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Spring 2020 COVID-19 Updates

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Latin American Women Writers

Claudia Lars portrait

A e-book collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

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Search Tips for Finding Books

    Keyword - broadest type of search.  Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic.  For example: juan rulfo el llano en llamas. On the results screen choose the Resource Type Print Books and/or eBooks from the left toolbar. This will eliminate any articles that were found.

    Title - search for a specific book by title. Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations.  For example: "el llano en llamas". On the results screen choose the Resource Type Print Books and/or eBooks from the left toolbar. This will eliminate any book reviews that were found.

    Author - search for books written by a specific author. Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations.  For example: "juan rulfo". On the results screen choose the Resource Type Print Books and/or eBooks from the left toolbar. This will eliminate any book reviews and articles that were found.

Note down the library name and call number -- you need this information to locate the book.

Browsing the Stacks

We have so many books in our collections that it is hard to browse.  We recommend doing a quick keyword or author search online, finding a few call numbers to start with, and then browsing that area.

Spanish Studies subjects, along with their Library of Congress classifications (More detailed Library of Congress call numbers for browsing are on the LOC Classification Outline):

DP and F Call Numbers - History

(DPs are on Suzzallo 4th, F on Suzzallo 3rd)

  • DP1-402 History of Spain
  • F1201-3799 Latin America
  • F1421-1440 Central America
  • F2201-3799 South America

 

PQ6001-8929 Spanish literature (Suzzallo 2nd floor)

  • PQ6001-6168 Spanish literary history and criticism
  • PQ6001-6056 General
  • PQ6056 Moorish-Spanish literature
  • PQ6058-6060 Early to 1500
  • PQ(6061)-6073 Modern
  • PQ6075-6098 Poetry
  • PQ6098.7-6129 Drama
  • PQ6131-6153 Prose
  • PQ(6155)-(6167) Folk literature
  • PQ6168 Juvenile literature (General)
  • PQ6170-6269 Collections
  • PQ6170-6174.9 General
  • PQ6174.95-6215 Poetry
  • PQ6217-(6241) Drama
  • PQ6247-6264 Prose
  • PQ(6265)-6269 Translations
  • PQ6650-6676 1961-2000 Individual authors
  • PQ6700-6726 2001-present Individual authors

Just Want a Good Book to Read?

Spanish: Find recommendations on Goodreads and then search UW Libraries.