Spanish 346: Transatlantic Hispanic Cultures
Databases and Journals
- MLA international bibliography (Ebsco)Provides a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage includes literature from all over the world--Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides image and full-text online access of all licensed JSTOR archival journals and primary sources. The collection covers all academic disciplines.
- Cambridge Histories This link opens in a new windowThis electronic version of Cambridge Histories contains over 300 volumes and all the titles published to date in this series. These detailed histories cover all aspects of the humanities and social sciences and are an excellent place to learn basic knowledge of important subjects.
- Cambridge Companions This link opens in a new windowCambridge Companions searches across the Companions for Literature and Classics; Philosophy, Religion, and Culture; and Music.
- DialNetThis is a virtual library of Spanish academic journals, hosted by the University de la Rioja in Spain.
- SciELO : scientific electronic library online This link opens in a new window
- Directory of open access journals : DOAJ This link opens in a new window
- Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996From firsthand reporting in refugee camps to government-level analysis on migration patterns, this resource covers controversial issues such as ethnic friction and xenophobia, religious movements, border issues, the treatment of refugees and more.
- Cuadernos de literatura del Caribe e Hispanoamérica.Variant title: Literatura del Caribe e Hispanoamérica (LCH)
- Inti : revista de cultura hispánica.Variant Title: Revista de literatura hispánica
Revista de cultura hispánica
Finding photos and images
- Images and PhotosThis page contains information about which databases are most helpful for locating images.
- Art History: Finding imagesThis page contains information about locating art images.
- The New York Public Library Digital CollectionsThe NYPL Digital Collections has a vast archive of images in the public domain, which means you can use and reuse the images any way you like.
Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction
MLA Journal Citations - Tutorial
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.
KU Writing Center - Free writing advice and help
- KU Writing Center
Writers need feedback, sounding boards, and other people to coach and guide them while they compose. That's where the KU Writing Center comes in. It's a place for productive talk about writing, with trained peer consultants to help you brainstorm, draft or edit your writing.
Our home base is in Anschutz Learning Studio, but we also send our consultants to satellite locations around campus called Writer's Roosts. - Writing GuidesVarious resources compiled by the KU Writing Center to help you in your writing.
The Craft of Research
How to give a presentation
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PowerPoint
- Quite Possibly The World’s Worst PowerPoint Presentation EverA Demonstration of What NOT to do When Creating and Using PowerPoint Slide Shows
- Making PowerPoint Slides - Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad SlidesCovers proper structure, fonts, color, graphs, background, etc.