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Finding Information on Hispanic Writers and their Works |
Libraries at USD: -Copley Library Catalogue: SALLY http://sally.sandiego.edu - Circuit http://circuit.sdsu.edu - Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - Electronic Journals: keyword Latin America SALLY Search by Subject Example: Short Stories - Latin America 1 Short Stories Latin American 2 Short Stories Latin American Bibliography 3 Short Stories Latin American History And Criticism - El cuento hispanoamericano; antologia crítico-histórico; Copley Library 1964
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DICTIONARIES/ENCYCLOPEDIAS Encyclopedia of Latin American literature / Verity Smith, editor London ; Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, c1997 Copley Library CL REF PQ7081.A1 E56 1997 Latin American writers / Carlos A. Solé, editor, Maria Isabel Abreu, associate editor New York : Scribner, 1989 Copley Library CL REF PQ7081.A1 L37 1989 v.1 - v. 3 Spanish American authors : the twentieth century / Angel Flores New York : Wilson, 1992 Copley Library CL REF PQ7081.3 .F57 1992 Spanish American women writers : a bio-bibliographical source book / edited by Diane E. Marting. New York : Greenwood Press, 1990 Copley CL REF PQ7081 .S6 1990 Dictionaries of National Literature Dictionary of Mexican literature / edited by Eladio Cortés Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1992. Copley Libary CL REF PQ7106 .D53 1992 Dictionary of twentieth-century Cuban literature / edited by Julio A. Martínez New York : Greenwood Press, 1990. Copely Library CL REF PQ7378 .D53 1990
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DATABASES http://marian.sandiego.edu/alldbs.htm Types of databases (full-text, indexes, abstracts) Keyword vs Subject Literature Resource Center - Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. It includes excerpts from English language books and periodicals only. MLA Bibliography - MLA (Modern Language Abstracts) lists journal articles and a variety of other types of materials on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Clase and Periodica - Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean , as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index - Index to journal articles, book reviews, original literary works and other materials. Covers Central and South America , Mexico , the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States . From 1970 to present. JSTOR - A full-text, searchable archive of core scholarly journals. Current issues are not available on JSTOR. Read these JSTOR Search Tips. WorldCat - Bibliographic database containing approximately 40 million records. Includes books, films, music scores, and many other types of materials. Not a journal index. Very useful for filling out ILL Book Request Form Electronically .
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WEB RESOURCES USING THE WWW You can start your research there via Google or any other search engine, but keep in mind that there are over 5 billion webpages on the Internet and much of what you will find is not academic not does it provide information that can be independently verified. It is always better to use a selective web directory to identify those which are academic, scholarly, or can be independently verified. Handbook of Latin American Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ - This is an annotated bibliography of books and periodical articles in the humanities and social sciences related to Latin America. http://www.arts-history.mx/literat/li/html - Dictionary of Mexican Writers (free but requires registration) http://www.literatura.org - site on contemporary Argentine writers http://www.sech.cl - site on Chilean writers
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