Dictionary of Literary Biography Provides biographical and critical essays on the world's most influential literary figures. For Spanish literature, available volumes are:

• Modern Spanish American poets, series 1 and 2.
• 16th century Spanish writers
• 20th century Spanish fiction writers
• 20th century Spanish poets: series 1 and 2
  (Spanish language authors from the 17th-19th centuries are not included)

European writers (Ref. PN 501 .E9 1983). biographical and critical overviews of Spanish writers.

The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel (online)
Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula (Ref. PN 849 .S6 D54 1993)
Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature (Ref. PQ6006 .O93)
The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature (Ref. PQ 6055 .F46 2002)

In Spanish:
Diccionario de literatura espanola (Ref. PQ6006 .D5 1972)
Ensayo de un diccionario de la literatura (Ref. PN43 .S3)

More encyclopedias and dictionaries are listed in the Spanish research guide.

Library Catalog
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MLA Bibliography
The most comprehensive resource to find books, book chapters, and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.

 JSTOR and Project Muse
Full text articles of many scholarly journals on Spanish literature and history.

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Informe! en Espanol
A spanish language database that includes some scholarly content on Spanish-language literature.

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WordReference.com: easy to use online dictionary based on the Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary and the Diccionario Espasa Concise.

Collins Spanish Dictionary online or print (Ref. PC 4640 .C53 2003)

Kresge Library Plagiarism tutorial (30 mn tutorial)

All you need to know about academic integrity policies at Oakland University (one-page handout)

Writing resources for students (includes citation management software and online tools)

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