Unas Personas Importantes
Library Resources
Carolina Day School
General Biographical Information
Biographical Reference works in the library :
Encyclopedia of World Biography . REF 920 ENC
The index to the entire set is in the last volume (volume 27).
Encyclopedia Britannica . REF AE 031 Bri 2002
World Book Encyclopedia . REF AE 031 Wor 2000
Reference Works En Español :
Best Bet Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos . REF 036.1 Enc 2001
This 13-volume set is a translation of the World Book's Student Discovery Encyclopedia.
Enciclopedias Escolar . REF 036.1 Enc 2000
A one-volume children's encyclopedia from Spain .
Enciclopedia Basica Danae en Color . REF 463.03 Dan 1975
Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado . REF 463.03 Lar 1986
Databases:
Databases available from the CDS Library's Web Page : ( http://www.cdschool.org/library/LibraryHome.htm ):
Ask the librarian for the passwords!
Contains over 400,000 biographies from 130 respected Gale Group reference resources and also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals and more than 23,000 images.
Contains primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of 1,000 magazines, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
Very current newspaper articles from the US and other countries (as well as other resources). Perfect for that "in-the-news" person.
Specialized Reference Sources:
The works listed below are starting places. Look at the books on the shelf around them to find more on the same subject.
Then check in the circulating collection at the same call number or browse the catalogue.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture . REF 980.03 Cam 2004
The Cultural Atlas of Spain and Portugal . REF 946 VIN
The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture . REF 946.082 Enc 2002
Fodor's Spain , 2002 . REF 914.604 Fod 2002
Frommer's Mexico , 2005 . REF 917.204 Fro 2004
Politics :
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World . REF 320 Oxf 2001
World Governments . REF 320.3 WOR 1990
Art :
Be sure to check the library catalogue. We have many books on individual artists!
The Oxford Companion to Western Art . REF 709 Oxf 2001
Encyclopedia of Art . REF 703 PRA
Encyclopedia of Artists . REF 709.2 Enc 2000
Literature :
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20 th Century . REF 803 Enc 1999
Twentieth-Century Authors . REF 809.04 Twe 1942
Twentieth-Century Authors: Supplement . REF 809.04 Twe 1942
World Authors, 1950-1970 . REF 809.04 Wor 1975
Critical Survey of Long Fiction . REF 809.3 Cri 2000 (check the index for your author's name; also check the article on Spanish fiction)
Critical Survey of Short Fiction . REF 809.3 Cri 2001
Music :
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . REF 780.3 NEW 1995
20 volumes of musical goodness .
The Oxford Companion to Music . REF 780.3 Oxf 2002
Theatre and Film :
Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts . REF 791.43 Hay 2000
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance . REF 792.03 Oxf 2003
Circulating Books:
Spain : General Information :
The Regions of Spain : A Reference Guide to History and Culture . 946 Ker 1995
Spain : A Modern History . 946 MAD
Spain : A Country Study . 946SPA
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture . 946.07 Cam 2000
Spain and Portugal : Democratic Beginnings . 946.083 MCC
Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century . 709 Lat 1996
The Arts in Latin America , 1492-1820 . 709.807 Art 2006
The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics . 972 Mex 2002
Unstill Life : An Introduction to the Spanish Poetry of Latin America . 861.08 BEN
Born in Blood and Fire : A Concise History of Latin America . 980 Cha 2005
Imagination Beyond Nation : Latin American Popular Culture . 980 Ima 1998
Latin American Popular Culture : An Introduction . 980 Lat 2000
Spanish literature . 860s
Anthologies, dictionaries, history, and various works.
Books:
Check the library catalogue for your person's name as a keyword .
You might get lucky and find we have entire books about him/her, or s/he might be a subject of a chapter in a book.
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Rev. 4-08, K. St. Clair