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Staff in the Hispanic Reading Room help researchers find materials on and from the Caribbean, Latin America, Spain and Portugal; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and persons with Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas—including U.S. Latinos. We provide materials held in the General Collections for anyone with a Reader Identification Card and we assist in finding resources in other divisions of the Library.
El personal de la Sala Hispánica de Lectura asiste a investigadores para localizar materiales en y sobre el Caribe, América Latina, España y Portugal; las culturas indígenas de esas areas, y personas con herencia portuguesa o española en África, Asia, Oceanía y las Américas - incluyendo las poblaciones latinas en los Estados Unidos de América. Brindamos acceso a materiales custodiados en nuestras Colecciones Generales para cualquier persona con un Carnet de Registro de Lector, y a su vez, le asistimos en la búsqueda de recursos en otras divisiones de la Biblioteca.
The Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) is a selective bibliography annotated by professors of anthropology (archeology and ethnology), art, geography, government and politics, history, international relations, literature, music, philosophy, political economy, and sociology; and edited by librarians in the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress. It simplifies scholarly research on Latin America by identifying scholarly books, journal articles, conference proceedings and papers, book chapters, maps and atlases, and electronic resources (blogs, websites, online videos, etc.).
El Manual de Estudios Latinoamericanos (HLAS - siglas en ingles) es una compilación de bibliografías anotadas selectas escritas por profesores de antropología (arqueología y etnología), arte, geografía, política y gobierno, historia, relaciones internacionales, literatura, música, filosofía, economía política y sociología; y es una publicación editada por bibliotecarios de la Sala de Lectura Hispánica de la Biblioteca del Congreso. Simplifica la investigación académica sobre América Latina al identificar libros, artículos de revistas académicas, actas de conferencias y ensayos, capítulos de libros, mapas, atlases, y recursos electrónicos (blogs, portales web, videos en línea, etc).
The PALABRA Archive is a collection of audio recordings from Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx poets and prose writers reading from their works. It includes major 20th century writers like: Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Miguel Angel Asturias, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Zee Edgell, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Elena Poniatowska, Jorge Amado, and Nélida Piñón; as well as contemporary writers like José Luiz Passos, Carmen Boullosa, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and Julia Alvarez.
El Archivo de la PALABRA es una colección de grabaciones de audio de poetas y autores de españoles, portugueses, latinoamericanos, caribeños y latinxs en los EEUU, leyendo sus escritos. Incluye autores reconocidos del siglo 20, tales cómo: Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Zee Edgell, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Elena Poniatowska, Jorge Amado y Nélida Piñón; así como autores contemporáneos como José Luiz Passos, Carmen Boullosa, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Laurie Ann Guerrero y Julia Alvarez.
La Biblioteca is series of podcasts from the Hispanic Reading Room exploring of the collections of the Library of Congress that focus on the cultures of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Hispanic community in the United States. Listen to a sample podcast below.
La Biblioteca es un podcast creado por la Sala Hispánica de Lectura en el que se exploran las colecciones de la Biblioteca del Congreso, enfatizando as culturas de España, Portugal, América Latina, El Caribe, y la comunidad Hispana en los Estados Unidos. Puede escuchar una muestra de un episodio en el siguiente enlace.
The Hispanic Reading Room sponsors a wide range of public programs, research orientations, and literary events throughout the year.
La Sala de Lectura Hispánica auspicia una variedad de actividades, orientaciones para investigación, y eventos literarios durante el año.
Since 1936, HLAS has made scholarly research on Latin America more easily accessible by working with researchers to identify and describe books, journal articles, conference proceedings and papers, book chapters, maps and atlases, and electronic resources
This guide provides access to the PALABRA Archive, a collection of audio recordings of poets and writers from Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, the Caribbean, and from other regions with Luso-Hispanic heritage reading from their works.
This research guide answers a recent call to action in Haitian studies to engage historical sources in centering Haitian cultural and historical contributions to Black liberation movements in the United States and Latin America.
This guide provides access to an array of resources on language and identity in Puerto Rico, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books, periodicals, and online databases.
Una guía para facilitar el acceso al Archivo de la Palabra de la Biblioteca de Congreso.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching LatinX Studies, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and research strategies.
This research guide provides access to historic photographic and film documentation, as well as related print and electronic resources, illustrating the 20th century efforts to transform Puerto Rico from a plantation to an industrial economy.
This guide explores the work of artists, curators, and collectives on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, focusing on artistic interventions that activate the border itself and make and/or unmake anew what we traditionally consider a “piece” of art.
Borders can be mapped as palimpsests both geographically and linguistically, or as areas that shift ecologically and ideologically. In this guide, explore the histories, belief systems, and landscapes that characterize the U.S.- Mexico border.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Argentina, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Bolivia, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for the study of Brazil, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching British Virgin Islands, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for the study of Chile, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Colombia, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Costa Rica, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Cuba, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching the Dominican Republic, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Ecuador, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching El Salvador, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching French Guiana, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Grenada, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Guatemala, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Guyana, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Haiti, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Honduras, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Jamaica, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Mexico, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Nicaragua, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Panama, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Paraguay, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Perú, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for the study of Portugal, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Puerto Rico, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for the study of Spain, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Suriname, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Uruguay, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Venezuela, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.
This Hispanic Reading Room research guide focuses on 20th and 21st century American court cases, legislation, and events that had important impacts on civil rights in Chicana/o/x, Hispanic, Latina/o/x, Mexican-American and Puerto Rican communities
This guide explores the work of artists, curators, and collectives on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, focusing on artistic interventions that activate the border itself and make and/or unmake anew what we traditionally consider a “piece” of art.
This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching LatinX Studies, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and research strategies.
This research guide provides access to historic photographic and film documentation, as well as related print and electronic resources, illustrating the 20th century efforts to transform Puerto Rico from a plantation to an industrial economy.
Borders can be mapped as palimpsests both geographically and linguistically, or as areas that shift ecologically and ideologically. In this guide, explore the histories, belief systems, and landscapes that characterize the U.S.- Mexico border.
This guide provides access to the PALABRA Archive, a collection of audio recordings of poets and writers from Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, the Caribbean, and from other regions with Luso-Hispanic heritage reading from their works.
This guide provides access to an array of resources on language and identity in Puerto Rico, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books, periodicals, and online databases.
