USAFA Library Guides: Languages and Cultures: Spanish

Introduction

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Language Learning Resources

BBC Languages: Spanish
A guide to the Spanish language, learning resources and useful links
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish (Annenberg Learner)
Video instructional series to help improve Spanish speaking, listening and comprehension skills
Spanish Language and Culture (Colby University)
Grammar exercises with activities using audio and videos to help improve your Spanish
Spanish Phone Conversations (DLI Foreign Language Center)
Phone conversations in Spanish dialects
Spanish Proficiency Exercises (University of Texas)
For beginning to advanced learners of Spanish, video clip exercises from native speakers
StudySpanish.com
Practice grammar, vocabulary, verb drills and much more.
WhyNotSpanish?
Learn Spanish through videos, worksheet exercises and other fun methods

Additional Language Resources and Tools

Conjuguemos
Learning and listening activities for Spanish verbs, vocabulary and grammar
Forvo
Spanish pronunciation dictionary [español]
Lingolia Español
Presents grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening exercises to learn Spanish
Spanish Tools Online Grammar Book (Bowdoin University)
A concise outline of essential grammar structures
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Based on John Turner's All the Spanish Grammar You Really Need to Know
Spanish Verb Conjugator (Verbix)
Conjugate a Spanish verb using the infinitive plus other online verb tools

Websites for Spanish and Latin American Literature

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Access digitized works from different authors and literary genres from Spain and the Americas
Centro Virtual Cervantes
Information on the Spanish language and culture, teaching, literature, the arts and sciences
Escritores en la Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE)
Digitized works and information on the lives of some important authors
LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center
Resource subject guides for countries in Central and South America
Mundolatino Cultura
Portales arte, cultura, literatura, grandes escritores y más
Sistema de Información Científica Redalyc
Open access journal collections from Latin America, Spain and Portugal

Other Useful Websites

All about Spain
About the country of Spain - travel, culture, cities, regions and other geographical areas
España es cultura
Cultures of Spain including monuments, styles, artists and locations (Spanish/English)
Latin American Studies Association
Largest professional association in the world for the study of Latin America
Menéame
A similar site to Reddit but in the Spanish language for popular Internet content
Study in Spain
Official information on different aspects of living and studying in Spain

General Reference Sources: Spanish and Latin American Literature

Hispanic Literature Criticism (2 vols)
Call Number: Reference PQ 7081 .A1 H573 1994
Important criticism of works by major Hispanic writers of the 20th century, plus sources for further study
World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia (3 vols)
Call Number: Reference PQ 6006 .W67 2011
Worldwide coverage of subjects in Hispanic cultures and literature (with bibliographies)

Specialized Reference Sources: Latin American Literature

The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature (3 vols)
Call Number: Electronic and also in print on the Library's 6th floor: PQ 7081 .A1 C35 1996
Vol 1, Discovery to Modernism; Vol 2, The Twentieth Century; Vol 3, Brazilian Literature; Bibliographies
Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature (2 vols)
Call Number: Reference PN 849 .C3 E53 2006
Information on authors and special topics including further readings
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003
Call Number: Reference PQ 7081 .A1 E558 2004
Information on all aspects of literature in these regions starting from early 20th century
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Call Number: Reference PQ 7081 .A1 E56 1997
Essays on writers, works and topics related to literature including further readings
Latin American Dramatists
Call Number: Reference PN 41 .D5 v.305
Essays on major dramatists from a volume of the Dictionary of Literary Dictionary series
Latin American Literature and Its Times, Volume 1
Call Number: Reference PQ 7081 .M625 1999
Profiles notable literary works - plot summaries, literary context, reviews & bibliographies
Latin American Writers (3 vols + 1 supplement)
Call Number: Reference PQ 7081 .A1 L37 1989
History and criticism of major Latin American authors including bibliographies
Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers (2 vols, first and second series)
Call Number: Reference PN 41 .D5 v.113 (first series) and v.145 (second series)
Publication Date: Gale Research, 1992 and 1994
Essays on major fiction writers in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series (2 vols)
Modern Spanish American Poets (2 vols, first and second series)
Call Number: Reference PN 41 .D5 v.283 (first series) and v.290 (second series)
Essays on poets from the 1880s onwards in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series (2 vols)

Specialized Reference Sources: Spanish Literature

The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature
Call Number: Also in print on the library's 6th floor: PQ 6033 .C36 2004
Castilian Writers, 1400-1500
Call Number: Reference PN 41 .D5 v.286
Essays on writers from Castille region from in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series
Sixteenth-Century Spanish Writers
Call Number: Reference PN 41 .D5 v.318
Essays on Spanish writers from the 16th century in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series
Spanish and Portuguese Literatures and Their Times: The Iberian Peninsula, Volume 5
Call Number: Reference PQ 6041 .M67 2002
Profiles notable literary works - plot summaries, literary context, reviews & bibliographies
Twentieth-Century Spanish Fiction Writers
Call Number: Reference PN 41 .D5 v.322
Essays on major 20th century Spanish writers in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series
Twentieth-Century Spanish Poets (2 vols, first and second series)
Call Number: Reference PN 41 .D5 v.108 (first series) and v.134 (second series)
Essays on modern poets from Spain in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series (2 vols.)

Cultural Information

Europa World Plus
Select Region to find profiles for Spain and other Spanish speaking countries
Global Road Warrior
Use map or list to select a Spanish speaking country for cultural information

Spanish Dictionaries

Linguee
Contextual translations
Oxford Dictionaries
Online dictionary/grammar
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Use English-Spanish and Spanish-English or Spanish only dictionary features to find the meanings or translations of words, phrases and expressions. There is also the option of listening to the pronunciation of a word. A grammar feature is available to help improve understanding and writing skills.
Real Academia Española
Diccionario de la lengua española
Reverso Dictionary
Dictionary with context

Bibliographies

Latin American Studies
Oxford Bibliographies
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Scholarly research guides that cite resources related to the study of Latin America

News & Media

ABC
Spanish national daily
ABYZ News Links
Paises de Lengua Española
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Periódicos Diarios Noticias: África Central, América Central, América del Sur, Caribe, Europa del Sur
Cadena SER
Radio network in Spain
El Mundo
Newspaper from Spain
El País
Spain daily newspaper
Inside Spain
Updates on Spain
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Spanish political and economic current affairs (monthly updates)
LANIC News Links
Latin American news
LANIC Radio Links
Latin American radio
RTVE
News, TV, radio in Spain
Worldpress
Newspapers in Spain

Search Tools for Journals

Biblat
Bibliografía Latinoamericana
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Search for articles from academic journals in Latin America and the Caribbean
Electronics Journals Library
Romance studies
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A-Z listing of freely available open access journals in Spanish and other Romance languages [University of Regensburg, Germany]
Google Académico
Google Scholar (Spanish)
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A tool to locate many full-text academic journal articles and other documents in the Spanish language covering a diverse topics from worldwide sources

Hispanic Journals

Anales de la Literatura Española Contemporánea
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Spanish language journal published by the Society of Spanish and Spanish American Studies at Temple University
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
Hispanic research
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Published by Liverpool University Press, the journal is devoted to the languages, literatures and civilizations of Spain, Portugal and Latin America
Castilla: Estudios de Literatura
Revista electrónica
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A Literatura Española e Hispanoamericanala, Teoría y la Crítica literarias y la Literatura Comparada [Universidad de Valladolid]
Español Actual
Gramática, lingüística y otros
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Access articles through EbscoHost database
Hispania
Scholarly articles
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Published by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, older issues can be accessed through the JSTOR database
Hispanic Research Journal
Iberian/Latin American studies
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Published by the University of London, the journal coverage includes literature and literary theory, cultural history and cultural studies, language and linguistics, and film and theatre studies
Hispanic Review
Hispanic literatures & cultures
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1990-present. Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Hispanófila
Research essays
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Published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the journal contains essays on any literary, linguistic, or cultural topic dealing with the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds. Older issues of the journal can be accessed through the JSTOR database.
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
Education & ethnic studies
Journal of Iberian & Latin American Studies
Modern literature
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Published in the UK, the journal promotes research in the areas of modern & contemporary literature, modern & contemporary history, cinema & linguistics. Access articles through the EbscoHost database. Full-text delay of 18 months.
Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies
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Articles on all areas of Spanish culture. Published in the UK. Full-text delay of 18 months.
Latin American Literary Review
Literary criticisms
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Journal articles are not available in JSTOR over the past four years
Revista de Estudios Hispánicos
Hispanic literature
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Journal covers all areas of Hispanic literatures, cultures, and film, including essays on theoretical and interdisciplinary topics
Revista Hispánica Moderna
Academic research
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Published by the Hispanic Institute for Latin American & Iberian Cultures at Columbia University, the journal provides criticism and theory in the Spanish language. Access older journal issues through the JSTOR database.
Romance Notes
Romance studies
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Access older issues through the JSTOR database