Major Research Tools

Gale Literature

Full-Text

Database for researching authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Contains full text of literary works, journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, and biographical information. Also known as Literature Research Center.


MLA International Bibliography

Index

Coverage: 1884-present

Index of scholarly articles, edited books, and dissertations on literature, languages, film studies and folklore. Includes MLA Directory of Periodicals, which provides detailed information on periodicals covering literature and languages. For help searching MLA, see our Search Guide.


Other Suggested Research Tools

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Full-Text

Full-text library of literary works in Spanish and other languages. The library is searchable by title, author, or subject. A keyword search within a text can also be done by clicking on the "concordancias" icon where available.


Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876

Full-Text
Coverage: 1718-1876

Digitized collection from the American Antiquarian Society covering over 140 titles from 22 islands -- languages evenly spread among English, Spanish, and French.


Clase and PeriĆ³dica

Index

Index of over 2,500 scholarly social sciences, humanities, and sciences journals in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.


Early Americas Digital Archive

Full-Text, Gateway

"Collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820."


El Caribe Digital Archive

Full-Text
Coverage: 1956-present

Digitized archive of El Caribe, one of the Dominican Republic's main daily newspapers, covering events in the DR and across the Caribbean region. In Spanish.


Handbook of Latin American Studies

Index
Coverage: 1935-present

A searchable annotated bibliography of articles, books and reports on Latin America. Produced by the Library of Congress.


Hemeroteca Digital

Full-Text

Digitized Spanish-language periodicals from the 19th century through the 1930s. Most titles are from Spain, but some are from other Spanish speaking countries. From the National Library of Spain.


Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective

Index

Coverage: 1907-1984

Index of major journals in the humanities and social sciences.


Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers

Full-Text
Coverage: 1807-1929

Over 1,000 titles providing local, regional, and state-wide coverage of Mexico's revolutionary and independence periods. Almost all titles are in Spanish, with a handful of coverage in English or other languages.


Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism

Full-Text, Reference

Guide to literary critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.


Latin American Journals Project

Gateway

Database of literary and cultural journals published in the Hispanophone Caribbean and Latin America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Note that access to some titles is limited, but Lafayette users have access to all restricted titles identified as being available from the Center for Research Libraries or CRL.


Periodicals Index Online

Index

Electronic index to millions of articles published in over 6,000 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, covering more than 300 years.


Platino Educa

Visual Resource

330+ streaming Spanish-language films from Spain and the Americas