Spanish Culture (Krauel)

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.

Group Project

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):

• Una personalidad histórica relevante (político, artista, intelectual).
• Un documento histórico significativo producido en esa época (una ley, un testamento, una resolución, una carta, un informe).
• Un mapa o gráfico significativo de esa época.
• Una obra de arte (un cuadro, un edificio, una escultura, una pieza musical, una novela, etc.)
• Un objeto o práctica/hábito de la vida cotidiana.
• Un “legado” de esa época (algo que empezó en ella y continúa hoy.

Esta guía te ayudará a:

• Seleccionar "background sources" en la etapa inicial de tu investigación.
• Familiarizarse con la plataforma de búsqueda para encontrar información relevante para tu trabajo.
• Encontrar materiales relacionados a un personaje histórico, o un documento histórico, un mapa important de la época, una obra de arte, o un legado, dependiendo de la época que tu grupo escogió y el tema que seleccionaste de esta época.
• Familiarizarse con metodologías de investigación y recursos disponibles en fuentes de datos y en la plataforma de búsqueda (library catalog)
• Discover palabras claves (keywords) que puedan incluír en el glosario.
• Construir una bibliografía citada en el formato MLA.

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.

Navigating OneSearch

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). 

Placing requests

1. You must make an account first if you have never requested an item through ILL. Click on the tab Login to ILLIAD to start and enter your Identikey username and password. It is better to use the first and last name that is associated with your Identikey when signing up. since loans will be delivered to you under that name.
2. Fill in the form with as much information about the item you need.
3. If you need multiple chapters within the same book or articles from the same journal, click on Clone Request, select the transaction number you want to clone, make the appropriate edits, and click submit.
4. You can request books, DVDs, CDs, dissertations, microform and other materials from lenders around the world.
5. The cost of borrowing materials, including shipping, is paid for by the Library.

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.

For Example

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.

Top Level Domain

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.

Corroborating What You Found

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.

Your background search could extend to other countries

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. 

Now You Are Ready to Look for Sources in the Library's Catalog

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.

• Franco AND guerra civil espanola
• II República AND Franco AND concecuencias
• Pa Negre AND Falangism OR II República
• Franco AND ideologia OR represión franquista
• Franquismo AND exhumation of graves
• Franco AND emergency war powers AND 1936
• Franco AND autarky policies AND bankruptcy

Exercise: Find a peer reviewed article related to the topic of your presentation.

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:

• Popular culture -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
• Popular culture -- Spain -- History -- 19th century
• Visual communication -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
• Spain -- Civilization -- 20th century
• Middle class -- Spain -- History -- 19th century
• Spain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• Spain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• Kitsch -- Spain -- History -- 19th century
• Counterculture -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
• Popular music -- Spain -- 20th century
• Spain -- Social life and customs
• Literature and society -- Spain
• Spain -- Maps

Writing Methods

There are three main effective ways to use the work of others in your writing:  

Summarizing

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

Paraphrasing

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

Quoting 

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.

Books

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Lippincott, 1960.

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.

 Learn more:  Citing Books

Articles

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.

 Learn more:  Citing Periodicals

Web

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.