Web of Knowledge" page click on "Web of Science" and then "Full Search." Citation indexes lets identify articles that cite a particular author or work .

Bibliographie linguistique (1939 to present)
Reference Z7001 .P4

This annual provides international coverage of books and journal articles on linguistic theory, semantics, philosophy of language, vocabulary, individual languages and other topics

FRANCIS
1984 to present

FRANCIS is a French index concentrating primarily on journals in the humanities. International in scope, it is especially strong in Latin American studies, linguistics, literary theory and literary criticism. Its subject headings are in both French and English.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA (1967 to present)
P1 .L4

Covers fields such as sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, semiotics and theory of linguistics. Prior to 1985 it was known as LLBA: Language and Language Behavior Abstracts. There is also the LLBA database that goes back to 1973.

MLA International Bibliography (1921 to present)
Z7003 .M6

An annual, from 1921 to 1955 it was limited to writings by Americans on English and western European languages and literatures. In 1956 it began to include writings by scholars from abroad and in 1959 it expanded coverage to include most of the world's languages and literatures. From its beginning through 1980, the basic arrangement was by langauge/literature subdivided chronologically and, within each time period, by author. It was very hard to search by any subject other than an author's name. In 1981 the bibliography began providing full subject indexing. In the online version of the MLA International Bibliography, the peculiarities of the print version regarding subject searching are perpetuated so that subject searching prior to 1981 is essentially by title keyword or author name.

Revista de filologia española (1914 to present)
PQ6001 .R421

Publishes an annual bibliography covering works on the literatures and linquistics of Spain and Spanish America.

Romanische Bibliographie(1875/76 to present)
Reference Z7032 .Z45

An important annual bibliography that provides extensive coverage of books and articles on Romance languages and literatures.

Years Work in Modern Language Studies (1929/30 to present)
Reference PB1 .Y45

This work features bibliographic essays reviewing current research in modern languages and literatures other than English. It is somewhat more difficult to use than the MLA International Bibliography because of the essay format but the critical evaluations are often worth the effort. There is enough difference between the two to warrant use of both. One thing the Year's Work does that the MLA does not do is to list new editions of an author's works (MLA lists critical studies only).

Handbook of Latin American Studies (1936 to present)

The Handbook provides an annotated bibliography of important publications in the humanities and social sciences having to do with Latin America. It's greatest strength is in identifying materials such as conference proceedings, government reports, archival publications and books that do not show up in standard bibliographies or indexes.

HAPI: Hispanic American Periodical Index (1970 to present)

Indexes articles appearing in some 400 primarily Spanish language journals and magazines. Geographically, it covers all Spanish speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere, Brazil and the English and French speaking Caribbean.

The catalogs of the great national libraries of the world are important both as fine examples of bibliography and as unparalleled records of printed knowledge. In addition to the catalog of the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid the catalogs of the Library of Congress, the British Library (once the British Museum Library) and the Bibliothèque National in Paris remain helpful to students of Spanish language and literature. Guide to Reference Books describes all of these catalogs fully.

Catálogo general de libros impresos (1992)
Micfiche 1221

This reproduces the author catalog of the card catalog of the Biblioteca Nacional on 5000 microfiche. There are two parts, each arranged alphabetically by author: Hasta 1981 and 1982-1987. Both the front and the back of the slip or card are filmed, the back being just to the right of the front. A guide to the microfiche set is at Micform Ref Z945 .C38 1990.

Catálogos de la Biblioteca Nacional

Contains links to: the Catálogo Informatizado ARIADNA, the main online catalog of the Biblioteca Nacional; the Catálogo Colectivo de Publicaciones Periódicas, a union catalog identifying periodicals held in some 1140 Spanish libraries with telnet or internet addresses for each.

National Union Catalog. Pre-1956 Imprints 685 volumes (1968-1980) Supplement 42 volumes (1980-1981)
Reference Z881 .A1C28

Even in the age of the internet, the "NUC Pre-56" is a necessary resource, documenting works not yet found in computerized catalogs. It covers works published through 1957 (yes) and cumulates all earlier Library of Congress catalogs. It lists the holdings of U.S. and Canadian libraries as well as those of the Library of Congress (thus, a "union" catalog). It is an author only catalog, except for works with entry by title where authorship is unclear. From 1958-1982, the Library of Congress's catalogs appeared in five year cumulations (Z881 .A1C31) and from 1983-1988 they appeared on microfiche (Micfiche 529). It is generally accepted that OCLC(WorldCat) replaces the printed catalogs after 1981.

Library of Congress Online Catalog

Currently, the online catalog contains some twelve million records for books, manuscripts, journals and other materials. While about three million of these refer to items cataloged between 1898 and 1980 the online catalog is not complete for this period.

The British Library Public Catalogue

Permits searching the library's catalogs online in specified collections. This link takes you to the British Library's main page. Click on "Online" at the left and then click on "BLPC" at the left or "British Library Public Catalog" in the center. Most works listed here were published after 1975 but some are earlier. The British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books (Reference Z921 .B86 1955) and its supplements are still usefull.

COPAC

A union catalog to collections of the largest research libraries in the U.K. and Ireland.

Catalogs of the Bibliothèque National, Paris

The French national library has everything in its printed book collection cataloged online. Use BN Opale-Plus for books published from the beginning to the present.

Western European Libary Catalogs on the Internet

Academic Libraries & Information Networks in Latin America

You will have to scroll down a bit to get to the library listings.

Hispanic Society of America. Catalogue of the Library 10 volumes (1962) Supplement 4 volumes (1970)
Z881 .N639

An author, title and subject catalog. The Society originally collected works on art, history and literature published since 1700 in all countries where Spanish or Portuguese was spoken. In the early twentieth century this was somewhat restricted to works from or about Spain, Portugal and colonial Hispanic America.

Diccionario de literatura española e hispanoamericana 2 volumes (1993)
Reference PQ6006 .D54 1993

A comprehensive guide covering Spanish literature from the eighth to the twentieth centuries. Latin American, Sephardic, Filipino and Chicano authors and works are discussed. Articles also deal with concepts, movements and genres.

Diccionario de los símbolos (1988)
Reference GR931 .C34 1988

Discusses symbols found in literature, art, myth, religion and other areas.

Diccionario enciclopédico de las letras de América Latina 3 volumes (1995)
Reference PQ7081 .D515 1995

Contains articles on authors, works and movements.

Diccionario literario de obras y personajes de todos los tiempos y de todos los paises 2. ed. 12 volumes and supplements. (1957-1958).
Reference PN41 .D5

Provides plot summaries of works of literature from all over the world along with brief critical remarks. The supplements bring it up to date somewhat.

Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula 2 volumes (1993)
Reference PN849 .S6D54 1993

Contains articles on persons, literary works, movements, schools and genres. Covers the tenth century to the mid-1980's.

Handbook of Latin American Literature 2. ed. (1992)
Reference PQ7081 .A1H36 1992

This work consists of essays on each of the Latin American national literatures, providing, within a historical framework, a chronicle of important authors, works, movements and influences.

Latin American Writers 3 volumes (1989)
Reference PQ 7081 .A1L37 1989

Provides bibliographical and critical information on 176 authors from Bartolomé de las Casas to Renaldo Arenas. Its arrangement is chronological.

The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (1993)
Reference Desk PN1021 .N39 1993

A standard reference work that covers the history, theory, technique and criticism of poetry.

Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature (1978)
Reference Desk PQ6006 .O93

Covers Spanish literature from "Roman Spain to 1977," from the penisula to the Americas. Articles discuss authors, critics, philosophers and individual literary works

Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century (1992)
Reference PQ7081.3 .S68 1992

Contains biographical and critical essays on some 330 authors. Each essay is accompanied by an extensive bibliography of critical studies.

A-Z Guide to Modern Literary and Cultural Theorists (1995)
Reference PN74 .A2 (1995)

A Concise Glossary of Feminist Theory (1997)
Reference HQ1115 .A53 1997

A Companion to Continental Philosophy (1998)
Reference B803 .C66 1998

Arrangement is roughly chronological.

Dictionary of Critical Theory (1991)
Reference PN98 .S6O77 1991

Definitions with bibliographical references.

Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory (1996)
Refernce HM101 .D527 1996

Discusses persons, theories, schools.

Dictionary of Cultural Theorists (1999)
Reference PN74 .D53 1999

Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy (1999)
Reference B803 .E45 1999

Articles on movements, schools, theories and persons.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms (1993)
Reference PN81 .E43 1993

In two parts: (1) theories, schools, etc; (2) persons.

Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory
Reference PN98 .W64E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism (1991)
Reference PN81 .E63 1990