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Getting Started

Send comments to Gayle Williams (gwillia@emory.edu), Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Librarian, Emory University General Libraries.

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.

 
Reference Sources
Biography

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.
Reference Sources


Dictionaries
A. GENERAL
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.
B. SPANISH AMERICA

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.

C. HISTORICAL

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.
D. ETYMOLOGICAL
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.

E. SYNONYMS AND USAGE

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

F. DICTIONARIES ON THE WEB

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

Spanish General Dictionaries

Reference SourcesDictionaries
Dissertations
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.
Reference Sources
Encyclopedias
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 Sources
Guides to Reference Sources

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.

A. GENERAL
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.
B. COVERING SPAIN AND SPANISH AMERICA
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.
C. COVERING SPANISH AMERICA
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.
Reference SourcesGuides to Reference Sources
Indexes

A. COVERING SPAIN AND SPANISH AMERICA

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).
A. COVERING SPANISH AMERICA
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.
Reference SourcesIndexes
Library Catalogs

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.
Reference Sources

Subject Dictionaries and Handbooks

A. RELATING TO LITERATURE

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.

B. RELATING TO LITERARY CRITICISM
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
Contains essays on national literatures, genres, and schools of criticism.

A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory 3rd ed. (1998)
Reference PN44.5 .H37 1998

Handbook to Literature(2000)
Reference Desk PN41 .H6 2000

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
aReference PN81 .J54 1994
Available in both online and paper versions.

Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary (2000)
Ref PN597 .T94 2000
Reference SourcesSubject Dictionaries & Handbooks

National Bibliography

The term national bibliography refers to the body of bibliographical works which record, or attempt to record, every work published in a country or in a language (regardless of political boundaries). National bibliography can be used to verify publication information, to identify works mentioned in obscure or incomplete footnotes, or to record what was published and by whom and on what subjects during a particular time period.

Emory's collection of national bibliography for Latin American countries is not very strong. To identify Latin American national bibliography, do a "browse subject" search in EUCLID using the heading [name of country] BIBLIOGRAPHY. Thus, ARGENTINA BIBLIOGRAPHY. For a comprehensive discussion of the subject, see "Latin American National Bibliography" in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 36, pp. 271-343 (1983) Reference Z1006 .E57 v. 36

A. GENERAL
Manual del librero hispano-americano. Bibliografia general española e hispano-americano desde la invención de la imprenta hasta nuestros tiempos.... 2. ed. 38 volumes (1948-1977)
Reference Z2681 .P15 1948
By Antonio Palau y Dulcet. A comprehensive source for books published in Spain and Spanish America. It is indexed by the following title:

Indice alfabético de titulos, materias, corecciones, conexiones y adiciones del Manual del librero hispano-americano de Antonio Palau y Dulcet 7 volumes (1981-1987)
Reference Z2681 .P15 1948 INDEX
B. BEGINNING OF PRINTING TO THE 19TH CENTURY
Bibliografía iberica del siglo XV. Enumeración de todos los libros impresos en España y Portugal hasta el año 1500.... 2 volumes (1903-1917) Repr. (1963)
Reference Z240 .H13
By Konrad Haebler. A standard list of Spanish and Portuguese incunabula.

Bibliotheca hispana vetus, sive Hispani scriptores ab Octaviani Augusti aevo ad annum Christi MD floruerunt 2 volumes (1788)
Storage Z2681 .A633 v. 1-2
A bio-bibliography (biographical information with a list of an author's works) of peninsular authors prior to 1500. The set consists of ten books in two volumes; an author index at the beginning of each volume will help you locate a particular author.

Bibliotheca hispana nova, sive Hispanorum scriptorum qui ab anno MD. ad MDCLXXXIV. floruere notitia 2 volumes (1783-1788)
Storage Z2681 .A633 v. 3-4
Carries the coverage of the above work to 1684. The narrative format of the first two volumes has been replaced by an alphabetical author arrangement.

Printed Books, 1468-1700, in the Hispanic Society of America (1965)
Z1012 .H58

Catálogo de obras en lengua catalana impresas desde 1474 hasta 1860 (1923)
Z2704 .C35A4
Arrangement is by subject but there is a general index.

A Short-Title Catalogue of Spanish, Spanish-American and Portuguese Books Printed before 1601 in the British Museum (1966)
Z2682 .B87

Manual gráfico-descriptivo del bibliófilo hispano-americano (1475-1850) 12 volumes in 13 (1930-1934)
Z2681 .V77

Bibliografia madrileña de los siglos XVI y XVII 3 volumes (1891-1907)
Z174 .M18P4
A bibliography of works published in Madrid between 1566 and 1625.

A Short Title Catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese Books, 1601-1700 in the Library of the British Museum (1974)
Z2686 .G64)

Diccionario general de bibliografia española 7 volumes (1862-1881) repr. (1968-1969)
Z2681 .H632
A title listing of works published in Spain in the 19th century.
C. TWENTIETH CENTURY
Catálogo general de la librería española e hispanoamericana, años 1901-1930: Autores 5 volumes (1932-1951)
Z2681 .C3
Lists books in Spanish or about Spanish literature regardless of place of publication.

Catálogo general de la librería español, 1931-1950 4 volumes (1957-1965)
Z2681 .C34
Bibliografia española. 22 volumes (1901-1922)
Z2685 .B52
A monthly publication of the book trade, it includes a listing of new books and journals. Continued by:

Bibliografia general española e hispanoamericana 16 volumes (1925-1942)
Z2685 .B53
Not published between July, 1936 and January 1941. Early volumes are arranged by author, later ones by subject. Continued by:

Bibliografia hispánica 16 volumes (1942-1957)
Z2685 .B56
Superseded by El Libro español (see below).

Bibliotheca hispana: revista de información y orientación bibliográficas 32 volumes (1943-1972
Z2685 .B7

Bibliografia española (1958-1968)
Z2685 .B5
A annual bibliography based on books deposited in the Biblioteca Nacional

El Libro español: revista mensual(1958-1986)
Z2685 .L5
Part 2 contains a listing of new books arranged by subject. There is an annual author, title and subject index.

Fichero bibliográfico hispanoamericano (1961-1992)
Z1601 .F5
A quarterly, then monthly, it listed books published in all Spanish speaking American countries.
D. CURRENT
Libros en venta en America Latina y España (1964 to present)
Z1601 .L59
The most recent year is kept in the Collection Management area. Ask a reference librarian to bring it out for you.
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Libros españoles en venta. ISBN. Spanish Books in Print (1984 to present)
Z2681 .L53
Lists books published in Spain and some Latin American countries. The most recent year is kept in the Collection Management area. Reference librarians will bring it out for you.

Agencia Española del ISBN
This is maintained by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Cultura and permits one to search for a book several ways. If the Ministry's server is busy or unreachable, try going to the database via Guia de Editores de España.
Reference SourcesNational Bibliography

Review Sources

You will need to know the year of publication of the book being reviewed in order to use the print sources listed here. Remember, that in scholarly journals it can take from 1-3 years after publication for a review to appear so don't just look at one year. All of the sources will list reviews under the author's name, some will have title indexes and some will even list the reviewer's name.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(1975 to present)
All book reviews have at least one citation: the book being reviewed. Consequently, you can search AHCI by cited author to find reviews.

Book Review Digest (1905 to present)
Reference Z1219 .C95
Also available online from 1983 to the present

Book Review Index (1965 to present)
Reference Z1219 .B63
Indexes more academic journals than does the above.

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974 10 volumes (1982-1984)
Reference Z6265 .C65

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974 15 volumes (1979-1982)
Reference Z1035 .A1C6
Covers journals in the social sciences as well as the humanities.

Guía a las reseñas de libros de y sobre Hispanoamerica. (1965, 1972 to present)
Reference Z1035 .A1M36
An index to book reviews (both fiction and non-fiction) from some 630 primarily Spanish language periodicals. A summary of each review is included.

H-Net Reviews
1998 to present
This lists reviews that have appeared in such discussion networks as H-LatAm or H-Cervantes. In addition to books, these sites review electronic and audio-visual media.

Humanities Index (1974/75 to present)
Reference AI3 .I52
Reviews are listed at the back of each volume or issue. The electronic version of Humanities Index which begins in 1984.

JSTOR
Dates of coverage vary
Provides full-text searching and printing of core journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Dates of coverage vary
Provides full-text searching and printing of articles in newspapers from all over the world and in selected magazines. The Spanish language newspapers are found under NEWS, then WORLD NEWS, then FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

Social Sciences Index (1974 to present)
Reference AI3 .I53
The review section is at the back of each volume or issue. The electronic version, Social Sciences Index , begins with 1983.
Reference Sources

Subject Bibliography

See also Spanish and Spanish American Literature: An Annotated Guide to Selected Bibliographies for a more detailed list of subject bibliographies.

A. COVERING SPAIN AND SPANISH AMERICA
Bibliografia de la literatura hispánica (1950 to present) In Progress
Reference Z2691 .S5
By José Simón Díaz. A monumental bibliography of all the hispanic literatures. Volume 1, now in its third edition (1983), is devoted to general historical and critical works. Books, articles and unpublished works such as theses and lectures are included as are references to reviews. Volume 2 (third edition, 1987) covers general bibliographic studies of Spanish literature. Volume 3 (second edition, 1963-1965) covers, in two parts, the Middle Ages (11th to 15th centuries). Volume 4 (second edition, 1972) begins the Golden Age and covers general works and specific authors, A through Augustin. Subseequent volumes (volumes 5-6, second edition, 1973, and volumes 7-16, first edition, 1967-1994) take the study through Juan de Pazos.
B. COVERING SPAIN
Spanish Literature, 1500-1700: A Bibliography of Golden Age Studies in Spanish and English, 1925-1980 (1984)
Reference Z2692 .M67 1984

Manual de bibliografia de la literatura española 3. ed. (1980)
Reference Z2691 .S54
By José Simón Díaz. Covers literature in Castilian produced in Spain alone from the earliest times up to 1976 and in the Empire until emancipation. Currency is maintained by supplements published in Revista de literatura (PN6 .R48) under the title "Información bibliográfica."
C. COVERING SPANISH AMERICA
Bibliografia de escritores hispanoamericanos, 1609-1974: A Bibliography of Spanish American Writers (1975)
Reference Z1609 .L7F55
Covers some 200 authors, listing edtions of collected works, bibliographies, editions of single works and critical publications.

Bibliographical Guide to Spanish American Literature: Twentieth-Century Sources (1988)
Z1609 .L7 R438 1988
Reference SourcesIndexes

Translations

The titles below are bibliographies of translations. To find collections of translations do a "Keyword/Subject" search on EUCLID using the terms SPANISH TRANSLATIONS LITERATURE (or substitute POETRY, DRAMA, or FICTION for LITERATURE).

English Translations from the Spanish, 1484-1943: A Bibliography (1944)
A2694 .T7P3

Index to Anthologies of Latin American Literature in English Translation (1977)
Reference Z1609 .T7F74

Latin American Literature in English Translation: An Annotated Bibliography (1975)
Reference Z1609 /T7S47

Latin American Poetry in English Translation: A Bibliography (1965)
Reference Z1609 .T7H81

Latin American Prose in English Translation (1965)
Reference Z1609 .T7H8

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Databases & Indexes

Access to most of the electronic resources listed below is limited to Emory University faculty, students, and staff. See Information on Accessing Databases

To identify other databases and electronic journal collections that provide references or full text for journal articles, try our Database Locator service.


Arts & Humananities Citation Index
1980 to present
Indexes by title words, authors, and cited (footnoted) authors. This is part of the Web

FRANCIS
1984 to present
Especially strong in the humanities. Does not cover peninsular Spanish literature but is very good for Latin American literature, literary theory and literary criticism.

Handbook of Latin American Studies
1936 to present
Covers topics in both the social sciences and the humanities and is very useful for researching language or literature.

HAPI Online: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
1970/74 to present
Indexes primarily Spanish language journals and magazines. Covers all areas of study.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
1973 to present
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.

MLA International Bibliography
1963 to present
The first stop for research on literature.

Project Muse
ca. 1990 to present
A collection of 150 journals in electronic format. All are searchable. The titles in this database are particularly interested in literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.

RLIN Bibliographic File
The combined catalog (Research Libraries' Information Network)of 145 of the largest research libraries in the country. Scholars will search this to see what exists on a topic in other libraries.

Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro
TESO is a full text database containing more than 800 plays written by 16 dramatists from sixteenth and seventeenth century Spain. Each play is reproduced in full, including the "Preliminaries" which contain "aprobaciones", "censuras", and "privilegios." The editorial board of TESO selected the first editions of each volume and avoided facsimiles. The coding has been adapted for dramatic works, allowing users to limit searches to specific elements of the plays. Researchers can browse the complete list of dramas in the database and then select any work for display, starting at the beginning or going directly to a particular act and scene.

WorldCat
The combined catalog of a consortium made up of most of the libraries in the U.S. Like the RLIN Bibliographic File, this database is used to see what other libraries own on a subject or by an author.
 
Internet Sites

At Emory

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Outside of Emory

This list contains selected Web resources; it is not comprehensive. These sites are not maintained by Emory University.

Centro Virtual Cervantes
A general site devoted to Spanish culture.

Iberian Studies Web
A multi-disciplinary site covering Spain and Portugal. See especially, its Iberian Language and Literature Web and WWW Gateway for and to Spain.

Mundolatino
Contains links to numerous sites emphasizing literature.

Spanish and Portuguese Resources: Resources on the Web
An extremely useful site at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
A vast, comprehensive, must-see website.

Voice of the Shuttle
An important site. See the section on Literature and Literary Theory .

 
Other Sources

Course Specific Guides

Spanish 300: Reading in Spanish: Texts and Contexts
Reference sources and links for researching Hispanic culture: history, current events, politics, literature, customs and other topics pertaining to Spanish speaking societies.

 
 


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