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Spanish Literary Criticism

Background and Biography

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (UTSA subscription)
A master index of citations to biographical materials available in reference sources.

Enciclopedia de la Cultura Española
Location: JPL Reference D12 .E5  
Five volume encyclopedia of the culture of Spain. 

Diccionario de escritores mexicanos Siglo XX
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Location: JPL Reference PQ7155 .D5  
Nine volume dictionary of Twentieth Century Mexican writers. 

Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Location: JPL Reference PQ7081 .A1 E56 1997  
Location: Downtown Library, Reference PQ7081 .A1 E56 1997
Location (online): netLibrary
Survey articles on individual countries as well as entries on individual authors, genres and literary terms.

Latin American Writers
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PQ7081.A1 L37 1989
Three volumes. Scholarly biographies and literary criticism on major Latin American authors. Includes bibliography of published works.

Diccionario Espasa literatura española
Location: JPL Reference PQ6051 .B74 2003 
Extensive biographical dictionary of Spanish authors. 

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PS21 .D5
Professional careers of literary figures, biography, bibliography of works by and about the author, and critical reception of literary work. See especially:
Vols. 117, 125, 157: Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers
Vols. 82, 122: Chicano Writers
Vols. 113, 145: Modern Latin American Fiction Writers

Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish literature
Location: JPL Reference PQ6055 .F46 2002 (two volumes) 
Spanish literature from a women's perspective. Includes biographical entries with surveys of Catalan, Galician, and Basque literature. 

Handbook of Spanish popular culture
Location: JPL Reference  DP48 .S68 1999
Includes topics on music, literature, film, music, and television.

El Poder de la Palabra
Free Website: http://www.epdlp.com/
Biographies, bibliographies, and text excerpts on writers, composers, architects and actors worldwide, including an extensive selection of outstanding Latin American, Spanish, and Portuguese authors.

Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature
Location: JPL Reference  PQ6006 .O93

Spanish American Authors : The Twentieth Century
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PQ7081.3 .F57 1992
Biography and literary criticism of the major writers of Latin America of the twentieth century. The extensive bibliography lists both Spanish and English sources.

Spanish American Women Writers
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PQ7081 .C66 1983
Biography, literary criticism, and bibliography of 50 major women writers of Latin America.

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
Search UCAT to locate books, journal titles (not articles), government documents, maps and multimedia materials available at the UTSA Library. Read the Search Tips to learn how to conduct a better search.

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Books and Materials Elsewhere

• UTNetCAT
  Free Website: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/
  The University of Texas at Austin online catalog, which includes citations to books in the famous research collection at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Library. Useful for locating books not held by UTSA but available through Interlibrary Loan or TexShare. Keyword search can be limited to Spanish.
  
  
• Want to find books and journal holdings in other libraries?
  Check the Catalogs list to search other library catalogs
  
  
• Need to use another library?
  TexShare Cards
  
  
• Want the UTSA Library to obtain materials for you?
  Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

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Databases & Article Searching

The UTSA Library may not always own the items listed in the resources below. Search UCAT to see if the library owns or subscribes to a particular item.

The Chicano Database (UTSA subscription)
The preeminent indexing service for Chicano, Latino, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican studies, with a strong component in literature. The Chicano Database includes access to the contents of The Chicano Periodical Index, 1967-1988; The Chicano Index, 1989- ; Arte Chicano; and The Chicano Anthology Index. Citations only

HLAS: Handbook of Latin American Studies (1935 - )
Location: JPL Reference F1401 .H36 
Free Website: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/
Excellent annotated entries of books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers published worldwide in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities.  Compiled by the Hispanic Division of Library of Congress which provides the free, searchable Web Version: HLAS Online.  Note: Limiting by year retrieves citations published in that year's HLAS volume, not the year the material itself was published. Citations only

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) (UTSA Subscription)
Location: JPL Reference F1408 .H16 
Thesaurus: JPL Reference F1408 .H161 
HAPI indexes 500 scholarly journals published worldwide on information about Latin America, U.S.-Mexico border and U.S. Hispanics. Articles may be in English, Spanish, French, or other languages. A list of journals indexed in HAPI is in front of the paper edition or under "Journals" in online edition. Coverage: 1970 - . Citations only

JSTOR (UTSA subscription)
Full-image retrospective access to scholarly journals older than five years. Relevant areas include "Language and Literature," "Latin American Studies," film" and art. Full Image

Latin American short story : an annotated guide to anthologies and criticism
Location: JPL Reference  PQ7082 .S5 L38 1992
Includes topics on music, literature, film, music, and television.

Literature Resource Center (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Reference PB6 .M67 (1921 - 1993) 
Full text resource for literary criticism and biographical information from Contemporary Authors, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism. Entries provide links to journal articles. Includes major authors from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Full Text

MLA International Bibliography  (Web) (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Reference PB6 .M67 (1921 - 1993)  Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations for literary criticism, linguistics, and rhetoric. 1963 - Current.  Searches can be limited to Spanish.  Earlier years  available in Reference Stacks.  Citations only

Periodicals Archive Online (UTSA subscription)
Provides citations to nearly 14 million articles in the humanities and social sciences. Full-text articles are available from approximately 300 historically significant periodicals in disciplines such as anthropology, area studies, economics, education, history, linguistics and philology, literature, music and the performing arts, and sociology, among others. Includes full-text articles in languages other than English, with significant offerings in Spanish, French, and German. Note: Previously entitled Periodicals Content Index (PCI) Full Image

Short Story Criticism
Location: JPL Reference  PN3373 .S39 (65 volumes)
Excerpts from criticism of the works of short fiction writers. Consult index for authors.

Web of Science (UTSA subscription)
Citations to journal articles in a wide variety of subject areas including the  social sciences, arts and humanities, and popular culture. Coverage is 1989-present. Citations Only

• Select one or more Citation Indexes and the years you want to search
• Choose "General Search"
• Type the title of the book  or author or general keywords.
• May be limited to "book review" under document type pull down menu.
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Internet

Internet Searching tips to retrieve pages in Spanish:

• Many search engines allow you to limit your search by language. 
• You can also specify the domain (country).   For example in Alta Vista the term "+url:.mx" limits to documents on servers in Mexico. (Check help sections of the search engine.) For other domain names see Domain Names by Country. 
• Try entering your search terms in Spanish. 
• Try one of the Spanish Internet search engines or search directories listed in the sources below.

Cervantes and Siglo de Oro Internet Resources
Free Website: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/cervantesguide.html
UTSA subject guide with annotated links to Internet information on Cervantes and the Siglo de Oro literature in Spain.

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Free Website: http://lanic.utexas.edu
Premier source for finding material on Latin America on the Internet from University of Texas at Austin's Institute of Latin American Studies. Categorized by country or subject. Updated daily.

Internet Resources for Latin America
Free Website: http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia
Annotated links to Internet information on Latin America and Border Studies. Also includes information on electronic conferences, e-mail listservs and newsgroups and how to join; bibliographies; and links to other directories of World Wide Web sites of Latin American interest. From New Mexico State University.

Literary Translation
Free Website: http://www.literarytranslation.com/
Site from the British Council which explores the role of the translator and the challenges of translation. The workshops area lets you see how the translation process works.

Voice of the Shuttle: Spanish and Portuguese Literature
Free Website: http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2719#id2420
Briefly annotated guide to Internet resources in the humanities. 

Also see: UTSA Subject Guide: Latin American Studies Resources