Suggested Databases
Alkek Library has several Spanish-Language databases:
- Cervantes Virtual This link opens in a new windowSpanish language, literature, and culture. Contains eight separate library portals to institutions of higher education in Spain and Latin America. Content includes authors and their works (full-text), audio of authors reading their own works, juvenile literature in Spanish, Hispanic history and linguistics, and a Spanish sign language dictionary.
- Digitalia Hispanica This link opens in a new windowOver 12,000 Spanish language ebooks covering a variety of subjects including Art, Geography, Anthropology, Health, Family, History, Language & Linguistics, Literature, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Political Science, and STEM. Many books have an audio book option.
- Fuente Academica Premier This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. Includes full text for more than 1600 scholarly journals publications. Covers all major subject areas with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. Continuously expanding archives include Boletín del CEMLA (1955 – present) and the complete backfile of Darwiniana, published since 1922.
You should also try related databases, because they often contain Spanish-language content (and you can set a language filter).
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowOver 600 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries (English and foreign language), thesauri, books of quotations, as well as a range of subject-specific reference books.
- Humanities Source This link opens in a new windowArea studies, theology, religion, performing arts, literary & political criticism, language & literature, music, philosophy, history, and classical studies, area studies, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, and journalism. Indexing from 1907, full text from 1942-present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowMulti-Subject. -- Access begins with the first volume for many journal titles, but usually does not have the newest volumes of each journal.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowCombines the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film with full text for more than 1,000 journals, including many of the leading publications in these fields. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms, and personal names used in indexing the bibliography. 1916-present.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowProject MUSE offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.
Visit the entire list of Streaming Databases here.
- Academic Video Online: Premium This link opens in a new windowComprehensive video collection covering American History, Area Studies, Art & Architecture, Asian Film, Black Studies, Business & Economics, Counseling & Therapy, Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Current Affairs, Dance, Education, Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies, Ethnography, Fashion Studies, Film Studies, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Global Business & Economics, Health, Humanities, Music, Opera, Philosophy, Psychology, Rehabilitation Therapy, Religion & Science, Sports Medicine & Exercise Science, Theatre, Women's & Gender Studies, World History, World Languages & Literature, and a special collection for The March of Time.
Coverage: Varies - Cervantes Virtual This link opens in a new windowSpanish language, literature, and culture. Contains eight separate library portals to institutions of higher education in Spain and Latin America. Content includes authors and their works (full-text), audio of authors reading their own works, juvenile literature in Spanish, Hispanic history and linguistics, and a Spanish sign language dictionary.
- Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new windowAnthropology, Archival Films & Newsreels, Area Studies, Art & Architecture, Biology, Business & Economics, Careers & Job Search, Communication, Criminal Justice & Law, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, English & Language Arts, Environmental Science, Family & Consumer Sciences, Geography, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Mathematics, Music & Dance, Philosophy & Religion, Physical Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Technical & Trade Education, Technology & Society, and World Languages. Films are closed captioned.
- Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary video collection. Anthropology, Art, Business & Economics, Foreign Language Films, Gender/Race/Class studies, History (modern and North American), Media Communication, Multicultural studies, Nursing & Health studies, Psychology & Sociology, Sustainability & Environmental studies, plus 319 films from The Criterion Collection. The platform allows you to make playlists and clips, and share the links.
Visit the entire list of Image Databases here.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowOver a million images of artworks, photography (artistic and documentary), and the built environment (architectural structures and monuments).
Coverage: Dates vary.
Finding Images on the Web
Google Image search is a commonly used way to find images on the web. Use the Tools feature to find images labeled as ok to reuse.
Other safe places to find images: