Library Guides:  Researching a Spanish Speaking Country

Developed by Connie Fly, Librarian

Reference Books written in Spanish

• Diccionario Porrua; historia, biografia y georgrafia de Mexico - R 972.003 D545

• Enciclopedia Barsa - R 036.1 En5

• Enciclopedia de Mexico – R 972.003 En56

• Enciclopedia Hispanica - R 036.1 H673

Reference Books written in English

• American ethnic cookbook for students - R 641.59 Z29
  
• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture – R 980.003 En56

• Encyclopedia of Mexico; History, Society & Culture – R  972.003 En56

• Guide to the Flags of the World – R 929.92  T152

• The Latino Encyclopedia  - R 973.0468 L357  
  

• You Are What You Eat; People, Culture and Food Traditions - R 394.1 B248 
  Provides sections on domestic life, foods commonly used, meals and customs, special occasions, cooking methods and regional specialties, glossaries of foods and food terms for each country.

Links to Internet Sites

Countries

• America NetWorld - http://www.americanetworld.com/
  

• Countries and Regions Yahoo – http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Regions/Latin_America/Countries_and_Regions/
  

• CountryWatch - http://www.countrywatch.com/
  

• Latin World Central America - http://www.latinworld.com/centro/
  

• Library of Congress Country Studies - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
  

• The WWW Virtual Library: Latin American Studies by Country - http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries.html
  

• Yahoo en espanol – http://espanol.yahoo.com/

Flags

• Flags of the World - http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/

Recipes

• Latin American Recipes - http://www.latinsynergy.org/tm6.htm

• Food in Latin America - Recipes

• Food & Cooking:  Latin American Cooking
  

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