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Course Guide: Early Readings in Spanish: 1000-1700 (SPAN 404)

Spring 2008
Prof. Marilyn Miller

For additional research assistance after today's session, contact:

Sean Knowlton, Reference Librarian & Bibliographer, The Latin American Library
Sean@Tulane.edu or 504-247-1870

Reference Tools for Spanish Language: Dictionaries

Diccionario de la lengua española Latin American Library Reference / Howard-Tilton Reference PC4625.A3 2001 (2 volumes)

Reference Tools for Literary Studies

Diccionario de literatura española e hispanoamericana Howard-Tilton Stacks PQ6006.D6 1993 (2 volumes) Diccionario Espasa literatura española Howard-Tilton Reference (non-circulating) PQ6051.B74 2003 Dictionary of Literary Biography Howard-Tilton Reference Biography Shelves PN 451.D52 Castilian Writers, 1200-1400. (2007) Volume 337 Castilian Writers, 1400-1500 (2004) Volume 286 Sixteenth-century Spanish writers (2005): Volume 318 Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula Howard-Tilton Reference PN8495.S6D54 1993 (2 volumes) Literary Reference Center A comprehensive literary reference full-text database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases] Literature Resource Center - LRC | Scribner Writers Series Online | Twayne's Authors Online Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world, supplemented by the scholarly materials of the Scribner Writers Series, Twayne's World Authors Series, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

 

Call Numbers for Spanish Literature

Literature from Spain, call number range PQ6007-PQ7011, is shelved in Howard-Tilton Stacks. Additional locations may include Howard-Tilton Reference for reference titles. DP1-99: Spain -- History PQ6141: Spanish Fiction -- To 1500

 

Keywords & Subject Headings

Create a list of possible terms. Include synonyms, broader terms, and narrower terms: Use "?" to truncate words: A search for poe? will find results with poet, poeta, poesia, poetry... Do keyword searches in Tulane's Libraries Catalog. Identify relevant Subject Headings. Add Subject Headings to your working list of search terms. Use LC Subject Headings to effectively search: Tulane University Libraries Catalog WorldCat [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

 

Possible Subject Headings for your topics

People Cid, ca. 1043-1099 Berceo, Gonzalo de, 13th cent. Juan Manuel, Infante of Castile, 1282-1347 Ruiz, Juan, fl. 1343 Cortes, Hernan, 1485-1547 Diaz del Castillo, Bernal, 1496-1584 Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616 (Inca) Sahagun, Bernardino de, d. 1590 Leon, Luis de, 1528?-1591 Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582 John of the Cross, Saint, 1542-1591 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1615 Gongora y Argote, Luis de, 1561-1627 Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645 Juana Ines de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695

By Date Spanish literature -- To 1500 Spanish Poetry --To 1500 Spanish literature -- Classical Period, 1500-1700 Spanish poetry -- Classical Period, 1500-1700 Title of Work / Character Cid (Epic cycle) Cantar de mio Cid Lazarillo de Tormes Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote. Don Quixote (Fictitious character)

Searching: Major Catalogs

Tulane University Libraries Catalog WorldCat [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

 

Searching Databases & Web Portals for Articles

Selected Resources for Literary Studies (Guide for Spanish & Portuguese Languages and Literature) MLA International Bibliography CORE MLA International Bibliography offer citations and contains some full text of articles in literature, languages, and folklore from several thousand journals and series. Also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies. Includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals. Coverage: 1926 - present. [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases] Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes This major academic portal provides access to thousands of full-text literary works of historic and contemporary Spanish and Latin American authors as well as providing critical background and analysis. Literatura: Presenta reunidas miles de obras digitalizadas en el ámbito de los diferentes géneros literarios y de la historia de la literatura. En este espacio se pueden encontrar también ediciones facsímiles, actas de congresos, revistas o manuscritos relacionados con la literatura hispánica e iberoamericana. Cantar de Mio Cid Miguel de Cervantes Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas (North, Central and South America, the Arctic and Antarctica and the West Indies) published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere. [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

Citing Your Sources RefWorks (Manage your bibliographies and citations online) [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases] Citation & Writing Guides (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University)