Spanish & Portuguese Research Guide 

The links below lead to PowerPoint presentations on how to use the library more effectively. Each PowerPoint presentation will take a few seconds to load, and then it will open as a slide show. When the presentation is over, hit the "Escape" key to return to the LibGuide page.

What is a "refereed" or scholarly article?

Better book searching

How to find articles in the library

Why use WorldCat?

How to use interlibrary loan

How to read call numbers

How to cite books & articles

How to find book reviews

Where are the books shelved?

ILL FAQs

Welcome to the Spanish & Portuguese Library Resources page
Bienvenido a la página web de recursos bibliotecarios para español y portugués

This web guide is designed to assist you in using the Library's Spanish & Portuguese resources, print and virtual. This website has separate pages for

Iberian & Latin American e-resources

Encyclopedias and handbooks

Microfilms

How to be a better library user & researcher!

TV & movies

Above all, don't hesitate to contact me to request a reference consulation, a bibliographic instruction session at the library for your class, or to suggest purchasing books or other materials to add to our collection. ¡A sus órdenes!

Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Spanish & Portuguese

RefWorks is a bibliographical management software which will help you organize your citations, articles, books, etc. paid for by the UMass Amherst Library, that the UMass Amherst community can access from the Library website. RefWorks collects, stores, and organizes citations from books, articles from databases, web sites, and other sources. RefWorks automatically converts citations into properly formatted bibliographies

Better than using 3"x5' index cards!