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MLA international bibliography (EBSCO platform) This link opens in a new window
Key database for literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.
Bibliografía de la literatura Española desde 1980 This link opens in a new window
Covers literature published in Spain from the Middle Ages to the present day as well as critical writing related to Hispanic and Filipino authors writing prior to independence from Spain.
Hispanic American periodicals index This link opens in a new window
Key database covering journal articles dealing with Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

Useful Guides

Cookbooks as Historical Documents
From The Oxford Handbook of Food History, this article, by Ken Albala, discusses cookbooks as historical documents. It provides suggestions on how to approach and interpret them, as well as questions that you should ask when working with them.
La literatura culinaria y el leer entre líneas
Introduction to the book, De la página al plato. El libro de cocina en España, by María Paz Moreno. This article introduces her book, but also provides ideas on how to interpret and analyze a cookbook.