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LALIS 302: Spanish in Fiction
Welcome
Welcome to the course guide for LAIS 302: Spanish in Fiction. Here are some of the best places to start your research.
Finding articles and books in Spanish or on LAIS subjects
Remember that if the full text of an article you want to read is not available in the database you are searching, you should use Journal Titles to learn whether we have access and by what means (another database, the publisher's web site, or the print collection in Boatwright).
To search the library catalog for books in Spanish, click the ADVANCED SEARCH tab and select "Spanish" in the LANGUAGE box before submitting your search. Or you can just do your search and then limit by language by using the appropriate section on the left side of the results screen.
- Library CatalogThis is where you will go to locate books, documents, and audio-visual materials owned by the libraries at the University of Richmond.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric/composition, and folklore. (EBSCO)
- Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowSearch for biographies, overviews, and critical analysis of literary topics, authors, and their works. (Gale)
- Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to the humanities. (EBSCO)
- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to the humanities and social sciences. (EBSCO)
- Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century This link opens in a new window
Search for primary source documents on history, culture, peoples, and societies of Latin American and the Caribbean. Documents include original manuscripts, signed letters, expedition records, reports, maps, diaries, descriptions of voyages, and ephemera. (Gale)
Other Sources of Books
- WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new windowSearch a catalog of library holdings from around the world. Find which libraries have copies of a certain book, DVD, or other material. The FirstSearch interface was designed more with librarians in mind. (OCLC)
- Google BooksThese are digitized books. Most have only a limited portion of their text online, but the full text is searchable and you may find the full text in the UR Library catalog
- Interlibrary LoanUse our interlibrary loan service to request books and articles not available at UR.