Spanish 321: Spanish Culture and Civilization

Project 1: Spanish-speaking country background

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Give credit for images you copy from the Web or scan from a print source! Most images from US government-published websites are OK to use without permission. But, some may be protected by license; read the disclaimers on each site.

Use reference sources to learn about your country. Consider these suggested print and online resources:

General info.

• Background notes from the US Department of State (also in 2 white binders. R 910.5 B126)
• World Factbook by the CIA
• Country Studies from Library of Congress and US Army
• Official websites of national governments list compiled by Northwestern University Libraries
• Biography Index
• SYB World
• The World Almanac
• American immmigrant culture (call number: R 305.8 Am 35L)
• Business Spain: A practical guide to understanding Spanish business culture (call number: R 395.52 K36b)
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of cultures & Daily Life R 305.8W893g)

Art

• Encyclopedia of world art (call number: R 703 En19e )
• Dictionary of art (call number: R 703 D561g)

Economy

• Illustrated book of world rankings (call number: R 310 K965n, 1997)
• Nations of the world 2000/01: a political, sconomic and business handbook (call number: R 909.83 N213g 2000-01)

Evangelical church activities

• Christian Periodical Index article database about Christianity & evangelicals
• Directory of indigenous Christian organizations (call number: R 209.025 D 628L)
• Encyclopedia of women and world religion (call number: R 200.82 En19y)
• World Christian encyclopedia : a comparative survey of churches and religions in the modern world(call number: R 230.003 W893b, 2001)

Geography

• List of world map sites produced by US Gov.
• Lands and peoples (call number: R 910 L238g, 1995)
• Maps on file (call number: R 912 M322f) **good for making handouts**
• Times atlas of the 20th century (call number: R 909.82 T482o)

History

• History eBook Project
• Newsmaker Profiles Biographies from World News Digest.

Literature

• MLA BibliographyMLA Bibliography articles database covering literature, languages, linguistics, folklore.
• Encyclopedia of world mythology (call number: R 398.03 En19)
• Folklore : an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art (call number: R 398.03 F719g )
• Oxford companion to Spanish literature (call number: R 860.3 Ox2w)

Project 2: Current events

Use article databases to search for current events. Remember to limit the date range to current info.

Academic Search Premier - Full text periodical database

AP Images - Photos, graphics, and news from Associated Press

ArticleFirst - Index of articles from 12,500 journals

Facts on File News - Wide variety of news summaries

Newspaper Source - EBSCO full text newspaper sources

Project 3: Recipes

Search for international cooking in BLISweb to find more books

• Global Destinations: The Global Gourmet has written country profiles [many] include links to recipes
• Regional Index of vegetarian recipes from the International Vegetarian Union
• Try a google search for international recipes
• Whole world cookbook (see the BLISweb record | call number: 641.59 K554w)
• Time-Life International cookbook (see the BLISweb record | call number: 641.5 T482)
• Complete International soup cookbook (see the BLISweb record | call number: 641.813 N334c)
• Cooking Measures and Conversion Calculator | Kilo to Pound Converter