Library Spanish 318

In today's class:

STRATEGIC SEARCHING

• Use the "Discover" search to explore themes, works, and artists related to the geographies you've identified
• Search the 5 College Catalog to find books and films related to your topics
• Review the "databases" tab in this guide and select a relevant subject database to search

BOOKS ON RESERVE
Related books/ books on reserve for this course:

-Bennassar, Bartolomé. Los Cristianos de Alá
-Bernabé Pons, Luis F. Los moriscos: conflicto, expulsión, diáspora 
-Flesler, Daniela. The Return of the Moor: Spanish Responses to Contemporary Moroccan Immigration 
ebook)
-Fuchs, Barbara. Exotic Nation: Maurophilia and the Construction of Early Modern Spain (ebook) 
-Garcés, María Antonia. An Early Modern Dialogue with Islam: Antonio de Sosa's Topography of Algiers (1612) 
-Garcés, María Antonia. Cervantes in Algiers: A Captive’s Tale.
-García Arenal, Mercedes. Los moriscos 
-Harvey, L. P. Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 (ebook) 
-López Baralt, Luce. Islam in Spanish Literature 
-López Baralt, Luce. Literatura secreta de los últimos musulmanes de España 
-Márquez Villanueva, Francisco. Moros, moriscos y turcos de Cervantes 
-Matar, Nabil. Europe through Arab Eyes. (eBook) 
-Perry, Mary Elizabeth. The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain 
(ebook)
-Rueda, Ana, ed. El retorno/el reencuentro. La inmigración en la literatura hispano-marroquí
-Sola, Emilio, y José F. de la Peña. Cervantes y la Berbería: Cervantes, mundo turco-berberisco 

• Discover: Start here for books, articles & more
  Simultaneously search research databases plus the Five Colleges Libraries Catalog to find full-text articles, books and more.
• MLA International Bibliography with Full Text (1926 to present)
  Covers critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
• Historical Abstracts with Full Text (1955 to present)
  Scholarly literature about world history since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada).
• JSTOR
  Full-text backfiles of over two thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. (Alumni access)
• Index Islamicus (1906 to present)
  Covers literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, including Muslim areas of Asia and Africa.
• International Medieval Bibliography
  Comprehensive index of journal articles and books about Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 300 to 1500.
• Literature Resource Center
  Full-text critical studies, biographies of authors; covers all genres, all time periods, and all regions.
• Dialnet
  A virtual library of Spanish academic journals, hosted by the University de la Rioja in Spain. Primarily a bibliographic index with tables of contents, it covers more than 5,000 journals and 2.1 million documents. There are a growing number of full-text articles available as content is continuously updated. Subjects covered include the sciences, social sciences and the humanities and arts. It is particularly useful for subjects related to Spain, such as history and Islamic studies, not well covered by other popular databases. English language search is available. Covers 1980 to the present.
• AnthroSource (1988 to present)
  Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource indexes 100 years of anthropological material.

Databases

Reference Universe - Searchable index of the library's entire reference collection, both print and electronic. Search by keywords (in English) to find relevant reference sources.

Literature Resource Center - Full-text critical studies, biographies of authors; covers all genres, all time periods, and all regions

Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online is the access point for Grove Art Online, and other Oxford art reference works covering all forms of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic and decorative arts, and photography from prehistory to the present.

Encyclopedias

Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History: Volume 9, Western & Southern Europe (1600 - 1700) (Reference BP172 .C4196 2009): A history of everything that was written on relations in the period 1600-1700 in Western and Southern Europe. Its detailed entries contain descriptions, assessments and comprehensive bibliographical details about individual works. E-book version

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (AC Frost Reference / DS35.53 .O96 2009): Comprehensive encyclopedia dedicated to the institutions, religion, politics, and culture in Muslim societies throughout the world. Beginning coverage in the sixth century and extending it to the present day, the Encyclopedia covers Muslims in the Arab heartland as well as South and Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas

 The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature (AC Frost Stacks / PQ6033 .C36 2004): Essays cover the full range of Spanish poetry, prose, and theatre from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The classics of the canon of eleven centuries of Spanish literature are covered, from Berceo, Cervantes and Caldern to Garca Lorca and Martn Gaite, but attention is also paid to lesser known writers and works.  

Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture: Substantial survey essays on literature, history, arts, media, and more.  Current through late 1990's.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture (Reference DP 233.5 E63 1999):
Alphabetically arranged entries that cover places, people, performing arts, politics, and much more. Some further reading suggested.

Historical Dictionary of Modern Spain, 1700-1988.  (Reference DP 192 H57 1990):
Quick information about events, people, parties, and more

Try these collections of historical and current newspapers (also see the News Research Guide or search the journal locator for specific titles).

• Access World News (Newsbank) (date coverage varies)
  Electronic editions of over 2,600 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as 1,500 international sources. Fully searchable and browsable by map
  
  
• Newsstand (ProQuest)
  Full text for over 1,300 local, regional and national newspapers, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, and more.
  
  
• Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Historica (Virtual Library of Historical Press) 
  A digitized collection of almost 2000 historical newspapers developed by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. These periodicals date from 1777 through the 20th century.The search interface is available in English and several Spanish dialects.

Citing Sources

Be sure to credit the sources you use for a research project -- whether printed books and journals or online texts, websites, etc. If you are not familiar with MLA format, Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a great resource. 

You can also visit the library's How to Cite Sources page for tools and resources to help you properly cite your sources.