LibGuides: LALIS 497:: Representations of the Spanish Civil War: Databases and Websites

Websites about the Spanish Civil War

Websites with Art and Monuments

Art: A Relationship Fraught and Fruitful via Wall Street Journal
Art: Guernica via Fundacion Picasso
Art: Guernica: Testimony of War via PBS
Art: Joan Miró: A life in paintings via The Guardian
Art: Miro: "Ogres and Victims Dance in Savage Webs of Tyranny" via The New York Times
Art: Miró and the catastrophe of the Spanish Civil War via Tate Modern
Monuments: "History in the Streets: the removal of the International Brigades Monument in Madrid"
From the University of Sheffield department of History
Monuments: "International Brigades Monolith Defaced..."
From Progressive Spain: news & views on issues, politics and activism
Monuments: "Spanish Civil War Monument Must Be Pulled Down, Court Rules" From The Guardian
Monuments: Fate of Valley of Fallen Monument From BBC, fate of Franco's Valley of Fallen reopens Spain wounds
Monuments: In Spain, A Monumental Silence NY Times article about Spanish Civil War monuments
Monuments: Spain's monument to Franco: a divisive reminder
Article from Al Jazeera about the divisive nature of El Valle de los Caidos - the Valley of the Fallen
Monuments: Tree of Gernika From the Basque Government, a description of the significance of the Tree of Gernika.

Databases for Journal Articles and Primary Sources

MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
Literature, language, and folklore from all regions of the world from the late Middle Ages to the present.

Covers books, articles, and dissertations. Best place to start for language and literature research.
Literature Resource Center
Biographies, overviews, and critical analysis of literary topics, authors, and their works

Biographical sketches of over 130,000 authors and critical articles on over 2,000 authors from all times and places, and on their works. Includes essays from reference works, journals, and books. Content covers numerous centuries, mainly 20th and some 19th.; Full-text
Fuente Académica
Multi-disciplinary full-text index of Spanish and Portuguese-language scholarly journals covering all major subject areas in humanities, social sciences, sciences, and law.

Citations and abstracts with full-text; 1920s - present
Humanities International Complete
Indexes journals, books and other published sources within the general humanities.

Citations, abstracts, and full-text; 1990s - present; some coverage back to 1960s
JSTOR
Archive of scholarly journal literature

Interdisciplinary journal archive of titles in the arts, botany, business, ecology, general science, history, mathematics, and the social sciences. Many journal runs go back to the 19th century and before with subject coverage going back to the medieval period and up to within 3-5 years of current (depending on journal title).; Full-text and full image; Varies by title; current within 3-5 years; Coverage is constantly expanding with the addition of more scholarly journals to the collection. Moving wall publishes to within 3-5 years of most titles that are still in publication.
Project Muse
Resource of journals in humanities, social sciences, & mathematics

Coverage of journal articles in the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics.; Full-text; 1993 - present
Historical Abstracts
Index to journal articles, dissertations, and reviews of historical literature on world history, from 1450 to the present.

Excludes the U.S. and Canada, which are included in the American History & Life database.; Abstracts; 1969 - present
FIAF, the International Index to Film Periodicals Plus
This essential tool for film studies, created by the International Federation of Film Archives, indexes the content of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals.

The database also incorporates the International Index to TV Periodicals (1979 - 1998); Treasures from the Film Archives, which identifies silent film holdings in archives around the world, and the International Directory of Film/TV Documentation Collections.; Citations, abstracts, and some full-text; Years: 1972 - present
Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Indexes scholarly and popular performing arts journals, many with access to full-text.

Indexes over 260 scholarly and popular performing arts journals, many with access to full-text; Citations and some full-text; 1864 - present
Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)
Includes over a million full-text doctoral dissertations and masters theses from institutions around the world.

Citations, abstracts, and full-text; 1861 - present
New York Times Historical Newspaper & Index
Full-text (with illustrations and graphics) since 1851, with additional years added as they are digitized.

Full-text; 1851 - 2009 (full-text); 1851-1993 (index)
Times Digital Archives, 1785-2012
Complete archive in facsimile of the Times of London newspaper covering general news, culture, fine arts, politics, history, and more.

Full-text; 1785 - 2012
Financial Times Historical Archive (1888 - 2010)
Special supplements and the FT Magazine are included.
Academic Video Online
A multidisciplinary streaming video collection of documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and news reels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage, among others.

Topics covered include history, art and architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, opera, theatre, musical performance, anthropology, health and rehabilitation, opera, nursing, science, womens studies, black studies, LGBT studies, and more. Tools are available to make custom clips, create playlists, see synchronized scrolling transcripts, share clips and playlists, view and copy clips and playlists already created.; Streaming video