Guides: Hispanic Studies: Books & Catalogs

New Spanish Books

El escritor Javier Marías firmando su último libro en la Feria del Libro de Madrid de 2007.

Major Catalogs

One approach to using the library catalog is to search Library of Congress subject headings that pertain to Hispanic Studies. Here are some linking to results in Franklin. Some show the browse display of subject headings in alphabetical order; others show the full list of titles under the specific subject heading::

Franklin
Catalog of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' books, journals, films, scores, recordings, microforms, electronic resources, etc. It covers all libraries in the Penn system except for the Biddle Law Library, which has its own catalog.
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Here are some additional Library of Congress subject headings that pertain to Hispanic Studies:
spanish literature
Spanish literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700
Spanish fiction
Spanish drama
Spanish poetry
Spanish wit and humor
Spain -- Civilization
Spain -- Civilization -- 1516-1700
Spain -- Economic conditions
Spain -- Foreign relations
Spain -- Foreign relations -- France
Spain -- History
Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556
Spain -- History -- 1939-1975
Spain -- History -- 1939-1975 -- Sources

Spain -- Politics and government
Spain -- Politics and government -- 1808-1814
Spain social conditions
art, spanish
music spain
catholic church Spain
women Spain
Spain -- Intellectual life
Spain -- Intellectual life -- 1516-1700
Spain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
WorldCat
The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries;71,000 libraries in 112 countries. Material not owned by Penn can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
Biblioteca Nacional de España
"En el catálogo general se pueden consultar todos los documentos de la Biblioteca: libros, manuscritos, prensa, material gráfico, partituras, audiovisuales y registros sonoros. "
BorrowDirect
The combined catalog of the holdings of the eight Ivy League institutions plus MIT. Students can use it to request books not owned or not currently available at Penn.
EZBorrow
The combined catalog of the 60+ members of the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, as well as a number of New Jersey and West Virginia academic libraries. One can request books not owned or currently available at Penn.
Digitalia Hispánica
Ebook collection of mainly Spanish-language books accessible via the Franklin catalog. In the Digitalia website one sometimes finds titles that do not have records in the Franklin catalog.