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In addition to the Electronic Indexes and Databases, the following print index can be useful especially for people working in Peninsular areas.
ZIM Ref. PB1 Y45
Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies. 1929/30 to present.
Published in England by the Modern Humanities Research Association. Arranged by language, and some sections are subdivided by period. Presented in the form of bibliographical essays, with each essay reviewing current research in both books and journals. Coverage includes new editions of classic works.
The Library Catalog (LIBROS) provides location information for books, journals, maps, microforms, sound recordings, videos, and similar items owned by the UNM Libraries and other New Mexico member institutions. Materials that are not located in the Library Catalog (LIBROS) can be requested through InterLibrary Loan.
Subject headings that are useful for finding general criticism on Latin American literature and genres:
Latin American drama--History and criticism
Latin American fiction--History and criticism
Latin American literature--History and criticism
Latin American poetry--History and criticism
A note about the Library of Congress’s use of “Latin American”: This subject heading is used when a work includes more than the Spanish speaking countries. If a work covers only the Spanish speaking countries, the subject heading is “Spanish American drama,” etc.
For information on the literature of a specific country, consult LIBROS under headings beginning with the national adjective, for example:
Brazilian literature
Caribbean literature
Mexican literature
Spanish literature (Note: this refers to literature from the country)
For works about a specific author, look under the author’s name as a subject. To find information on a specific work, look under the author's name as a subject, followed by the title of the work. Examples:
Allende, Isabel--Criticism and Interpretation
Allende, Isabel--Casa de los espiritus
netLibrary UNM only The University of New Mexico General Library subscribes to over 1,000 titles in electronic form dealing with the Southwest and titles from the University of New Mexico Press. In addition this collection provides access to titles in the public domain.
LANIC University of Texas at Austin Under the Literature section, you will find electronic texts arranged by country.
Iberian Studies Web This web site for the Iberian countries has electronic texts listed in the Language and Literature sections of each country.
Ibero-American Electronic Texts Series From the University of Wisconsin under the direction, of Luis M. Villar. The initial texts of this series include Menéndez Pidal's edition of Elena y María, Cejador y Frauca's editon of El Criticón, Sor Juana's Loa para el auto sacramental de El Divino Narciso, Esteban Echeverrías' El matadero, Ermilo Abreu Gómez's essay Semblanza de Sor Juana, and the Folché-Delbose edition of Vida de Santa María Egipciaqua
El Oteador: Literatura y textos electrónicos: España Links to author sites as well as societies, literary sites, genre and movements.
Comedia Brought to you by the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, provides access to a number of Hispanic play texts, organized by playwright. Also contains resources related to Hispanic theater
PhiloBiblon Electronic bibliographies of medieval Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish texts hosted by the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Cultvox: E-Livros grátis More than 300 electronic texts in English, French and Portuguese available free.
“La obra de Carmen Ollé y crítica sobre la misma” by Olga Espejo. Latin American Information Series, no. 8
Guides from other libraries:
Spanish, Latin America, Brazilian and Caribbean Literature - Guide to resources prepared at Perkins Library, Duke University
Spanish and Latin American Literature - Guide prepared at Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University.
Print Guides
This category of works can be very useful for getting you started in research and for helping you learn about sources in an area new to you.
ZIM Ref. PC471 B55 1995
A Sourcebook for Hispanic Literature and Language by Donald W. Bleznick.
This third edition has been revised and enlarged. It covers such areas as style guides, bibliographies, encyclopedias, dictionaries, histories of Hispanic literature, and Chicano literature. It offers guidance on where to start research and on libraries and publishers in the field.
ZIM Ref. PC5041 C45 1989
Portuguese Language and Luso-Brazilian Literature: An Annotated Guide to Selected Reference Sources. By Bobby J. Chamberlain.
Annotations are more descriptive than critical. Sections cover Portuguese language and linguistics, Portuguese literature, Brazilian literature and Luso-African and other Lusophone literatures. Has an index of authors, editors and compilers. Includes dictionaries of interest to language and literature students, i.e. historical and etymological not scientific and technological. Gives union lists and collection catalogs, library and resource guides.
ZIM Ref. PQ6033 F77 1977
Manual of Hispanic Bibliography. By David William Foster.
Covers the primary sources and the important secondary ones for Spanish and Spanish American literature. Excludes Luso-Brazilian, Galician, Catalan and Spanish Indian languages. The annotations are descriptive.
ZIM Ref. PC4071 A2 W66 1997
Guide to Reference Works for the Study of the Spanish Language and Literature and Spanish American Literature. By Hensley C. Woodbridge.
The second edition covers works published from 1950 to date. For linguistics, includes dictionaries, book length glossaries and bibliographies. For literature, includes dictionaries of a specific nature, bibliographies of genre (both books and articles), and concordances. This work has a detailed table of contents in addition to three indexes compiled by Elline Long: one for authors, editors and compilers, the second for author bibliographies, glossaries and concordances, and the third an index of titles.
In addition to these sources, many of the titles listed in General Print Resources also contain biographical information.
Electronic
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (UNM Only)
Biography Reference Bank (UNM Only)
Microform
Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica
Serie I ZIM Microfiche CT1344 A73 1986
Serie II ZIM Microfiche CT1344 A732 1994
Serie III 1960-1995 ZIM Microfiche CT1344 .A733 1996
Serie IV hasta 2001 in process
Note: All parts are indexed ONLINE
Print
ZIM Ref. F1407 M86
Index to Spanish American Collective Biography, by Sara de Mundo Lo. 1981-1985
Four volumes: 1. The Andean Countries, 2. Mexico, 3. The Central American and Caribbean Countires and 4. The River Plate Countries. Indexes works of collective biography.
ZIM Ref CT3295 T68 1996
Mil quinientas mujeres en nuestra conciencia colectiva: catálogo biográfico de mujeres de México, by Aurora Tovar Ramírez. 1996.
ZIM Ref. CT3290 A33 1995
Notable Latin American Women: Twenty-Nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers and Spies, 1500-1900, by Jerome R. Adams. 1995
ZIM Ref. CT3290 N68 2001
Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, editied by Cynthia Margarita Tompkins and David William Foster, 2001.
Provides information on outstanding women in the fields of politics, the visual arts, religion, government, education, literature, popular culture and the sciences.
ZIM Ref HQ1115 W6 1999
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, by Anne Commire, editor and Deborah Klezmer, associate editor. 1999-2002.
Covers all countries, all time periods and has an index by country.
NOTE: It is often difficult to find biographical information about contemporary authors. One hint is to look at the books themselves, since it is the custom to often include biographical information on the book covers.
Print
In the call number area "PC4640 ..." you will find a variety of bilingual Spanish-English dictionaries. For Portuguese-English dictionaries use the call number "PC5327 ...". Besides the selection in the Reference Collection, which can not be checked out, others are shelved in the circulating stacks on the third floor of Zimmerman. If you need specialized vocabulary for a particular subject area, e.g. political science, we may have a Spanish or Portuguese dictionary for that subject. You can locate these in LIBROS by using the subject heading for the discipline and then the subdivision Dictionaries--Spanish, or Dictionaries--Portuguese, e.g. Political Science--Dictionaries--Spanish.
ZIM Ref. Desk PC4640 C53 2000
Collins Spanish Dictionary = Collins diccionario inglés.
ZIM Ref. PC5333 W45 1997
Harper Collins Portuguese dictionary: English-Portuguese, Portuguese-English. By John Whitlam.
ZIM Ref. PC4580 C6 1980
Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. By Juan Corominas and José Pascual.
In 6 volumes. The classic etymological dictionary for Spanish.
Electronic
Diccionarios.com
Oxford Spanish Dictionary on CD-ROM in the Zimmerman Reference area.
Indigenous Language Dictionaries
These dictionaries and books on Nahuatl are just a sample of the types of materials available for indigenous languages. Check LIBROS under the language or indigenous group name to find others. Also check LANIC for web resources.
Nahuatl
ZIM PM4063 H67 1992
Horcasitas, Fernando. Nahuatl práctico: lecciones y ejercicios para el principiante.
ZIM PM4066 K36 1983
Karttunen, Frances E.An analytical dictionary of Nahuatl.
ZIM PM4063 S8713 1988 & netLibrary
Sullivan, Thelma D. Thelma D. Sullivan's compendium of Nahuatl grammar.
The titles listed below are a few examples of the type of material to be found in the Zimmerman Reference Collection. In addition, the collection contains similar works for most individual countries, for example, Brazilian literature.
ZIM Ref. PQ7081 A1 C35
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature.
In three volumes, edited by Roberto González Echevarría and Enrique Pupo-Walker. Concerned with historical fact and accuracy, with sources and influences, and with the relationship of literature to history in general. Coverage of the colonial period, works of women writers, and the literature in Spanish by Chicano and other Hispanic authors are important inclusions, as well as Afro-Hispanic and Afro-American authors. Brings together Brazilian literature with Spanish American literature. Provides a reassessment and expansion of the canon of Latin American literature. Includes selective, annotated bibliographies for each chapter.
ZIM Ref. PQ7081.3 A35 2001
Diccionario de autores latinoamericanos. By César Aira.
ZIM Ref. PQ9006 B53 1997
Dicionário de literatura: Literatura portuguesa, literatura brasileira, literatura galega, estilistica literaria.
This 4th ed., now 5 volumes, is still under the editorship of Jacinto do Prado Coelho. Very similar to the above, but emphasis is on relationship between the three literatures that have a common heritage. Articles are signed and have bibliographies.
ZIM Ref. PN849 S6 D54 1993
Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Edited by Germán Bleiberg, Maureen Ihrie, and Janet Pérez.
Note the call number is not a PQ because it covers many different languages. Literature is defined in a broad sense to include historical, religious, cultural, and philosophical writings as well as prose, poetry, and drama. Also includes entries on selected literary movements, styles, and literatures along with a limited number of definitions pertinent to literary or cultural terms.
ZIM Ref. PQ9506 .E53 2001
Enciclopédia de literatura brasileira. By Afrânio Coutinho and J. Galante de Sousa
ZIM Ref. PQ7081 A1 E56 1997
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature.
Compiled by Verity Smith. Includes entries on writers, works and topics relating to the literature of Latin America. Provides survey articles on individual countries. In addition covers Hispanic minorities in the US, Francophone Caribbean and women writers. Since in a single volume, it isn’t comprehensive.
ZIM Ref. PQ7081.2 R85 2002
Indice de escritores latinoamericanos. By Jorge Ruiz Gusils.
ZIM Ref. PQ7081 L37 1989; ZIM Ref. PQ7081.A1 L37 1989 Suppl
Latin American Writers. Edited by Carlos A. Solé.
This three volume set, plus a 2002 supplement, covers all time periods and all countries. It includes writers of histories and essays as well as literary figures. It is arranged chronologically with an index to authors and subjects at the end of volume 3. The subject indexing allows access to themes, cultural movements, and other broad topics. There is a chronological table at the beginning of the work. At the end of each entry is a selected bibliography, which includes works by and about an author.
ZIM Ref. PQ6006 O95
The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature.
Includes non-Castilian languages, but not Portuguese. Tries to evenly cover all periods. Most entries are brief and arranged alphabetically by author, work, or genre.
ZIM Ref. PC3911 Z85 1995
Spanish, Catalan, and Galician Literary Authors of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: An Annotated Guide to Bibliographies. By David S. Zubatsky.
Arranged by author covers writers of novels, drama, poetry, and short stories, as well as essayists, journalists, linguists, and literary critics. Personal bibliographies are defined as bibliographies of a writer’s works and/or those written about the writer and the writer’s works. Citations to works in periodicals, dissertations, and festschrift volumes.
ZIM Ref. PC3911 Z82 1992
Spanish, Catalan, and Galician Literary Authors of the Twentieth Century: An Annotated Guide to Bibliographies. By David S. Zubatsky.
See description above.
ZIM Mfiche PQ 6217 F6
Four Centuries of Spanish Drama. Louisville, KY: Fall City Microcards, 1962-
A collection of more than 6,000 Spanish, Spanish American and Catalan dramas from the 16th century. Most are on microcard with some on microfiche . Part of the collection is indexed by A Bibliography of Spanish Plays on Microcards, by Lawrence S. Thompson (Hamden, CT: Shoe String press, 1968) shelved in the ZIM Microform Guide Table PQ 6217 F6 1968.
A series of earlier texts is catalogued individually. Look in LIBROS under Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies to find a list of titles. Most are on microfiche, but a few are in print and even CD-ROM.
Latin American Microforms - the guide contains lists of the major collections of microforms and a selection of other titles available at the UNM University Libraries that are related to various areas of Latin America, such as language and literature, history, domestic and foreign policy, international relations, cultural issues, and arts.
For electronic versions, visit Style Manuals, Writing Guides, & Grammar on the Electronic Reference Shelf.
ZIM Ref. Style manuals table LB2369 .G53 2003
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed.
ZIM Ref. Style manuals table PN147 G444 1998
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 2nd ed.
ZIM Ref. Style manuals table LB2369 S39 2001 (Brief, for beginning students.)
The Harcourt Guide to MLA Documentation.
ZIM Ref. Style manuals table Z253 C572 1993
The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed.
ZIM Ref. Style manuals table PN171 F56 W35 1998
The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
ZIM Ref. Style manuals table PN171 F56 L5 1996
Electronic styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. 2nd ed.
Portuguese: Style manuals
ZIM Ref. PN5028 S3 M25 1992
Manual de redação e estilo. 15a.ed.
Spanish: Style manuals
ZIM Ref. PC4410 M37 2000
Manual de estilo de la lengua española.
ZIM. Ref. Style Manuals table Z246 Z39 1991
El libro y sus orillas: tipografía, originales, redacción, corrección de estilo y de pruebas.
Print
To find additional information on women authors, consult LIBROS under subject headings such as “Latin American literature--Women authors.”
ZIM Ref. PC3904 D68 1994
Double Minorities of Spain: A Bio-Bibliographic Guide to Women Writers of the Catalan, Galician, and Basque Countries.
Note that since this covers languages other than Spanish, the call number is PC and not PQ. Edited by Kathleen McNerney and Cristina Enriquez de Salamanca. Lists all types of works: books, publications in periodicals, and unpublished manuscripts. Also lists translations of works into English or Castilian along with secondary studies and criticism.
ZIM Ref. PQ9533 O435 1983
Escritoras brasileiras-galegas e portuguesas.
By Américo Lopes de Oliveira. Covers women writers including those from Portuguese Africa. Does not claim to be complete. Arranged by name, gives dates (or century) and brief bio?bibliographic information.
ZIM Ref. PQ6055 F46 2002
The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature. Edited by Janet Pérez and Maureen Ihrie.
ZIM PQ7081 C66 1983
Spanish-American Women Writers: A Bibliographical Research Checklist. By Lynn Ellen Rice Cortina.
ZIM Ref. PQ7081 S65 1990
Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book.
Edited by Diane E. Marting. Analytical and biographical studies of 50 of the most important women writers of Spanish America from the seventeenth century to the present. Each entry is composed of a biography, career information, discussion of major themes in body of work and a survey of criticism. Concludes with a detailed bibliography of works by the writer, works available in translation, and works about the writer.
ZIM Ref. PQ6055 S63 1993
Spanish Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book.
Edited by Linda Gould Levine, Ellen Engelson Marson and Gloria Waldman. Includes authors from the 14th to early 20th century whose writings have received little acknowledgment and study among Hispanists. Does not neglect the better know authors. Oriented toward feminist theory offering new insights into complex relationships among gender, creativity and social mores. Authors listed by date of birth and includes list of works available in English translation. Has a title index and a subject index.
ZIM Ref. PQ7081 C94 1989
Women Authors of Modern Hispanic South America.
Authors are Sandra Messinger Cypress, David R. Kohut and Rachelle Moore. Includes 169 major and minor authors from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Covers all literary genre. Divided into two sections: general studies and an author section. Systematic coverage through 1986. This volume covers only South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). Plan to do future volumes on other parts of Latin America.
ZIM Ref. PQ6055 W65 1986
Women Writers of Spain: An Annotated Bio-Bibliographical Guide.
Edited by Carolyn L. Galerstein with non-Castilian materials edited by Kathleen McNerney. Covers 300 women writers of Spain including Catalan and Galician authors. Provides succinct biographical data, major literary works with selective annotations. Evaluates the contribution made by each author and her work to the development of a particular genre and to the literary representation of the historical period in which she wrote. Appendices: 1. Authors by birthdate, 2. Authors in Catalan, 3. Authors in Galician, 4. Translated titles.
ZIM Ref. PQ7081 W57 1987
Women Writers of Spanish America: An Annotated Bio-Bibliographical Guide.
Edited by Diane E. Marting. A companion to her Spanish American Women Writers. Lists many more authors with their works, but doesn’t include analysis. Includes authors who were either born in Spanish America or lived there most of their lives or those of Spanish-American background who were born or lived in the United States. Most have published at least one book of creative literature in Spanish.
Electronic
Red de escritoras latinoamericanas
Rede de escritoras brasileiras
Search Journal One Search for holdings. Years of coverage vary per title. Copies of articles in titles that the UL does not own can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
University of California, Berkeley
University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Institute for the International Education of Students (IES)
Has programs in Argentina, Chile and Spain.
Estudios Hispánicos e Investigaciones, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Lists university programs in Spain and Latin America as well as associations, research centers, and language schools.
Directory of Spanish Language Schools by Ron Mader
Spanish Language School Directory
LANIC University of Texas at Austin This web site provides a list of Newsgroups and Mailing lists in both Languages and Literature sections.
Internet Resources for Latin America This page developed and maintained by Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University, has a section on Lists of Lists and Newsgroups.
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portugese
Latin American Studies Association
SIL International formerly Summer Institute of Linguistics
LANIC University of Texas at Austin The premier directory of web sites from and about Latin America. Has a section for Literature and for Languages under Humanities.
Internet Resources for Latin America Comprehensive site developed and maintained by Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University.
Biblioteca Virtual do Estudiante Brasileiro Site maintained by the Universidade de São Paulo with hundreds of links including to full text of works listed by author (alphabitized by first name) and title.
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Hundreds of links to Spanish literary sites, libraries, texts, and digital projects.
Brazilian Literature Highlights important print and electronic resources in Brazilian Literature.
Iberian Studies Web Maintained by the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Provides links to web sites for Spain and Portugal.
Iberia Subject web site at the library of the University of California, Berkeley. Includes a section of electronic resources with a list of dictionaries as well as texts..
Iberian Languages & Literatures: Peninsular Provided by Yale University Library.
El Oteador In addition to section with links to author sites as well as societies, literary sites, genre and movements, also has a section on libraries, documentation centers, databases, and online text archives. Other sections include literary magazines, book dealers and publishers, and dictionaries.
Edad de Plata, 1868-1936 Documents the creative activity of the Generations of 1898 (Unamuno, Azorin, Valle-Inclan ...), 1914 (Ortega y Gasset), and 1927 (Lorca, Alberti ...).
Projecto Vercial A major database about Portuguese literature including a large archive of literary texts that links to authors and movements, as well as a list of further web links with one called "Fotos de Portugal".
Ethnologue Information on languages from around the world including dialects.
Language Study Aids Provides links to online resources for the study and teaching of languages used in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Iberia.
University of Notre Dame Southern Cone Authors Collection
