Oxford Art Online includes an article on the city of Salamanca. Look through the article for links to other entries in Oxford Art, such as the article on the artistic Churriguera family.  Each article also includes extensive bibliographies, which include links to the ZSR catalog and databases to see if you have access to the content.

Here is the very long entry on Spain.  Use the outline on the left to navigate to different topics, such as architecture, ceramics, or textiles.

These encyclopedias cover European history in general, but have many articles on regions of Spain, important events in Spanish history, and biographical entries on significant Spanish artists and politicians.

You should be able to access any ebooks from the ZSR catalog while you are in Salamanca by using your WFU login and password.  Below are links to a few relevant topical searches that are limited to ebooks in our collection.  You may want to do your own searches in the library catalog, depending on your topic.  You can always limit the results of your search to ebooks by using the panel on the right side of the results page.

When doing advanced searches, it can increase your results to include multiple terms that have similar meanings, separated by OR.  You can also use an asterisk * at the end of a word to get any variations in endings.  For example:

• medieval OR "middle ages"
• spain OR spanish OR iberia*
• art* OR paint* OR architect* (art*= art, arts, artist, artists, artwork, artworks, etc..., paint*= paint, paints, painter, painters, painting, paintings, painted, etc...)
• al-andalus OR andalusia

While we can't scan the entirety of any print books you might find, you can ask for individual chapters in books to be scanned for you, via the ZSR Delivers page.  Make sure that you indicate in the notes field that you are studying abroad and are not on campus.

There are several full-text databases that will help you locate scholarly journal articles on Spanish art and architecture.  Keep in mind that you will want to look for recent articles (probably post-1990), articles that are at least 8-10 pages, and articles that are written by a professor or researcher in the field.

You can use the same search strategies in these databases as you did in the library catalog.

Two good scholarly journals in this field are:

• Archivo Espanol de Arte (1940-present)
• Goya (1997-present)