Selected Resources for
SPAN433—20th Century Spanish American Novel
February 20, 2007
PLU Library--Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu

BOOKS:  Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.   Some topics that might be of interest:  

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Some indexes that might be useful include:  

• Arts & Humanities Search (via First Search)
• HAPI Online (via library website)
• JSTOR (via library website) (via PLU Library website)
• Literature Online (LION) (via PLU Library website)
• Literature Resource Center (via Gale)
• MLA   (via library website)

 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.   Journals at PLU also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.

REFERENCE BOOKS

• Biographical dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean political leaders (ref. F1414.2.B48 1988)
• Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean (ref. F1406.C36 1992)
• Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures (ref. F1406.E515 2000)
• Encyclopedia Of Latin American History And Culture (ref. F1406.E53 1996)
• Encyclopedia of Latin American literature (ref. PQ7081.A1E56x 1997)
• Handbook of Latin American literature (ref. PQ7081.A1H36 1987)
• Hispanic Literature Criticism (ref. PQ7081.A1H573 1999)
• Latin America: a political dictionary (ref. F1406.R67 1992)
• Modern Latin-American fiction writers (ref. PQ7082.N7M55)
• Oxford Reference Online 
• Spanish American authors: the twentieth century (ref. PQ7081.3.F57 1992)
• World literature and its times: profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them; v. 1. Latin American literature and its times (ref. PN50.M625x 1999)

INTERNET RESOURCES

• Diálogo con Manlio Argueta (http://www-ni.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2002/junio/29/literaria/ensayos/)
• Guide to Online Latin American Information Resources (http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/)
• Lanic (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/literature/index.html)
• Mundo Latina (http://www.mundolatino.org/cultura/)
• Mexican and Latin American Literature (http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/modern_languages/mexican.htm)

OTHER INTERESTING SOURCES

• La Ciudad y los perros (VIDEO PN1997.C5x 1987)
• Los de abajo (VIDEO PQ7297.A9L67x 1987)
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez (VIDEO PQ8180.17.A73G3)

BEYOND PLU

PLU belongs to a consortium of small private colleges and universities.  This consortium includes:

• St. Martin's University
• Northwest University
• Seattle Pacific University
• Seattle University
• University of Puget Sound

You may check materials out from these libraries using your PLU ID.

You may also order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary

 

 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an  appointment with me for personal research assistance.  My office hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00.

 
 

 http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/span433.

02/07-gle