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The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English or English-Spanish [Oxford Reference Online], Nicholas Rollin, editor, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Diccionario de Autoridades / Real Academia Española.
Editorial Gredos, 1990.
Main Level, Reference:
R 463 R229D [3 vols]
Gran Diccionario Cuyás: Inglés-Español, Español-Ingles. por Arturo y Antonio Cuyás. Ediciones Hymsa, 1985.
Main Level, Reference: R 463.2 C99G
Gran Diccionario y Gramática de la Lengua Española.
Nauta, c1987.
Main Level, Reference: R 463 G762G [2 vols]
| Film Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Companions |
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Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts, Routledge, 2002.
Main Level, Reference: R 791.43 H335C
Key genres, movements, theories and production terms are explained and analyzed with depth and clarity.
The Film Encyclopedia, HarperPerennial, 2001.
Main Level, Reference: R 791.4303 K159F
The Film Studies Dictionary, Arnold Press/ Oxford University Press, 2001.
Main Level, Reference: R 791.4303 B61F
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers [Gale Virtual Reference Library], St. James Press, 2001.
Electronic edition of four volume set giving thorough coverage of films and filmmakers, including legendary films, actors and actresses, directors, writers and other production artists. Entries include a detailed essay written by an expert; biographies; filmographies; comprehensive credits; major awards; and updated bibliographies, as well as photographs. For general and professional audiences.
South American Cinema: A Critical Filmography, 1915-1994 / edited by Timothy Barnard and Peter Rist
University of Texas Press, 1998, c1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 791.4375 So87S
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Knopf, 2003.
Main Level, Reference: R 791.430922 T382B
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film, Schirmer Reference, 2007.
Main Level, Reference: R 791.4303 G767S [4 vols]
| Latin America -- Encyclopedias & Companions |
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 980.03 C144C
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures, Routledge, 2000. Main Level, Reference: R 972.9003 En19E [3 vols]
New title! Encyclopedia of Latin America, Facts On File, 2010.
Main Level, Reference: R 980.01303 En19R [4 vols]
v. 1. Amerindians through foreign colonization (prehistory to 1560) / J. Michael Francis, volume editor -- v. 2. From colonies to independent nations (1550s to 1820s) / Mark A. Burkholder, volume editor -- v. 3. Search for national identity (1820s to 1900) / Monica A. Rankin, volume editor -- v. 4. The age of globalization (1900 to the present) / Thomas M. Leonard, volume editor
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. G.K. Hall Pub., 1991-1996 [10 vols].
Main Level, Reference: R 306.097 En19E
Lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures including specific tribes and indigenous groups. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture. Volumes 7 and 8 cover South America and Middle America and the Caribbean.
The Latino Encyclopedia, Marshall Cavendish, c1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.0468 L349L [6 vols]
Humanities: Documenting Sources [Research and Documentation Online], Bedford/St. Martins, 2003.
Online MLA style manual with guidelines and examples.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. Modern Language Association, 2009.
Main Level, Ready Reference Shelf (located behind Reference Desk)
and Reference: R 808.02 M72M [2 copies]
Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.
| Locating Books |
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THOMCAT
Use the online catalog to locate books in Thomason Library. You can search by author, title, keyword, or subject.
- Search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, with last name, then first name:
- SUBJECT searching requires use of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The terms below are examples of subject headings related to Hispanic culture:
Subject searching is an effective and precise method of searching the catalog, however, KEYWORD searching has benefits, also.
- Try a KEYWORD search if you are unsure of the exact title or the correct subject heading to use. Search using two or three of the most significant words from the title or subject you are trying to find. Place phrases in "quotation marks."
- Connect words with AND, OR, NOT to focus your search.
- Try truncation at the end of a word stem to retrieve singular, plural, and other variations of the word. Use an asterisk (*) to truncate from 1 to 5 characters. Use a double asterisk (**) to include word endings with an unlimited number of characters.
KEYWORD Searching Tips |
· Add * to the root of a word to truncate
or expand a term up to five letters or
** for unlimited additional letters:
cinema* = cinemas, cinematic
cinema** = cinematographer, etc.
· Use AND between words to narrow your search:
Uruguay* AND cultur*
· Use OR between synonyms or related terms to expand your search:
film* OR cinema*
Try KEYWORD searching with THOMCAT, other library catalogs & library databases.
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| Locating Articles |
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Academic Search Premier [EBSCOhost]
Search for journal and magazine articles in ALL academic disciplines.
Academic OneFile [Thomson Gale] 
Multidisciplinary database with full-text articles from scholarly sources.
Gale Biography in Context [Thomson Gale]
Search for a person by name or search for people who fit a profile based on personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. Includes biography and full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
MLA International Bibliography [EBSCOhost] 
Use for literature and language topics. Indexes critical literary and language scholarship and provides access to journals and serials published worldwide, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Nearly 45,000 records are added annually.
 JSTOR
An archive of over 350 full-text journals which can be searched at this site. Other PC databases link to JSTOR articles through Journal Finder, which guides the user to full-text articles. As an archive, JSTOR does not provide the most current three to five year issues of the journals as specified by the publishers in their agreements with JSTOR.
Project MUSE Basic Undergraduate Collection
Current and recent volumes of 112 core journals in the humanities and social sciences.
The New York Times Archive [ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
Full-text & full-image of NYT articles with coverage from 1851 up to three years ago.
News - LexisNexis
Full-text U.S. & international newspapers & news magazines.
Journal Finder provides access to PC's electronic and print journals,
magazines, and newspapers in one convenient location.
Your search results in PC article databases contain many direct links to article full-text.
If no direct links are shown, follow the "Check Journal Finder" link to find full-text (follow steps below).
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Example of an article citation:
Chitra Ragavan, Terror on the streets,
U.S. News & World Report 137.21 [vol.issue]
(Dec 13, 2004): p 20.
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If you already have a citation and are trying to find the article, click the link below and follow the steps to determine whether full-text is available for the article you need:
- Note the date of the journal issue you need before following Journal Finder link.
- Type the title of the journal or magazine in the
"Browse Journals by Title" box (example:US News & World Report).
- You may need to select your title from the results. Click on the title you seek.
- Note the dates available online for that journal.
If "Full Text Online" is not available, look under "Full Text in your Library" - we may have what you need in print.
- Click on a database that covers the date you need.
- Choose, year and issue OR volume and issue, then look through contents of that issue for the article you need. Articles are usually listed in page number order.
- Full text articles are usually in HTML or PDF format. Click on a link to view the article. If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian.
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Cinema [Latin American Network Information Center. U. of Texas at Austin]
Portal site to a variety of internet resources on Latin American cinema.
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