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Vistas  (Textbook Reserves 468.2 B598)
a copy of the textbook is available on Textbook Reserves

Language Study Resources for Students of Spanish

Check the Tools & Resources pane on the right for useful weblinks, grammar tips, etc.

Cambridge history of the Romance languages (online in Cambridge Histories Online)

A reference grammar of Spanish (online in ebrary)

Using Spanish synonyms (online in ebrary)

Spanish verbs made simple(r)
(online in ebrary)

Gramática para la composición (468.2 W590)

The sounds of Spanish (461.5 H860)

The ultimate Spanish phrase finder (online in ebrary)

Spanish vocabulary : an etymological approach (468.2 B785)

750 Spanish verbs and their uses (Ref 468.2 Z14)

A brief history of the Spanish language (online in ebrary)

Destinos: an introduction to Spanish (DVD S488)
This series uses the popular telenovela format to present vocabulary, structures, and functions in a natural, conversational way. 26 episodes on 7 discs.


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If you don't find enough in Albert, search these Subjects in LINK+

Spanish Dictionaries

Larousse gran diccionario : inglés-español, español-inglés (Ref 463.2 L328)

To find more search Albert by Subject

Spanish language -- Dictionaries

 

Subject-specific dictionaries

The Routledge Spanish bilingual dictionary of psychology and psychiatry (Ref 150.3 K141a)

English-Spanish dictionary of plant biology (online in ebrary)

Saltshaker Spanish: English-Spanish food & wine dictionary (463.1 P422)

The Oxford business Spanish dictionary (Ref 463.2 Ox2 and online in ebrary)

Travel and Culture

Culture and customs of Spain  (914.6038 St26)

Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture (online in ebrary and Ref 309.146 R616)

Videos in Spanish

1) To find movies in your language in Albert, click here to search by Call Number:

Then click the Limit/Sort button in Albert and select your language from the LANGUAGE menu on the right.

You can use the Albert pull-down menu if you want to sort this list into a different order, for example sort by Reverse Year to see the most recent releases first.
You can borrow movies or watch them at the Library.

 

2) See also

Films on Demand: World Languages

and

 

3) LINK+ has a lot of foreign-language movies, but does not have the same options described above for searching by DVD or VHS.
To find Spanish-language movies in LINK+, try a Subject search for e.g.  "Motion pictures, Spanish".  Then use the Limit/Sort option to choose Language.

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