Christopher Center Library Services: Class Help: Spanish, 204

Class Help Page: Spanish 204, Spring 2008

Finding Articles [off campus access] [tips]

Europa World Plus - a good place to start to find out about countries and regions [more...]

LexisNexis Academic - use for finding full-text newspaper articles [more...]

¡Informe! - includes full-text articles from the most popular Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals [more...]

More foreign language article resources ...

More general article resources ...

Finding Books [off campus access] [tips]

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog resources available at VU libraries [more...]

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

Reference Resources [tips]

Christopher Center Reference Stacks, 2nd floor

Guía de España Ref. DP43.2 .G85 1996
Spanish culture and society: the essential glossary Ref. DP233.5 .S73 2002
Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture Ref. DP233.5 .E63 1999
Encyclopedia of Mexico: history, society & culture Ref. F1210 .E63 1997
Encyclopedia of modern Mexico Ref. F1234 .D364 2002
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture Ref. F1406 .E53 1996
Encyclopedia of Latin American politics Ref. F1410 .E56 2002
Historical dictionary of Honduras Ref. F1502 .M56 1994
Historical dictionary of Costa Rica Ref. F1542 .C7 1991
Encyclopedia of Cuba: people, history, culture Ref. F1754 .E53 2003
Historical dictionary of Cuba Ref. F1754 .S83 2001

Larousse gran diccionario: inglés-español, español-inglés Ref. PC4640 .L393 2004
The Oxford Spanish dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish Ref. PC4640 .O94 1994

Recommended Internet Resources [tips]

Can't stop yourself from using Google? Read this first!

Google Español
Yahoo Telemundo

Naciones Unidas
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
Organización de los Estados Americanos
Voanoticias.com [Voice of America]

intute: arts & humanities> Hispanic Studies
Lanic: Latin American Network Information Center
Academic Info: Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Final Writing and Presentation

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
--found in Reference, Reserve, and the Stacks LB2369 .G53 2003

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.
--found in Reference, Reserve, and the Stacks BF 76.7 .P83 2001

Diana Hacker's Bedford St. Martins Research and Documentation Site http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ An outstanding site!

Citing Resources http://www.valpo.edu/library/citing.html
VU Writing Center http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/