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Encyclopedias - Latin American Subjects
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture by
Call Number: URI Ref F 1406 E53 2008ISBN: 0684312700Covers geography, politics, revolutionary movements, commerce, religion, art and key personalities in Latin American history.Encyclopedia of Latin America by
Call Number: URI Ref F 1406 E5155 2010ISBN: 0816073597Four volumes: covers the history and culture of Central America, South America and the Caribbean from early settlements to the present day. Each volume focuses on a specific time period in the area's development. Primary source documents at the end of each volume.Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature by
Call Number: URI Ref PQ 7081 A1 E56 1997ISBN: 1884964184Offers entries on writers, works and topics related to Latin American literature, including survey articles on all of the continent's individual countries.Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States by
Call Number: URI Ref E 184 S75 E587 2005ISBN: 07172581574 volumes which contain information on all different aspects of Latin American life in the United States.
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Portuguese/English Dictionaries
Collins Portuguese Dictionary by ISBN: 9781849722391Publication Date: 2007-12-04Online edition to a Portuguese-English dictionary for intermediate level learners.
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Portuguese-English DictionaryCall Number: Ref PC5328 O9 1992ISBN: 0198641826Publication Date: 1993-02-11Portuguese-English picture dictionary featuring hundreds of pictures that highlight the following areas including flora and fauna, sports and recreation, travel and the arts.- Langenscheidt's pocket Portuguese dictionary : English-Portuguese, Portuguese-EnglishCall Number: PG6640 L36 1985ISBN: 0340381450Publication Date: 1985A travel-sized pocket English-Portuguese dictionary that focuses on modern usage of the languages at the beginner and intermediate learner level.
Spanish/English Dictionaries
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish and English DictionaryCall Number: URI Ref PC 4629 O94 1995ISBN: 0198645147Identifies over 29,000 objects by means of numbered illustrations, offering at a glance their Spanish and English terms.- The Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish by Call Number: URI Ref PC 4640 O94 2008ISBN: 9780199208975Translation in Spanish-English and English-Spanish. Has 300,000 words and phrases; 500,000 translations.
Webster's New World Spanish Dictionary
Call Number: URI Ref PC 4640 W4278 2003ISBN: 0764541617Concise translations with thorough coverage of Latin-American Spanish. Pocket-sized, travel-ready edition.
- Real Academia EspanolaThis website provides an online version of the 23rd edition of the Diccionario de la Lengua Española.