Spanish: Current Events (SPAN-400/1)

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Contents 1 Course Description 2 Steps in the Research Process 3 Get an Overview with Reference Sources 4 Delve Deeper via Library Catalog Search 5 Recommended Databases for Further Research 6 Selected Internet Resources 7 What Are Primary Sources and How to Find Them 8 Citation and Plagiarism 9 Your Instructional Librarian

Course Description

Four class periods. FALL TERM - Current Events - This term students will expand and refine speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish through a focus on current and controversial topics. The class is divided into small groups, each of which has a "director/a" whose role is to stimulate an interesting debate; another student in the group, the "secretario/a," is responsible for taking notes and for presenting an oral summary in the next class meeting. Written skills are practiced and developed through summaries and analyses of current newspaper articles ("Resumenes de noticias"). Grammar structures and new vocabulary related to the topics under discussion are also reviewed on a regular basis and evaluated through short written tests.

Steps in the Research Process

Begin your research with an understanding of the process

Get an Overview with Reference Sources

Reference sources give you an overview of your topic. They help you identify key words that will aid you in searching the online catalog and various electronic databases. Also, reference sources often give suggestions for further reading, which can include books, articles or websites. All of the reference sources listed below can be found in the Garver Room (silent study room).

REF 306.098 SH23PO Pop culture Latin America! : media, arts, and lifestyle
REF 781.6 W89 World music : the rough guide
REF 972.91 Su18h Historical dictionary of Cuba 
REF 972.95 F39P Puerto Rico past and present : an encyclopedia
REF 973.04 EN194 Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States
REF 973 H62 The Hispanic-American almanac : a reference work on Hispanics in the United States
REF 973.91 AM35R v.10 American decades primary sources 1990-1999
REF 980 C14 1992 The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
REF 980 L34 2006 Latin America, 2006 
REF 980 R73L 1992 Latin America : a political dictionary
REF 980 R26 A reference guide to Latin American history
REF 980 EN19 Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture (v.1-5)
REF 980 EN192 Encyclopedia of Latin American politics 
REF 980 SO87 The South America handbook

Delve Deeper via Library Catalog Search

After getting an overview with reference sources, it is time to start searching the online catalog for books or other materials that focus more specifically on the topic you have chosen. You may try with the following keywords, or subject headings.

• Cuba.
  
  
  
• Latin America -- Politics and government
• Latin American histories
• Latin American literature
• Latin American literature -- History and criticism
• Hispanic American literature (Spanish) -- History
• Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions
• Hispanic Americans -- Economic conditions
• Hispanic American women -- Psychology.
• Music -- Latin America -- History and criticism
• Nationalism -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
• Puerto Rico.
• Short stories, Cuban.
• Short stories, Puerto Rico

Click on the links below to see a few samples of books, DVD and magazines available at OWH Library.

An atlas and survey of Latin American
A companion to US Latino literatures
Américas. a Spanish language magazine at OWHL
Cambio 16. a Spanish language magazine at OWHL
Cuentos: an anthology of short stories from Puerto Rico
Latin America : politics and society since 1930
Feel the noise a film in DVD

To find more, please start your own search via NOBLE Online Catalog or ask a librarian for help!!

Other Library Catalogs

Note: When you need to request materials from other libraries via online catalog above, you will need a library card with a PIN. If you don't have one yet, the librarians at the Circulation Desk will help you set it up.

Recommended Databases for Further Research

Articles from electronic databases can help you fill in holes in areas of your research where book information is not sufficient or current. Often times, articles will give very specific information rather than a general overview. You can access these databases both on campus and off. The listed databases below will be particularly useful when doing research on your topic. To see a chart of all the databases the OWHL subscribes to, visit the Databases A-Z Page.

Access to Full Text Periodicals and other reference sources is available through the following subscription databases:

La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos World Book in Spanish
Informe Revistas en Español
Latino American Experience the Latino American Experience (LAE) is the first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.
Lexis-Nexis Search today's news, or glance back more than 20 years
JStor A full text collection of scholarly journals, many going back to the first issue.
Cambridge Collections Online on the Latin American
Phillips Academy A to Z Databases

Selected Internet Resources

Based on your teachers' topics, I recommended the following sites for your further research.

Map of the Caribbean World Atlas
Cuba Factbook CIA Library
Puerto Rico CIA Library
Cuba The Library of Congress's Portals to the World
Puerto Rico The Library of Congress's Portals to the World
The Library of Congress's Portals to the World Recursos en Español
Puerto Rico at Dawn of Modern Age From American Memory of the Library of Congress
Puerto Rico Wikipedia on the Puerto Rico
Fairvote Proportional Voting in Puerto Rico
The Indigenous People of the Caribbean This paper explores the important roles the indigenous people of the Caribbean
Puerto Rico Government This site provides you with more information on Puerto Rico's government.
Pan American Union Organization of American States
San Antonio Public LibraryResources in Spanish
Internet Public Library's World Newspapers including the Caribbean.
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Site Literary Criticism by nationality and literary period
Boston Public Library Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol. (Note: To access to BPL's electronic resources, you will need to sign up an BPL's e-Card.

What Are Primary Sources and How to Find Them

A primary source is a document that shows direct, immediate or firsthand knowledge of a subject or event. It is a document written at the time or on the scene where an event occurred. The following are examples of primary sources:

• Autobiographies
• Diaries/Journals
• Letters
• Speeches
• Government Documents
• Travel Accounts
• Manuscripts

For more details, you may click Primary Sourceor ask our librarians for further help.

Citation and Plagiarism

For this assignment, you will be required to use the MLA Citation Style. For help with this, see the Citing Sources page in the wiki, pick up an MLA Style sheet from the reference desk or click Citation Styles. You can always ask a librarian for further help when needed.

Remember, you not only have to cite direct quotes, but also text that you paraphrase. Anything you write that is not an original thought must be properly cited!

Your Instructional Librarian

Having trouble finding that perfect source? Having trouble finding ANY sources? Please come in to see me!

I am in the library every day from 9am to 5pm during the week except Tuesday from 2-10pm.

Or,email me at spei@andover.edu to ask a question or set up a meeting. You can also call me at x4228 or simply stop by!