Spanish 322: Latin American Culture and Civilization

Latin American country background

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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 The World Almanac Hispanic Americans: a statistical sourcebook (call number: R 305.868 H625h 1999) Lonely planet: Mexico (call number: R 917.2 M574n 1998) Global studies: Latin America (call number: R 910 G51g, v.8) 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) Artists from Latin American cultures : a biographical dictionary(2002) (call number: R 927 C76a)
Economy	Illustrated book of world rankings (call number: R 310 K965n, 1997) Nations of the world 2000/01: a political, economic 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) Nazarene District Assembly Meeting minutes (on the "NPH" wall in the LowerLevel, Box 16: Latin American Districts) 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. Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society and Culture (call number: R 927.003 En19w) Latin America, history and culture : an encyclopedia for students call number: R 980.003 L349t (4 Volumes) Latin American political dictionary (call number: R 980.003 R735L) Notable twentieth-century Latin American women : a biographical dictionary (2001) Call number: R 920.72 N843L
Literature	Database trials (good through Oct. 15, 2009). Gat password from librarian or Prof. Canales: Latino Literature Caribbean Literature Latin American Women Writers MLA Bibliography: articles database covering literature, languages, linguistics, folklore. JStor: An archive of scholarly journal historical issues of scanned images of journal articles as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. 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 ) Latin American literature and its times (call number: R 860.9 M855L)

Current Events

Use article databases to search for current events. Remember to limit the date range to current info. Check for a “language” option; choose Spanish.

Database	Description
Academic Search Premier	Full text periodical database
AP Images	Photos, graphics, and news from Associated Press
ArticleFirst	Index of articles from 12,500 journals
World News Digest	Wide variety of news summaries
Newspaper Source	EBSCO full text newspaper sources

Go to the Spanish-language links in LexisNexis (database) on the Spanish subject guide.

Suggested links

• Latin American Network Information Center
• LANIC Maps
• Instituto Ibero-Americano (IAI) en Berlín
• INTAL - Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (Inter-American Development Bank)
• Centro de Documentación y Estudios Latinoamericanos (CDEL)
• Biblioteca Digital Andina (Andean Digital Library)
• Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
• Latin America and Caribbean Social Science Virtual Library – CLACSO
• America Latina - Portal Europeo
• Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO-Costa Rica (Library)
• Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO-Argentina
• Biblioteca Virtual UNAM (Universidad Autónoma de México)
• Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales
• Center for Latin American Studies (University of Pittsburgh)
• Instituto de Iberoamerica (Universidad de Salamanca, España)

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