Materials dealing with Spanish and Spanish American language, literature, culture,
history, etc. are principally housed in Memorial Library which contains over 1.3 million volumes
of books, bound journals, and microforms relating to the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Collection Strengths
Marquette's collections in Spanish language and literature support departmental teaching and
research through the Master's degree level. Marquette offers both minors and
majors in Spanish language and literature leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Marquette also offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) program and a Master of Arts in
Teaching (M.A.T.) in Spanish language and literature. Marquette's collections in Spanish
support the curriculum of courses in both undergraduate and graduate Spanish programs as well as
research needs of teaching faculty.
Spanish is the primary language of the collection. Translations of Spanish literary works
in English may be collected to augment the collection, but are not purchased in lieu of the material in
the original language. Literary works primarily include works from Spain as well as various
countries in Spanish America. Works of literary criticism are purchased in both Spanish and
English.
Electronic Resources
In addition to standard print indexes and reference sources a growing number of electronic
indexes and full text sources are available. Online databases are available from off-campus to
valid Marquette Card holders only. Of special interest to those studying the Spanish language
and Spanish and Spanish-American literature:
MLA International Bibliography
MLA is a bibliography of scholarship in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore representing
various nationalities including Spanish and Spanish American. Provides citations to journal
articles, monographs (books), book chapters, conference proceedings, etc.
Bibliografía de la Literatura
Española
Provides bibliographic information on a large number of world-wide resources (monographs,
journal articles, proceedings, book reviews, etc.) dealing with Spanish literature.
Art and Humanities Citation
Index
Multidisciplinary database that covers 1,300 arts and humanities journals spanning 60 disciplines
including Spanish and Spanish American literature.
Fuente Academica
Provides full text articles of over 200 scholarly Spanish language journals.
Periodicals Contents Index
Indexes many journals in the humanities including several Spanish language titles.
Ethnic News Watch
Indexes and provides full text articles from newspapers and magazines published for ethnic
communities in the U.S. Some material is in Spanish and is geared towards Hispanic and Latino
Americans persons living in U.S. Full-text Hispanic newspapers in Spanish include:
La Prensa, La Latino San Diego, El Nuevo Herald, La
Voz de Houston, etc.
Lexis-Nexis
Provides access to Spanish language news from around the world.
JStor
Provides full-text access to Modern Language Notes as well as a collection of journals dealing with
Latin American Studies.
Historical Abstracts
Provides citations/abstracts to journal articles, books, etc. dealing with history of areas outside
of U.S. and Canada.
ERIC
Useful to those earning the M.A.T. degree and any others researching education topics, this
database is the major indexing tool to find citations/abstracts of journal articles and educational
reports. Also, contains links to most educational reports after 1993.
WorldCat
Online catalog containing listings of over 41,000,000 items owned by thousands of U.S. libraries.
Provides bibliographic records of materials (books, journal titles, audio-visual materials, etc.)
in numerous languages including Spanish. Identified items not owned by Marquette libraries
can be requested via InterLibrary Loan.
Dissertations and Theses
Provides citations/abstracts to dissertations and master's theses published by U.S. and some
foreign universities. Can be used to identify previously published dissertations on particular
topics as well as for research in general. Dissertations identified via Dissertation Abstracts can
be requested via Marquette Libraries' InterLibrary Loan Service.
Special Services
This brief listing may be explored further in other areas of the Web site, but an enumeration of
key privileges and services includes:
Semester borrowing of monographic materials
Open 104 hours per week during regular semesters
Reference staff available for walk-up or appointment consultation
Free interlibrary borrowing of books and articles (up to 10 requests per week)
Easy access to nearby research libraries and in-person borrowing via InfoPass program
Self-service photocopiers with card convenience
Private study carrels for graduate students by application
Modern teaching lab available for groups or classes by appointment
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