Collection Description

The Library actively collects and maintains a research level collection in support of the teaching and research of the faculty and students of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department. The collection offers resources in the languages, literatures, cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world, also including Galician, Basque and Catalan materials. The collections support pluridisciplinary research and cover a wide geographical area. The study of these countries and cultures can be approached from a wide range of subjects. Frequently used collections for research include: Medieval Studies , Latin American Studies, Ethnic Studies (Chicano Studies collection), Linguistics, and Special Collections at the Bancroft Library.

The major part of the collection is housed in the Gardner (MAIN) Stacks, with additional materials in the library subject branches, such as the Environmental Design Library (city & urban planning, architecture), Music, etc. Manuscripts, archives, and rare materials are housed in the Bancroft Library.

Electronic Book and Text Collections

Books and other texts in electronic form, available online either individually or as part of larger collections.

• Electronic Resource Finder
• Online
• *Archivo Federico García Lorca
• *Arquivo Pessoa
• *Biblioteca de Catalunya
• *Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (BNE)
• *Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
• *Cervantes Project (see also Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes in the ERF)
• *Colección Digital Complutense
• Digital Scriptorium (UC Berkeley and Columbia)
• *Electronic Texts from Spain & Portugal (WESSweb)
• *Ibinagabeitia Proiektua
• *IntraText Digital Library
• *LIBRO: Library of Iberian Resources Online (University of Central Arkansas)
• *Tesouro Informatizado da Lingua Galega
• see also Library's general listing of e-book packages

• CD-ROMs
• Obras completas [computer file] / Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Madrid, Micronet, 1997.
  Doe Reference PQ6322.A1 1997 compu/d
  In addition to the complete works, this includes a biography of the author, a chronology of his life and works, a bibliography, and images from his time. Also has Diccionario Cervantino by J. B. Avalle-Arce.
• La Biblioteca total viaje por el universo de J. L. Borges [computer file] / Cultura de la Nacion, Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Nacion, 1996.
  Doe Reference PQ7797.B635.Z5634 1996 compu/d
  Examines the life and work of the post-avant-garde Argentine author, Jorge Luis Borges.
• Libro de los gorriones [computer file]. / Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo. (Madrid), Biblioteca Nacional, c1999.
  Doe Reference PQ6503.B3.L5 1999 compu/d
  
• Literary Eras: Literature of the Spanish Caribbean to 1900. Woodbridge, CT, Primary Source Media, c1998. Doe Reference PQ7361.L58 1998 compu/d
  DATES: 1998-
  CONTENTS: A comprehensive collection of published works accompanied by manuscripts whenever possible. Full-text searchability, extensive hyperlinks, indexing and cross-referencing assists the user with his/her research.
  

New Acquisitions

Monthly lists of new acquisitions will be unavailable during the migration to and implementation of the Library's new online catalog - OskiCat. We apologize for the inconvenience. Past lists are available below:

• March 2009 (pdf)
• February 2009 (pdf)
• January 2009 (pdf)
• Lists for 2008 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008
• Lists for 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007

Purchase Recommendation Form

If you’d like to recommend an item to be added to the collection, please use the Purchase Recommendation Form