Doing Library Research for Spanish Literature Classes
This guide is organized to help to complete assignments in Spanish classes at Penn State. For general advice on searching our online catalogue for material related to Spanish courses, see Using LIAS for Research in Spanish.
Spanish Authors | Latin American Authors | Spanish History & Culture |
Latin American History & Culture | Dictionaries
Biographical information about a Spanish author
- Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula
PN849.S6D54 1993 Ready Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee, v. 1-2 - Diccionario de literatura española e hispanoamericana
PQ6006.D6 1993 Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee, t.1-t.2 - Diccionario de literatura española
PQ6006.D5 1964 Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee - Enciclopedia de la cultural española
DP12.E5 Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd Floor Pattee, t.1-t.5
Biographical information about a Latin American Author
- Handbook of Latin American Literature
PQ7081.A1H36 1992 , Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee - Latin American Literature of the 20th Century: A Guide
PQ7081.L36 1986, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor
Pattee - Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
PQ7081.A1E53 1997, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee - Cambridge History of Latin American Literature
PQ7081.A1C35 1996 Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee
Historical information about this author's country
Spain
- Diccionario de historia de España
DP56.D5 1968, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee,
t.1-t.5 - Historical Dictionary of Spain
DP12.S59 1996, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee - Historical dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
DP269.H54 1982 ,Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee - The Regions of Spain: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
DP48.K45 1995 Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee
Latin American History & Culture
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, (Vols. 1-5)
F1406.E53 1996, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee - Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture
F1204.E539 1997, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee
Dictionaries
There are dozens of Spanish dictionaries in the Reference collection of the Arts and Humanities Library. The following are just a few recommendations.
- Diccionario de uso del español. María Moliner. This dictionary is available in printed form (PC4625.M6 1998) and on CD-ROM, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee.
- Diccionario de la lengua española (Real Academia Española), in both print and on CD-ROM, PC4625.A32 1998, Reference, Arts & Humanities, 2nd floor Pattee.
Many Spanish-English, English-Spanish and pictorial dictionaries can be found at the call number PC4640 in both the Reference and the circulating collections in Pattee Library.