Library

Library Catalogs

Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Books, videos, government documents, etc. in Bowdoin's library.

NExpress
A combined catalog containing the library holdings of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Wellesley, Williams, Middlebury, and Northeastern. Requests take 2-3 days.

MaineCat
Includes the holdings of most Maine libraries. Requests take 2-5 days

WorldCat
A combined database of many library catalogs worldwide. Request items found in WorldCat through our Interlibrary Loan service.

Reference Sources

General

The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean / general editors, Simon Collier, Thomas E. Skidmore, Harold Blakemore
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1992
MainRef F1406 .C36 1992

Encycopedia of Latin American history and culture / Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor
New York : C . Scribner's Sons ; London : Simon & Schuster : Prentice Hall International, c 1996
Main Ref F1406 .E53 1996 v.1-5

Gran enciclopedia de España y América / coordinada por José María Javierre
Edition 3. ed, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe : Argantonio, 1989
Main Ref F1410 .G7 1989 v.1-10

Latin America and Caribbean contemporary record
New York: Holmes & Meier, [cl983-
MainRef F1401 .L3253, v.1- 1981/1982-

South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
London: Europa Publications Ltd.
MainRef F1414.2 .S68, 1986-

Literature

Encyclopedia of Latin American literature / Verity Smith, editor
London ; Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, e 1997
MainRef PQ7081.A1 E56 1997

Hispanic literature criticism
Detroit Gale Research, c1994-
MainRef PQ7081.A1 H573 1994, v1-2

Latin American writers / Carlos A. Solé, editor, Marla Isabel Abreu, associate editor
New York : Scribner, 1989
MainRef PQ7081.A1 L37 1989 v.1-3

Modern Latin American literature / compiled and edited by David William Foster, Virginia Ramos Foster. New York: Ungar, [1975]
Main Ref PQ7081 F63 1975 v. 1-2

Web Sites

General

Latin American Network Information Center
http://lanic.utexas.edu/
Outstanding site, well-organized and easy to use. Search by country or by choose from dozens of subjects. Indispensable research tool for beginning students and faculty as well. From the University of Texas.

Hispanic Pages in the USA
http//coloquio.com/index.html
A collection of links by Javier G. Bustamante, publisher of Hispanic Cultural magazine COLOQUIO

Andanzas al Web Latino
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/latino.html
Compiled by Molly Molloy (mmolloy@lib.mnsu.edu), Latin American Specialist, New Mexico State University

Internet Resources for Latin America
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia
Compiled by Molly Molloy (mmolloy@lib.mnsu.edu), Latin American Specialist, New Mexico State University

History

LANIC History from the University of Texas
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/history/
The three sites below offer primary historical documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.

Colonial Latin America
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook08.html

19th Century Latin America
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook32.html

20th Century Latin America
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook55.html

News

LANIC Newspapers
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news/
Arranged by country and includes Spanish language newspapers in the U.S.

LANIC Journals
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/epub/

Libraries

Libraries & Archives
Libraries in Latin America
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/library

Politics

Political Database of the Americas
http://www.georgetown.edu/LatAmerPolitical/
Georgetown University Center for Latin American Studies

Latin American Government Documents Project
http//lib1.library.cornell.edu/colldev/ladocshome.html
Organized by categories including Statistical Sources, Executive and Ministerial Documents, National Legislative Documents, and National Judicial Documents

Dictionaries

General English-Spanish Dictionary
http://www.activa.arrakis.es/ind-en.htm

Searching the Web

Search LANIC, Latin America & the World
http://lanic.utexas.edu/world/search/
Links to search engines covering Spanish and Latin American sites. Many are searchable subject directories.

Buscadores (Search Engines)
http://www.ed.ac.uk/~jtp/Espanyol/motores.html
A collection of search engines specializing in Spain and Latin America.