LibGuides: Hispanic Studies Research Guide: Books

Books Beyond BU

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You may borrow items from other libraries through Interlibrary loans. Ask a librarian for help with this free service.

Finding Books

E-BOOKS

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BOOKS

Hispanic Studies books are found in the basement area of the Library Learning Commons. All books have call numbers on their spine labels like "addresses" that identify the location and subject area of each book on the shelves, so you can browse them.

For Hispanic Language and Philology: the call numbers fall within this range: PC 4001--PC 4977

For Hispanic Literature and Criticism: the call numbers fall within this range: PQ 6001--PC 8929

Other areas:

History of Spain: DP 1--DP 402

History of Mexico: F 1201--F 1392

History of Latin America: F 1401--F 1419

History of Central America: F 1421--F 1577

History of South America: F 2201--F 3799

Motion pictures - Spain - History: PN 1992.5 .S7

SOFIA

The easiest way to start is to use the Search Sofia box on the library's home page. After doing a basic search, refine your search to Library Catalog on the left of the screen to find books in the library.

Keyword: Use Keyword to start, especially if you are unsure of an author, subject, etc. You can combine several terms: for example, "history" and "Mexico".

Click the title for full display, which will yield more information such as Tables of Contents or Subjects such as: Mexico - History - Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

The full display will also yield the location and call number, the shelf "address".

Books may also be found by browsing the Reference Room by these call numbers.

Browse: For works BY an author, browse by Name, last name first (example: Unamuno, Miguel de). You may have to scroll down several pages to find particular works which are listed alphabetically after the author's name.

For works ABOUT an author and his/her works, browse by Subject under the author's last name. You can also use browse to search for any of the Subjects you may have found with a keyword search.

Here are some examples of subject searches:

Authors, Latin American - 20th century

Cuban literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Latin America - Civilization

Latin American literature

Motion pictures - Spain - History

Spain - Civilization

Spanish American literature - History and criticism

Spanish fiction

Spanish language - Grammar

Spanish language - Dictionaries

Spanish literature - History and criticism

Ask a librarian for help identifying the search terms best suited to your research topic.