Directories &
Portals
Digital Librarian
Digital Librarian is a directory of websites maintained by Librarian Margaret Vail Anderson.
With approximately 100 different categories of websites, this site may be useful as a starting point.
Of particular interest are the following:
Languages
International Resources
European Commission Cultural Portal
This portal leads to numerous resources and information about European
culture including dance, architecture, music, theatre, and much more.
The section on books is especially interesting as it pertains to legislation,
culture, and the digital age
Iberian Studies Web (WESS)
The Iberian Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in Iberian Studies (for Spain, Portugal and Andorra).
Intute: Social Sciences: EuroStudies
As part of the UK Resource Discovery Network, this Internet
directory "provides the very best Web resources for education
and research for the social sciences, including law, business, hospitality,
sport and tourism." One can browse by country or region to find pertinent
websites on an array of topics. The Virtual Training Suite contains tutorials
on conducting internet research in a variety of fields.
Latindex
Sistema Regional de Información en Línea para Revistas
Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España
y Portugal.
Social Science Information Gateway
Now included in Intute: Social Sciences: EuroStudies (see above).
Governmental
Ministerio da Cultura (Portugal)
Ministerio de Cultura (Spain)
Institutes & Societies
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
A Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian é uma instituição portuguesa
de Direito privado e utilidade pública, cujos fins estatutários são a
Educação, a Ciência, a Beneficiência e as Artes. Criada por disposição
testamenátria de Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian os seus estatutos foram aprovados em 1956.
Fundação Eça de Queiroz
A Fundação Eça de Queiroz é uma instituição de utilidade pública
administrativa, sem fins lucrativos, que tem como cais de partida
a divulgação e promoção nacional e internacional da obra do maior
nome do romance português.
Instituto Camões
Named after the famous Portuguese writer Luis Vaz
de Camões, the aim of the Instituto
Camões is to promote the diffusion of
Portuguese literature and culture abroad by
providing links to a number of resources, gateways
and downloads.
Instituto Cervantes
El Instituto Cervantes es la institución pública creada por
España en 1991 para la promoción y la enseñanza de la lengua
española y para la difusión de la cultura española e hispanoamericana.
Se encuentra en Madrid y en Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España, lugar de
nacimiento del escritor Miguel de Cervantes. Los centros del Instituto
están situados en cuatro continentes.
Real Academia Española
La Academia "tiene como misión principal velar porque los
cambios que experimente la Lengua Española en su constante
adaptación a las necesidades de sus hablantes no quiebren la
esencial unidad que mantiene en todo el ámbito hispánico."
Libraries & University Projects
Biblioteca Nacional de España
The Biblioteca Nacional also includes a
Hemeroteca digital,
providing access to the Library's digital collection of historic Spanish press.
It currently contains 143 titles published between 1772 and 1933, with more to
be added throughout the coming years.
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
DIALNET
DIALNET is a virtual library of Spanish academic journals, hosted by the
Universidad de la Rioja in Spain. It is primarily a database of tables of
contents with a limited number of full-text articles available.
LIBRO The Library of Iberian Resources Online
LIBRO is a project of the American Academy of Research Historians
of Medieval Spain and the University of Central Arkansas. The collection
focuses upon peninsular history from the fifth to the seventeenth centuries.
Research Organizations
CRL Center for Research Libraries
CRL's mission is to foster and advance scholarly
inquiry through cost-effective, cooperative
programs that provide reliable access through
traditional and electronic means to unique and
unusual collections of library materials. Includes
all appropriate formats, is international in scope,
and comprehensive in disciplines, with an emphasis
on worldwide newspapers, international doctoral
dissertations, scholarly journals and textbooks.
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