See Also
For more resources, see also
Databases for Finding Articles and Books
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowCovers journal articles in the fields of literature and folklore more comprehensively than any other source. Also includes some linguistics. Also includes references to individual book chapters, which is an important way of publishing in this field. You might want to limit your search to English and Spanish. Go to the Advanced Search screen, and hold down the Ctrl (or Cmd) key while you select those two options.
- ZSR Homepage Search & Primo
Good place to start when your topic is cross-disciplinary. Try using Spanish-language keywords to retrieve Spanish-language results.
Databases from Related Fields
- International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance This link opens in a new windowTwo databases that cover all aspects of the medieval period. Many of the citations you'll find will overlap with MLA, but there is unique content as well. Go to the Advanced Search screen to limit by language (but these databases only let you limit by one language at a time).
- Film and Television Literature Index This link opens in a new windowIf your topic is film adaptations.
Primary Texts and Films in Spanish
- Platino Educa This link opens in a new windowCollection of Spanish language films available for streaming to WFU students, faculty, and staff.
- Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro This link opens in a new windowContains the most important dramatic works of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain.
Spanish Dictionaries
Spanish dictionaries are shelved in PC — some in the Reference stacks; others in the Main Stacks. Besides basic dictionaries, specialty dictionaries cover topics like:
- Regional varieties (e.g. Mexican Spanish)
- Other Romance languages of Iberia (e.g. Catalan; see PH for Basque)
- Historical and etymological dictionaries
- Monolingual Spanish dictionaries
- Slang dictionaries
Grammars and older dictionaries are in the Main Stacks in PC (Reynolds 5).
A few special-topic dictionaries are shelved in other places, e.g. scientific terms in the Science section. To browse the entire collection, search the catalog for
Search Tips
Watch out for variant spellings of names of works, characters, etc.
Example: An article about One Hundred Years of Solitude may use the title Cien años de soledad, even if the article is in English.
Use a * to cut off a word at its stem, e.g. Mexic* retrieves Mexico, Mexican, mexicana, etc.
Type the word AND (or use the second row) if you want to enter more than one word that is not an exact phrase.
If you can't use a star to search for spelling variants, use OR
quixote OR quijote
Special MLA Style Rules for Spanish
- MLA Handbook Plus This link opens in a new windowSpecific rules for Spanish are given for the capitalization of titles of works, capitalization of terms and names of persons
