Research Guides: Spanish Language and Literature: Digital Collections and Libraries

Collections

Cervantes Virtual
An enormous database of materials by and about Spanish literature, culture, law, history, and many other subjects. Well-worth exploring.

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Though wide-ranging, it is also dependent on what is available in digital format, so there are wide gaps in the materials presented.
Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro (TESO)
A full text database of over 800 plays comprising 68 volumes written by the sixteen most prolific dramatists of the Spanish Golden Age (XVI and XVII centuries), including Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and Tirso de Molina.
Biblioteca Virtual de la Filología Española
Over 8000 digitized dictionaries, works on grammar, history of the language, ortography, prosody, metrics, dialogs, etc.

Latino Literature
Latino Literature features over 200 novels, hundreds of short stories, 20,000 pages of poetry, and over 450 plays written in English and Spanish by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States.

Biblioteca Nacional de España
La Bibliografía Española en líneaes es el catálogo bibliografía de la Biblioteca Nacional. Contiene las descripciones bibliografías de libros modernos y antiguos; libros y documentos manuscritos; revista y periódicas; mapas y música impresa.

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La Bibliografía Española en línea permite:
* Búsqueda de registros
* Consulta de índices alfabéticos (autores, títulos, materia, etc.)
* Consulta temática que agrupa los registros por grupos de la CDU o por encabezamientos de materia propios de los tipos de materiales (como Música o Cartografía)
* Acceso libre y gratuito a los registros bibliográficos
* Enlace al catálogo y descarga de registros bibliográficos en formato MARC21 (ISO 2709), etiquetado e ISBD
LANIC Library and Archive links
Links not only to various libraries and collections throughout Latin America, but also to digital libraries, online journals, and various international institutions.
Real Academia Española: Biblioteca y Archivo

WorldCat
Combined catalog describing over 360 million books, periodicals, sound recordings, videos, musical scores, archival materials, maps, electronic resources, and much more, in 470 different languages. Shows what materials are held by over 25,000 libraries worldwide (including most libraries in North America, 40 national libraries, and selected libraries from 170 countries worldwide). Incorporates all records from the former Research Libraries Group (RLG) Union Catalog (also known as RLIN, the Research Libraries Information Network).