Resources for LAN 201 Spain and the New World 

 

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CAVALOG

Use our Catalog to find books, videos, dvds.

 

Suggested subject headings:

 

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish

Spain--Colonies--America

Latin America--Civilization

 

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Print Reference materials

Find these in the reference section on the library's main floor:

 

Dictionary of art  (Ref N 31 .D53 1996)

 

Encyclopedia of world cultures (Ref GN307 .E53 1991)

 

Encyclopedia of Mexico : history, society & culture (Ref F1210 .E63 1997)

 

Garland encyclopedia of music (Ref ML100 .G16 1997)

 

Literary cultures of Latin America (Ref PQ 7081 .A1 L525)

 

Reference Library of Hispanic America (Ref E 184 .S75)  

 

World Today Series:  Latin America  (Ref F 1401 .L25 2007) and also Western Europe  (Ref D901 .W47 2007)

 

 

 

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Databases

Use the Arts & Humanities  link from the library's databases page for more.  

 

 

Credo Reference   Info     Connect

A database of reference books for nearly every topic, including art, medicine, history, technology, business, philosophy, etc.  Helpful for obtaining background information on your topic.

 

Humanities International Index    Info  Connect

A comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities.  Use the linked full text option to maximize your search results.

 

JSTOR      Tutorial    Connect

Is a database of full-text key academic journals in: anthropology, economics, geography, history, language and literature, Latin American Studies, etc.  As an archive, it does not have the current issues of journals, but provides a back file of articles.   

 

MLA Bibliography  Info    Connect

A database that indexes literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and the dramatic arts.  Use the linked full text option to maximize your search results.

 

Academic Search Premier:   Info   View a tutorial    Connect 

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals.  It is updated on a daily basis. 

 

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Websites & Search Tools

 

Newcomers in the New World -- the Spaniards

Eldritch Press: "Electronic edition of Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (1542)"

This text resource is Cabeza de Vaca's account of his explorations along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to present-day Texas. Billed as "one of the great true epics of history," it is the semi-official report to the king of Spain by the ranking surviving officer of a royal expedition to conquer Florida.

 

Spain, United States, & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas

"The site features maps, rare books, manuscripts, prints and photographs, and motion pictures from the Library of Congress. These selected items relate to Spanish influence and interaction with other cultures existing in the geographic areas of North America, the Caribbean, and present-day Mexico between 1492-1898."

 

The European Voyages of Exploration

From the Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary the website is a tutorial concentrating on Spanish and Portuguese exploration and colonisation of the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.  The site examines the background and motives of the Iberian nations and looks at their impact on the various regions of the New World.

 

CIA World Factbook

Country reports include statistical data and some cultural information.  

 

Background Notes

From the U.S. State Department, the information includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations.   

 

Discoverers Web

Information about the voyages of discovery and exploration.

 

Iboogie

This meta search tool will cluster like results together. 

 

Google

Use the advanced search to limit results to a particular domain, file type, etc.  Use Google scholar for more academic sources.

 

 

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 Other resources

 

Americas (F 1408 .A617 Videotape collection)

 

The buried mirror : reflections on Spain and the New World (DP 48 .F84 1991 Videotape collection)  

 

Caribbean eye (F2169 .C366 1991 Videotape collection)

 

 

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