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Getting Started with Research for SPAN308
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Special Topic: Primary Sources
Recommended Research Databases
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
The definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric, and film studies. -
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)Covers the wide range of world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present.
Recommended Resources for Primary Sources
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de CervantesAccess to thousands of works of Hispanic literature, newspaper collections, video library, etc.
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EuropeanaAccess to millions of cultural heritage items from institutions across Europe.
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History of Spain: Primary Documents (from Euro-docs)Provides online documents and transcriptions for European history.
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Internet Medieval SourcebookContains a large number of primary source texts from medieval Iberia including Muslim and Jewish viewpoints.
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LIBRO (Library of Iberian Resources Online)LIBRO works to make available the best scholarship about the peoples and nations of the Iberian peninsula and focuses upon peninsular history from the fifth to the seventeenth centuries.
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Proyecto Estudios IndianosThe Proyecto Estudios Indianos is an interdisciplinary research group on the American viceroyalties with a global perspective.
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Virtual Library of Bibliographic Heritage (BVPB)The Virtual Library of Bibliographic Heritage (BVPB) is a digital library offering the public access to a valuable collection of digitized manuscripts, printed books, historical photographs, and many other materials that form part of Spain's heritage.
