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Hispanic Studies Research Guide: Where to Start

Resources & tips to research Hispanic Studies.

Selected Reference Books

Culture, History and Literature

Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean

F 1406 .C36 1992 Ref.

Diccionario del cine español

PN 1993.5 .S7 D53 1998 Ref.

Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

DP 233.5 .E63 1999 Ref.

Encyclopedia of Latin American literature

PQ 7081 .A1 E56 1997 Ref.

Hispanic literature criticism

PQ 7081 .A1 H573 1994 Ref.

Latin American writers

PQ 7081 .A1 L371 1989 Ref.

The Oxford companion to Spanish literature

PQ 6006 .O93 1978 Ref.

Spanish American authors : the twentieth century

PQ 7081.3 .F57 1992 Ref.

Grammar and Linguistics

Diccionario de dudas y difficultades de la lengua española

PC 4630 .S4 1986 Ref.

Diccionario normativo y guia prática de la lengua española

PC 4112 .M37 1986 Ref.

Handbooks and Style Guides

Manual de estilo de la lengua española

PC 4410 .M37 2001 Ref.

El País libro de estilo

PN 4783 .P35 1994 Ref.

Spanish Dictionaries

Diccionario de la lengua española. 22 ed.

PC 4625 .R4 2001 Ref.

Diccionario del castellano tradicional

PC 4625 .D515 2001 Ref.

Spanish-English Dictionaries

Oxford Spanish dictionary

PC 4640 .O84 2003 Ref.

Concise Oxford Spanish dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish

PC 4689 .C345 2007 Ref.

Spanish-French Dictionaries

Dictionnaire moderno français espagnol

PC 4645 .F3 G37 1991 Ref.

Specialized Spanish Dictionaries

Diccionario de hispanoamericanismos

PC 4822 .D43 1997 Ref.

The official Spanglish dictionary

PC 4827 .C78 1998 Ref.

 

Library Reference Room

The Reference Room is located to the right of the library lobby. Use reference books to:

  • define your topic and get an authoritative overview of the subject using dictionaries and encyclopedias

  • research terms to use in order to search effectively in relevant databases

Search tip: Find reference works in Sofia by combining keywords on your topic with the keywords Dictionaries or Encyclopedias.