Welcome to the research session for your course SPAN 3200 "Spanish Culture." My name is Kathia Ibacache, and I am the Romance Languages Librarian. Please let me know if you need any help with your research process.
Tu projecto tendrá un elemento de investigación. Cada grupo escogerá un período histórico y cada estudiante escogerá un tema relacionado con este período en una de las siguientes categorías (el syllabus del Profesor Kraus tiene la información completa):
Esta guía te ayudará a:
Al final de la clase, podrás encontrar recursos que puedes usar para elaborar y argumentar tu tema en la presentación.
OneSearch is a discovery search platform where you can find articles, books, book chapters, films, and other materials in print and digital format. The dashboard has several features that will help you create folders (Projects) to organize your assignments, save materials to your folders and view your older searches.
1. Ensure you are signed into the system by clicking MyEBSCO and entering your credentials.
2. If there are many hits (results), click on All Filters to limit your search. You can limit your search by peer-reviewed, language, type of source (ebook, article, magazine), publisher, etc.
3. Click on Supplemental Sources, at the bottom of the dashboard, to extend your search to Google Scholar or access interlibrary loan when you need a material we do not have.
When materials are unavailable in the Library Catalog, you may request them through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Background sources are beneficial at the beginning stages of your research process. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and even Wikipedia are traditional background sources we usually do not cite in our final project. These sources will give us ideas for research topics and keywords related to your topic and even provide further information that may be useful.
A bilingual Internet search using the search terms el franquismo.edu will give you results from websites connected to educational institutions in the US, Spain, and elsewhere.
The top-level domain name .edu connects you with institutions related to education in the U.S. and other countries. The Google search image above shows a link to a resource associated with The University of Kansas and a book review published by Duke University Press. Even the YouTube link "El franquismo"' is connected to a video narrated by Spanish historian Enrique Moradiellos, Professor of Contemporary History at the Universidad de Extremadura.
Note that you still need to check what you found. So, I looked for Professor Moradiellos to corroborate that he is, in fact, a faculty member at the Universidad de Extremadura.
Let us look at Spain using the top-level domain for an institution (the government of Spain) and the country code, in this case, gob.es. In this search, you should find some links to pages connected to the government of Spain about ''el franquismo."
Your initial background search should have given you some keywords you can use in searches. This is an example taken from the topic el franquismo.
Keyword | Related Terms |
Franco | Francisco Franco ; régimen franquista ; Spain 1939 to 1975 ; general militar |
Ideología |
anti-comunismo; anti ideologías de izquierda ; rechazo a movimiento obrero; oposición al sistema liberal ; oposición al sistema democrático ; oposición a la separación de poderes |
Fundamento Social | Poder absoluto ; control medios de comunicación ; censura |
Fundamento Político | Antiparlamentarismo ; antiliberalismo ; anti creación de partidos políticos |
Partido | Falange Española Tradicionalista ; Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista |
Please remember to use the filters and assess what you find based on your professor's criteria. When you assess a source, you may be looking at its relationship with your selected topic, the type of source (book, article, newspaper article), the year of publication, and the type of authority (peer-reviewed, editorial review, opinion newspaper articles, evaluative newspaper articles, etc. The criteria for assessment vary according to the rubrics of your project.
When you find a book or article of interest in the Library catalog, you may look at its bibliographic record and subject terms. The Library of Congress creates subject terms, which are usually linked to additional resources on the topic. When you use subject terms in your searches, you expand your search.
Note that the term "Spain" is always included in these examples:
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Writing Methods
There are three main effective ways to use the work of others in your writing:
Brief presentation, in your own words, of another author's main points as related to your writing.
Useful practice when:
You need only short passages or sentences to convey the meaning
You wish to draw your readers’ attention to particular points, conclusions or observations
Your interpretation of another author's words or ideas, usually shorter passages or paragraphs.
Useful practice when:
Meaning is more important than exact phrasing
Ideas or resources are more important than exact wording
Simplifying concepts will help your reader
Images & sounds
Your use of an author's exact words, terms, or phrases in direct quotes.
Useful practice when:
Author’s words are very effective or significant
Author is a recognized authority
Exactness, accuracy, or conciseness matter
You are pointing to or analyzing the original text
Tip: Summarizing is also a good note taking strategy and allows you to test your understanding. The more deeply you understand a topic, the better you will be at paraphrasing and quoting.
Read actively! Take notes and make annotations. Learn more about when to paraphrase and when to quote.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Lippincott, 1960.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
Llanera, Tracy. "Rethinking Nihilism: Rorty Vs. Taylor, Dreyfus and Kelly." Philosophy & Social Criticism, vol. 42, no. 9, 2016, pp. 937-950.
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.
Lukainoff, Greg and Jonathan Haidt. "The Coddling of the American Mind." The Atlantic, 1 Sept. 2015, pp. 42-52.
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages.
University Libraries: University of Colorado, Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder, www.libraries.colorado.edu. Access 1 Jul. 2024.
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available), URL, DOI or permalink. Date of access (if applicable).
Learn more: Citing Electronic Sources
* Note: in works cited pages, the second and subsequent lines of citations are indented by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent. Learn more about formatting.