Getting Started
The Cambridge History of Latin America
Online access to 11 volumes. Topics include political, economic & regional history (ancient to modern) plus language & literature, philosophy, music, religion, science, the performing arts, etc.
Companion to Latin American Literature & Culture [Blackwell]
Considers cultural and historical contexts for major authors of fiction, essays, and poetry. Includes discussion of forms and genres, plus architecture, music, and film.
Mango Languages This link opens in a new window
Online learning tool for 60+ languages; self-paced tutorials to practice reading, listening & speaking. Includes both modern languages several ancient languages (Koine & ancient Greek, Latin & Biblical Hebrew) . Also includes specialty courses (e.g. food & wine in French, Arab etiquette).
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Reference dictionaries and companions, including illustrations, web links, and searching individual titles or by subject area; from Oxford University Press.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online This link opens in a new window
Unabridged bilingual dictionaries for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese & Arabic, with native speaker audio pronunciation.
Mango Languages This link opens in a new window
Online learning tool for 60+ languages; self-paced tutorials to practice reading, listening & speaking. Includes both modern languages several ancient languages (Koine & ancient Greek, Latin & Biblical Hebrew) . Also includes specialty courses (e.g. food & wine in French, Arab etiquette).
Rosetta Stone This link opens in a new window
Online learning tool for 30 languages, from basic to advanced; self-paced tutorials for reading, writing, listening & speaking. You must first create a username/password before using Rosetta Stone.
Dictionary of Literary Biography [Gale] This link opens in a new window
Lengthy literary biographies by recognized literary scholars and critics, covering past & present authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights.
Reverso Context - Translation
portal of linguistic tools includes translation and dictionaries
Translation, Free from SDL International
Select from 10 languages to translate from English, or to English from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, or Russian.
Web-Compugador
Automatically conjugates over 10,000 Spanish verbs (from Daniel M. Germàn, University of Waterloo).
CountryWatch 1993+ This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world including politics, economics, business, news and data.
Statistical Datasets [Data-Planet] This link opens in a new window
Interactive access to datasets from licensed & public domain sources. Browse contents; search topics & variables; view data in side-by-side tables & charts. Includes interactive maps, trends & rankings. Export results to Excel, XML, etc.
Dictionary of Literary Biography [Gale] This link opens in a new window
Lengthy literary biographies by recognized literary scholars and critics, covering past & present authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights.
Librarian
Michelle Gibeault
(she, her)
Subjects: American Studies,
Art,
Book Studies,
English,
Landscape Studies,
Latin American / Latina/o Studies,
Medieval Studies,
Middle East Studies,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Spanish & Portuguese
