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	Introduction This general guide includes resources that are common across all the Spanish guides such as dictionaries, general reference works that focus on Spain or other countries where Spanish is the primary language, multi-disciplinary databases, and quality Web sites that broadly cover the discipline. For more focused resources on Spanish culture, literature, language, or teaching, please refer to the subguides. Core Resources Research Databases Web Sources Periodicals Search Hints Contact Librarian


	Core Resources WorldCat WebCat MLA International Bibliography JSTOR


	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) Historical Abstracts Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts is the leading electronic bibliography for historical study with indexing for more than 2,000 journals. In addition to key historical journals from virtually every major country Historical Abstracts includes a selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history. View: Online JSTOR JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago. View: Online MLA International Bibliography The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. MLA International Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. Subscription to the MLA International Bibliography also includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals database. View: Online Annotation Periodicals Index Online Periodicals Index Online (PIO) indexes more than 15 million articles from thousands of journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Its scope is international; foreign language journals are included (e.g., German, Italian, French, and Spanish). View: Online Annotation WebCat WebCat is a catalog of all materials in Hekman Library including ejournals, ebooks, government documents, and multimedia. View: Online WorldCat Worldcat is a catalog of materials found in hundreds of libraries throughout the world. There are currently over 62 million records in 400 languages extending back to as early as 1,000 B.C. WorldCat is updated daily. View: Online


	Web Sources CIA World Factbook Offers country profiles covering geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Includes maps and country flags. View: Online Annotation Latin American Network Information Center LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America for people living in Latin America as well as others around the world who have an interest in the region. LANIC has become an important gateway to Latin America for primary and secondary school teachers and students and private and public sector professionals. View: Online Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents (LAPTOC) Provides access to tables of contents for more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America. View: Online Annotation World-Newspapers.com Non-profit and non-partisan website initiated by freelance journalists to provide their colleagues as well as readers worldwide with reliable information about international news sources. View: Online Annotation yourDictionary.com More than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages. View: Online Annotation


	Periodicals ejournal locator (SFX) The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. View: Online Annotation

WebCat Search Hints

- Subject-specific hints for searching the library catalog

To select books and other materials in the Spanish language, use the advanced search and select "Spanish" in the language drop-down menu.

To find Spanish literature, history and criticism, look on the 5th floor in PQ6000-9000. Books about Spanish language can be found in PC4000-5000.

Spanish Subject Guide Librarian

DeMey, Kathy

Reference Librarian

Contact Info:
Hekman Library 200 Phone: 526-6310 Email: kdemeyATcalvin.edu; Liaison areas: Music, Art, French, Spanish. Office hours: Monday 12:30-3, 5-6; Tuesday 5-6; Wednesday 4-6; Thursday 5-10; Friday 12:30-3.

Help is also generally available from a research specialist at the Research Assistance Desk on the main floor.

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Additional Guides in the Area of Spanish

Spanish Subject Guide

Introduction

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Research Databases

Historical Abstracts

JSTOR

MLA International Bibliography

Periodicals Index Online

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WorldCat

Web Sources

CIA World Factbook

Latin American Network Information Center

Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents (LAPTOC)

World-Newspapers.com

yourDictionary.com

Periodicals

ejournal locator (SFX)

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Spanish Subject Guide Librarian