SPAN 325: Literature of Latin America
Fall 2009
Bernardita Llanos
Humanities Liaison Librarian - Joshua Finnell
Print Sources
Encyclopedias such as the ones listed below are a good place to begin your research, particularly when looking for a topic. These books are also good places to look for bibliographies with references to other useful sources. You can search for others that address your topic using:
Some examples:
- Hispanic Literature Criticism / DEN Ref PQ7081.A1 H573 1994 (v. 1-2)
- Latino and Latina Writers / DEN Ref PS153.H56 L39 2004 (v. 1-2)
- Twentieth-century Spanish Fiction Writers / DEN Ref PQ6144 .T94 2006
Electronic Resources
Critical essays, literary criticism, and general articles on aspects of Spanish literature can be found in the following databases:
- Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Hispanic American Periodicals Index includes information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. This database contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. - JSTOR
JSTOR Journal Archive contains full-text journal back issues from subject areas such as Music, Mathematics & Statistics, Language & Literature, Business, Ecology & Botany and General Science as well as Archaeology, Classics, and African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic Studies. New titles are being added regularly. Three to five year moving walls characterize the coverage of these journals. . - Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. LRC combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. - Literary Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online is a compilation of literary commentary, both scholarly and popular, from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals. Cross-searchable with the Dictionary of Literary Biography Online. Also features a link to the Literary Index.. - MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography is an index to books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage includes literature from all over the world. Folklore is represented by folk literature, music, art, rituals, and belief systems. Linguistics and language materials range from history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics, and syntax to translation. Other topics include literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing. The MLA Directory of Periodicals and the Association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each record in the bibliography are also included.