Librarian - Carol Scamman
Email: cscamman@sfasu.edu
Phone: 936.468.1710
Office: 202e
Appointments Available
Subject Indexes | E-Text | Websites
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.
Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.
MLA Bibliography (Ebsco) provides over one million citations for items from journals and series published worldwide on literature and language topics.
Fuente Academica (Ebsco) is a unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers with full text coverage.
ClasePeriodica (FirstSearch) indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities.
Economia y Negocios (Ebsco) is a Spanish language database which focuses on business and economics periodicals published in Latin America and Spain.
MedicLatina is a full text Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by Latin American medical publishers.
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en Linea is the only full-length online encyclopedia conceived and developed for and with the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas and contains over 15,000 articles with over 6,000 photographs.
WorldCat (FirstSearch) is a catalog of books, audiovisuals and other materials owned by libraries worldwide.
Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses world wide from 1861 to the present with full text access available for the newer titles and abstracts available for the older titles.
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Language Lessons and Practice
FSI French Language Course (Foreign Service Institute) includes textbooks and audio for various levels. These were originally produced by the U.S. State Department for their personnel.
About.com French Language
Newspapers and Magazines
Newspaper
Le Monde
Magazine
Paris Match
Newswire Service
BBC Afrique (News and audio from the British Broadcasting Corporation African newswire in French)
Dictionaries - German
LEO Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch
Language Lessons and Practice
About.com German Language
Newspapers and Magazines
Newspapers
Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Die FAZ)
Die Süddeutsche Zeitung
Die Zeit
Magazines
Spiegel Online (Der Spiegel) (weekly)
Stern
Language Lessons and Practice
About.com Italian Language
Dictionaries - Spanish
Diccionario de la lengua española (Vigésima segunda edición) Online definitions in Spanish from the Real Academia Española.
Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (Primera edición) From the Real Academia Española.
Encyclopedias-Spanish
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en Linea is the only full-length online encyclopedia conceived and developed for and with the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas and contains over 15,000 articles with over 6,000 photographs.
History
Espinosa’s Exemplary Life of the Venerable Father Friar Antonio Margil de Jesus
This digital version from TIDES (Teaching Images Digital Experiences) is illustrated and in the original Spanish. It is an excellent resource for the study of the history of the Spanish language, colonial Spanish, and the history of Spanish exploration in Texas.
Language Lessons and Practice
About.com Spanish Language
Newspapers and Magazines
Newspapers
La Jornada (México)
El Universal (México)
La Tercera (Chile)
La Razón (Colombia)
La República (Perú)
El País (Madrid, Spain)
La Vanguardia (Barcelona, Spain)
Newswire Service
BBC MUNDO (News and audio of the Spanish-speaking world from the British Broadcasting Corporation)
Additional Languages
FSI Language Courses Foreign Service Institute language courses including textbooks and audio (if available). Over 30 languages are included. These were originally produced by the U.S. State Department for their personnel and are in the public domain.
Peace Corps Coverdell World Wise Schools Multimedia Language Lessons
BBC Languages (News and audio in 33 languages from the British Broadcasting Corporation)
NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.
Language Learning and Teaching
Discover French Culture on the World Wide Web
Produced by the American Association of Teachers of French. Tours of historic sites, music and live radio broadcasts, newspapers such as “Le Monde”, and humor are all available. Some sites may be explored in French or English.
TIDES (Teaching Images Digital Experiences)
A product of the Steen Library’s Digital Projects Department, TIDES offers users a wide variety of multimedia resources for both educational and personal use. It is a rich source of material on Mexico for students and teachers of Spanish and Latin American Studies. It includes K-12 lesson plans, extensive Día de los Muertos documentation in the form of videos, photographs and interviews, Mexican folk art, and virtual field trips to Mexico. Digital Projects is in the process of making all material available in both Spanish and English.
TIDES for Teachers
A product of the Steen Library’s Digital Projects Department, TIDES (Teaching Images Digital Experiences) contains a wide variety of images from museums including paintings, sculptures, and Mexican folk art, as well as videos featuring interviews with traditional artisans. It includes extensive Día de los Muertos documentation in the form of videos, photographs and interviews. TIDES also offers K-12 lesson plans and virtual expeditions.
Image Collections
Aztec and Mayan Art
TIDES Aztec and Mayan Art includes digital images of architecture, sculpture, Mayan ruins, and more.
Mexican Art
TIDES Mexican Art showcases digital images and descriptions of Mexican folk art, murals, and artisans.
Mexican Muralists
TIDES Mexican Muralists features murals by Diego Rivera, Antonio Gonzales Orozco, Jose Clemente Orozco, and many others.
World Flags
Flags of the World
The CIA´s World Factbook includes flags, maps, statistics, and a brief overview of each country.
Citations
Frequently Asked Questions About MLA Style
Verb Conjugators
Verbix Conjugate verbs on-line with WebVerbix, a free on-line verb conjugator. This site contains verb conjugations for hundreds of languages, ranging from national and international languages to regional and even extinct languages. Verbix is an independent non-profit organization that aims to promote and protect linguistic diversity.
Conjugador verbal / Verb conjugation
Online Spanish verb conjugator.
National Libraries
Bibliothèque National de France
Play Locator
Inter-Play (Courtesy of Portland State University) Inter-Play is an index to plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals. The plays indexed in the database cover those from many different countries written in a wide variety of languages. It is updated continually. Please note that the play collections listed and call numbers are from books in the Portland State University collection. Check the Steen Library catalog to see if we have the collection listed and note our call number.
Travel/Study Programs
Office of International Programs (OIP), Stephen F. Austin State University. The OIP provides information on Study Abroad opportunities and Resources.
