Library

European Languages & Cultures

Internet Resources

General Language Sites
French
  • French Studies Web
    From the Association of College and Research Libraries. Designed to provide access to scholarly resources in French Studies. The geographical coverage includes France , and the francophone regions in Belgium , Canada , and Switzerland.
  • Yahoo France
German
Greek
Italian
Spanish / Portuguese
  • 5spaniards.com
    An in-depth analysis of Spain's news and developments, in English.
  • Basque Studies Database
    The database provides access to information about Basque topics written or produced after 1994. From the University of Nevada.
  • Catalonia
    This site gives general information about Catalonia , in English, covering its history, politics, language, etc.
  • Centro virtual Cervantes
    La ventana a la lengua espanola y la cultura en espanol
  • Communidad de Madrid
    Information pertaining to Madrid. In Spanish.
  • El Diario Vasco
    A site for the Basques. Good for essays, regionalism.
  • El periodico
    A periodical in Catalan (select from a menu on a separate window).
  • Espana al desnudo
    Strong on media in Spain , but also includes maps, university links, tourism sites, etc.
  • Government sites (Spanish) 
    Links to various government departments, as well as to the different states in Spain.
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies
    A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
  • Iberia (UC Berkeley)
  • Lanic (Latin American Network Information Center) (University of Texas)
    The humanities page is of special interest. Art, history, literature, language, music links divided into countries and regions.
  • Latin American Studies (WWW Virtual Library)
  • La Pagina del Idioma Espano l
    Quiosco virtual, Diccionarios, Gramática (Herramientas y normas del idioma. Las reglas del español actual.Consultas),    Traducción  (Rincón del Traductor. Temas, problemas y secretos de la traducción), Cursos (Diversos cursos digitales de español en la Infovía), Listas (Cómo suscribirse a las listas de discusión sobre el castellano).
  • Mexico
    Arte, geographia, historia, cocina, turismo, economia, ciencia, religion, politica.
  • National Library of Spain
  • Projecto Vercial : Pagina de Literatura Portuguesa
  • Portugal : AEIOU páginas
    A Portuguese search engine
  • Real Academia Espanola
    Link to the Academy's searchable dictionary
  • Si, Spain
    An excellent site covering many aspects of Spain, Spanish language and culture, history, politics, society, the media, etc. Also has a search engine so that you can search for particular topics.
  • Spain today
    Current affairs.
  • Tuspain
    General information on Spain.
  • Yahoo! Espana