Spanish at the UTSA Library

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• Spanish at the UTSA Library

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• Rita Wilson
• Bibliographer Spanish, Mexican American Studies,
  Anthropology, Economics
• Government Documents Coordinator
• rita.wilson_at_utsa.edu
• 458-7572

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Topics

• General Library Services
• Reference
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Books
• Spanish Names
• Literary Criticism
• Journals News
• Internet

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• General Information on Library Services

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Where is the UTSA Library located?

• 3 Campuses -
• John Peace Library (1604 campus)
• the research center for UTSA
• Special Collections (part of Archives)
• Downtown Library (Buena Vista Bldg.)
• Supports Downtown programs
• core collection
• UTSA Archives (Institute of Texan Cultures)

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Library Hours

• http//lib.utsa.edu/About/Hours
• 24/5 at JPL (Continuous Sun 1PM Fri 9 pm
  including Computer Lab) (Saturday 9-9)
• Open Downtown 7 days
• (M-Th 730 1030, F 730-6 Sat 9-9, Sun
  1-1030)

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What do you have?

• Over 650,000 books (including ebooks)
• Journal Magazines (print, microfilm, online)
• Includes 30,000 electronic subscription journals
• 300 subscription databases (online indexes full
  text journals)
• Newspapers (print, microfilm, online)
• CDs, DVDs, Videos (many in Spanish!)
• Maps
• Archival materials

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How do I check out materials?

• Circulation services
• 28-day loan (graduates), except reserves and
  reference materials. Some other restrictions
  apply
• Limit of 50 items
• Renew materials in person, by phone or online
  (through UCAT)
• Courier service between JPL DT campuses

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Where are the catalogs?

• Catalogs (http//lib.utsa.edu/Catalogs/)
• UCAT the UTSA library catalog
• Books, dvds, journals (but not articles)
• ITC Photographic Catalog
• San Antonio and Texas regional catalogs
• Worldwide catalogs

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Where are the journals?

• Databases (online indexes) (http//www.lib.utsa.ed
  u/Databases/)
• Citation and Full Text
• E-journal locator
• On- or off-campus
• Current Periodicals (2nd floor - JPL)
• Bound periodicals (3rd floor - JPL)
• Microfilm

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What about books and materials not owned by UTSA?

• Interlibrary Services
• Online request forms
• Quick turnaround for most materials
• Free to graduate students in good standing

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What about books and materials not owned by UTSA?

• TexShare Card Program
• Cooperative program to share materials
• Request card at either Circulation Desk
• Good for whole semester
• Free to UTSA students in good standing
• Trinity cards are separate
• Must verify that only Trinity has materials

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What are reference services?

• One-on-one help with research with a librarian in
  your subject area
• Just-in-time research assistance at the Reference
  Desk
• Ask a Librarian (email, chat, phone)
• Crash courses and Tours (walk ins)
• Scheduled classes

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Other Services

• What is PrintSmart?
• a system to pay for printing
• obtain logon password at computer labs (MS, BB,
  DT) 200 free pages / semester
• Do you have copiers?
• use your UTSA card no coin-operated copiers
• Are there lockers for students?
• Ask at Circulation Desk Semester checkout
• Apply early limited supply

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• Finding Spanish materials
• at the UTSA Library

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Relevant Subject Guides

• Spanish Language
• Spanish Literary Criticism
• Foreign Language Encyclopedias
• Literature and Literary Criticism
• Latin American Studies
• Latin American Online News
• Chicano Studies
• Subjects Art, Music, Film, Women, History

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Major Spanish Encyclopedias

• Diccionario de Historia de España
• Enciclopedia de la Cultura Española
• Enciclopedia Hispanica (18 vols.)
• Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada (70 vols.)
• Gran Larousse Universal (37 vols.)
• Enciclopedia Oceano de Mexico
• Enciclopedia de Mexico (14 vols.)

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Dictionaries

• Spanish languagedictionariesEnglish
• bilingual
• Spanish languagedictionariesSpanish
• monolingual
• Online Spanish/English freedict
• Online Spanish
• Diccionario de la lengua española
• Real Academia Española
• Also word derivations

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BOOKS
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Searching Review

• Vocabulary and synonyms
• Subject vs Keyword
• And (all the words)
• or (any of the words)
• Quotes for phrase doctor no
• Truncation ?!
• Nesting (latina or latino) and education

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UCAT ,UTSA Library Online Catalog

• UCAT lists books, journals (not articles), maps,
  videos/dvds, CDs and other materials owned by
  UTSA (all campuses)

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Setting Limits

• Most databases let you limit for Spanish
• In UCAT
• Choose Spanish in Quick Search
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• If used, Set Limits before search for specific
  language
• Set limits for Title and Keyword only!

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Spanish articles

• Title search for books
• Remember dont use initial articles (the/a/an)
• Spanish articles
• la, las, el, los, las, / un, uno, una, unos, unas
• Portuguese articles
• o, a, os, as / um, uma, uns, umas, as

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Spanish Articles (2)

• Note same word may be an article and a pronoun
• Olvidados (not Los Olvidados)
• (The Forgotten Ones)
• but
• Los de abajo (Those down below)
• Or even a number
• Uno y el universo (One and the Universe)

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UCAT (Videos and DVDS)

• Use videorecording limit to limit to dvds and
  videos
• Spanish is not a good keyword
• Too many Spanish subtitles available
• UTSA owns many popular and documentary films in
  Spanish.
• Not all are subtitled.
• A few dvds are not region 1

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Language Learning CDs and Tapes

• Sample titles
• Learn Spanish Now
• Mastering Spanish (Foreign Service Institute)
• Living Language Spanish
• Nuevos Destinos
• Spanish Language Verbs

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Language Learning CDs/Tapes

• CDs and Tapes / Searching in UCAT
• Keyword Spanish language and instruction
• Subject Spanish languagegrammar
• Subject Spanish languageself instruction

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Language Learning Materials

• Textbooks
• Spanish languagestudy and teaching
• Spanish languagegrammar
• Spanish languagetextbooks

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Favorite Publishers

• Books
• Catedra (excellent critical essays in Spanish)
• Castalla (detailed annotations in Spanish)
• FCE (Fondo de la Cultura Economica)
• Alfaguara (current literature)

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Online books

• netLibrary (UTSA subscription)
• Google Books
• full text
• or look for at UTSA

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• Spanish Names

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Spanish Names

• Example
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
• Mario Vargas Llosa
• Vargas Llosa, Mario
• Francisco de Quevedo
• Quevedo, Francisco de
• Carlos Salinas de Gortari
• Salinas de Gortari, Carlos

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Spanish Names

• Bartolome de las Casas
• Casas, Bartolome de las
• Note not all databases have authority control

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Very different

• Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
• Juana Ines de la Cruz, Sister
• Note spelling difference and unexpected order
• Try nkey juana and nkey cruz
• or Guided author keyword search for juana and
  cruz
• Dont be misled by finding a single record,
  especially an on order record or older record

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Name Review

• Try several different tacks (keyword, headings)
• Spellings may vary
• Dont assume same in all databases
• Most likely some records will be wrong
• On order older records may be dirty

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WorldCatBooks other items elsewhere

• Limit by language (pull down menu)
• LC subjects are in English
• Search Titles or TOC in Spanish
• Includes libraries in Argentina, Chile, Spain,
  Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Puerto
  Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
• Most foreign are non-suppliers for ILL

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Center for Research Libraries

• Hard to find research materials available for ILL
• Includes foreign newspapers and dissertations
• Will obtain dissertations on request (but takes
  time)
• CRL

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Major research microform sets

• Chicano Studies Library Serial Collection
• See handout

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HAPI

• HAPI Hispanic American Periodicals Index
  (Spanish)
• Indexes 250 journals published worldwide
• Latin America, U.S.-Mexico border and U.S.
  Hispanics
• English, Spanish, French
• 1969
• Online-UTSA subscription

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Databases (Citations only)

• ClasePeriodica (FirstSearch)
• Articles published in Latin America Caribbean
• Sciences and Humanities
• Coverage 1975 to current
• Subjects and text in Spanish
• Some journals difficult to find in U.S.

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Other Databases

• Chicano Database
• selectively indexes 125 journals
• 1967 to the present (updated infrequently)
• Mexican-American topics
• from 1992 includes broader Latino experience
  (Cubans, Central Americans, Puerto Ricans)

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Literature

• UCAT
• Search author as a subject
• MLA (literary criticism)
• Literature Resource Center (GaleNet)
• Favorite Internet site EPDLP
• El Poder de la Palabra

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Other indexes (citations only)

• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Spanish)
• Free online from Library of Congress
• http//lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/
• Humanities and Social Science
• Books, chapters, significant articles
• 1935 - future
• Also in print in JPL Reference

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Online indexes with some foreign language
(citations only)

• PAIS (public policy, government)
• MLAIB (literature)
• Ingenta (current awareness)
• ArticleFirst (various)
• Web of Science (multidisciplinary)
• Anthropological Literature

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News (full text) (UTSA subscriptions)

• Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
• Full Text Articles from 250 newspapers
• English and Spanish
• Search terms in Spanish
• Academic Universe (LexisNexis)
• Foreign Language News
• Go to News gt Non-English Language News
• Limit to Spanish in pull down menu
• Search terms in Spanish only (no subject indexing)

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INTERNET
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Internet Search Engines

• Most search engines allow you to limit your
  search by language or country domain
• Domain Names by Country
• http//www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm
• Google limit to Spanish in Advanced Search
• Return pages written in ..
• Try search terms in Spanish

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Spanish Search Engines

• Google is great but
• Others may have different content
• Search with Spanish terms
• Yahoo España (http//es.yahoo.com)

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Latin American Network Information Center
(LANIC)

• Premier internet directory for finding material
  on Latin America on the web from UT - Austin's
  Institute of Latin American Studies
• Categorized by country or subject
• Updated daily
• Free via Web http//lanic.utexas.edu

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Got Questions? Get Answers _at_ UTSA Library

• Library home page lib.utsa.edu
• Subject Guides http//lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subje
  ct
• Ask us lib.utsa.edu/ask
• Email In Person
• Phone Chat (UT System)
• Call us 458-4573 (JPL Reference Desk)
• 458-2446 (DT Reference Desk)
• Recommend a Purchase

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Questions?

• Your questions