World-Wide Web Resources
Hispanic Studies, Covering Latin America and Spain

Major Resources

  • HAPI Online, Hispanic American Periodicals Index. Searchable resource containing bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals. Available to University of Kentucky on-campus users.

  • LANIC, the Latin American Network Information Center at the University of Texas.

  • Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro, database of dramatic works of sixteenth and seventeenth century Spain. Includes works by Calderon de la Barca, Lope de Vega, etc. Accessible from campus computers and off-campus via the proxy server.

  • Clase and Periodica, available via FirstSearch. Indexes documents published in Latin American journals (from 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues) specializing in social sciences and humanities (Clase), and science and technology (Periodica). Covers 2,600 scholarly journals published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English, plus monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports. Accessible via campus computers. Also available off-campus for UK faculty, students and staff; follow these proxy server access instructions.

  • European Library, gateway to 43 European Libraries.

  • Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most important bibliographical publication in the field of Latin American studies, both in the wide range of topics that it covers and in the length of time that it has been published (58 years); an annotated subject bibliography of publications in the humanities and social sciences.

  • Library of Congress

  • Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, from The University of Texas at Austin. Specialized research library focusing on materials from and about Latin America, and on materials relating to Spanish-speaking peoples in the United States. Comprises over 615,000 books, periodicals, and pamphlets; two million pages of manuscripts; 19,000 maps; and 20,000 microforms.

  • Zona Latina, site for media and marketing in Latin America. Resources include: 620+ newspaper links, 1100+ magazine links, 750+ radio links, 850+ television links and much more; updated daily.

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    Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean

  • Argentina
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  • Latin American Data Base
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  • Internet Resources for Latin America, from New Mexico State University Library.

  • LANIC, the Latin American Network Information Center at the University of Texas.

  • Latin American Government Documents Project, from Cornell University.

  • Latin American Historical Text Archive

  • Latin American Library, Tulane University.

  • Latin American and Spanish Literature Resources

  • Latin American Newsletters, focusing on economic, political, social, and business information.
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  • News Resources, including Newspapers

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    Latino Resources
  • CLNet, Chicano/Latino Studies (from UCLA).

  • Hispanic Online, site of HISPANIC Magazine, a monthly magazine for and about Hispanics with coverage of news, events, and issues of interest to the Latino community.

  • Hispanic Pages in the U.S.A.

  • Latino USA, Radio Journal of News and Culture from The University of Texas at Austin and National Public Radio.
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    Spain
  • Ajuntament de Barcelona

  • Biblioteca Nacional, the Spanish National Library.

  • Cervantes International Bibliography, annual bibliography about the life and works of Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).

  • Ministry of Education and Culture. Provides access to selected Spanish archives in the National Library.

  • Spanish Books in Print

  • News from Spain

  • El Pais Digital, Spanish language-only, featuring national/international news, business, economy, society and sports summaries.

  • El Periodico, Barcelona newspaper.

  • Si, Spain

  • Spain and Spanish on the Net, guide to resources about Spain as well as in Spain, including newspapers.

  • Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

  • Universidad de Oviedo, ha sido cambiado totalmente, haciendolo muchisimo mas sencillo de usar, atractivo graficamente, con mucha mas informacion e incluyendo un Meta-Indice (MIBI) para navegar por Internet en Espanol.

  • La Vanguardia, Barcelona's main newspaper features information on the city, Catalonia and Spain as well as special areas on the Internet, economy and sports.
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    General Resources
  • Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations, consists of short, referenced essays organized by civilization (Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec) on Mesoamerican writing systems, governments, and religions. Users can also read essays on the Mayan calendar, "How the Sky Works," and on Maya and Zapotec political structures. Additionally includes a selective list of Mesoamerican Internet resources and a brief bibliography.

  • Catalan Language Resources on the Internet: Selected Sites.

  • DIANA Human Rights Database, from Yale University.

  • Directorio de America Latina, directory to WWW and Gopher servers from all around the world related to Latin American and Hispanic topics.

  • Enlaces al Mundo Hispanohablante, from the IUPUI Department of Spanish. List of links to the Spanish-speaking world organized by region, language and education, and literature.

  • The Latin American Development Archive, developed by the Program in Comparative International Development, Johns Hopkins University.

  • Latin American Government Documents Project, provided by David Block of the Olin Library of Cornell University, attempts to "organize and describe the many Latin American official documents now appearing on the Internet." Organized by country and agency, within subject themes that include statistical sources, executive documents, national legislative documents, national judicial documents, and subnational documents. Most of the pointers are to Spanish language sites.

  • Latin American Studies Association

  • NAFTA Information Center

  • The Spanish Language Page, resources on Spanish and in Spanish, including information on dictionaries, grammar, translation, courses, forums, literature, conferences, and Spanglish.

  • Spanish Language Sites

  • Spanish and Latin American Literature Resources

  • The Spanish Page, from Appalachian State University.
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  • World News Connection, foreign news articles collected by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). Access restricted to UK users in Young Library. Ask at the Young Library Reference & Government Information Desk to be logged on. (Additional location and coverage information). For indexing from 1975-1996, use the Newsbank/Readex Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports Index; it is accessible via campus computers and also available off-campus for UK faculty, students and staff; follow these proxy server access instructions.

    • Regional categories covered include:

  • Central Eurasia
  • East Asia
  • Near East and South Asia
  • China
  • East Europe
  • West Europe
  • Latin America
  • Sub-Saharan Africa

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    Search Engines
  • Yahoo! España, featuring Spanish Web sites, news, sports, health, and financial information.

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    Book Resources
  • Spanish Books in Print
  • Adler's Foreign Books
  • Continental Book Company, national distributor of Imported and US Spanish, Spanish/Bilingual, French, and German, ESL/EFL titles.
  • Ediciones Destino
  • Ediciones Universal
  • Edunsa
  • EMECE Editores (Argentina)
  • Fondo de Cultura Economica (Mexico)
  • Grupo Anaya
  • Guia de editoriales de Espana
  • Howard Karno Books
  • InterBook
  • LatBook, Argentina.
  • Latin American Bookstore, from Spider Graphics. Books in the humanities and the social sciences.
  • LEA Book Distributors
  • Leon Sanchez Cuesta, book dealer in Madrid, Spain.
  • Libreria la Tertulia
  • Libreria Linardi y Risso (Uruguay)
  • Pan American Books
  • Puvill Libros
  • Siglo XXI, Mexico.
  • Sociedad General de Autores y Editores
  • Vientos Tropicales/Mexico Norte


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    Dictionaries
  • Diccionario de la Lengua Española, from the La Real Academia Española.

  • English-Spanish Dictionary
  • Spanish-English Dictionary

  • The Spanish Language Page, resources on Spanish and in Spanish, including information on dictionaries, grammar, translation, courses, forums, literature, conferences, and Spanglish.


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    This page was last updated 17 May 2007. To suggest additions or corrections to this list, send mail to Judy Fugate at Judy.Fugate@uky.edu.

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