Hekman Library: Spanish: Find Background Info

Recommended Research Sources

Latinx Studies : the key concepts - E184.S75 A77 2019 (5th Floor)

Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

Dictionary of Latin American cultural studies - Reference F1408.3 .D5513 2012

Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures

Celebrating Latino Folklore - Reference E184.S75 C455 2012

Need some introductory info?

Youtube Video - How to Get Started with Online Encyclopedias

Recommended Web Resources

Biblioteca Nacional de España
This is the National Spanish Library's website. It includes the information about the library and its contents.
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
This link contains access to thousands of works including literature, newspaper collections, video library, etc. This website has the aim of providing the best possible service to the wider community of Spanish speakers all over the world.
Gabriel García Márquez
The digital archive of writer Gabriel García Márquez includes drafts of published and unpublished works, and many other research materials such as photographs, scrapbooks, etc. as well as an audio recording of his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982
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The digital archive of Colombian-born writer Gabriel García Márquez includes manuscript drafts of published and unpublished works, research material, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, notebooks, screenplays, printed material, ephemera, and an audio recording of García Márquez's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. The searchable, online archive is comprised of approximately 27,500 items from García Márquez's papers, and was made possible by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The Center also gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of Gabriel García Márquez's family.
Ibero-American Electronic Text Series
A project devoted to Latin American and Iberian works in the humanities from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Materials in the collection range from the Medieval Spanish literature through 20th Century Latin American.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook : Iberia
Great for primary sources on Jewish and Muslim life in Medieval Iberia.
Palabra Virtual - Antologia de Poesia Iberoamericana

Special Resource: Country Information

BBC Country Profiles
From the BBC, "full profiles... to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions." Also, some audio and video from the BBC archives
CIA World Factbook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.