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Spanish Language Resources for Librarians

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Spanish Language Resources for Librarians
Colorado State Library / Colorado Department of Education
Created (2003) by Larry Maynard, Arapahoe Library District. Updated (2005) by Rose Nelson, Colorado State Library
Revised (2007) by Paola Ferate-Soto
 
Search Engines
 
Google: You can set both Interface Language and Search Language options by clicking on “Preferences” on right side of search box. The direct link to Google in Spanish is: http://www.google.com/intl/es/
 
Infocenter: Based out of Mexico City, this site offers simple and advanced search engines and links to local issues and government sites. www.infocentro.com.mx
 
TVazteca: Another Spanish language TV station. Popular culture themes and a simple search engine are also available. www.tvazteca.com
 
Univision: This Spanish language TV station provides a directory and popular culture links. Clicking the “Buscar” option allows the user to search the Univision website or Internet sites in Spanish or English language. www.univision.com
 
Yahoo: Yahoo search engine offers direct links to sites in Latin America. Look for the heading Local Yahoo!s and Americas for the links at the bottom of the page. The direct link to yahoo in Spanish is: www.espanol.yahoo.com or http://mx.yahoo.com/ for Mexico.
 
Email in Spanish 
 
Hotmail: This well-known site provides 250 MB of storage. Go to: http://latino.msn.com/ . In the upper right hand corner of the screen, click on the “hotmail” button. 
 
Latinmail: Provides 20 MB of free storage capacity, a little more than most other email sites. The Latinmail website is in the Spanish language.   www.latinmail.com
 
Yahoo Mail: Provides 1 GB of storage. Click on the “correo” or envelope icon to access email. www.espanol.yahoo.com
 
 
Yellow Pages/Government Information
 
First Gov: US government information in Spanishhttp://www.firstgov.gov/Espanol/index.shtml
 
Yellow.com: Totes itself as el directorio amarillo de Mexico, the yellow pages directory of Mexico.  www.yellow.com.mx
 
Marketing Resources
 
The Learning Light –Spanish phrase lists and more for libraries
 
SOL (Spanish in Our Libraries) –Not only signs, but press releases, Dewey in Spanish, and Survival Spanish. A wonderful resource that addresses just about every basic need a public library has when looking to serve Spanish language patrons.
 
Spanish in Libraries: from a 1999 workshop on communicating with Spanish-language patrons. www.unm.edu/~emmons/nmla/spanish-for-libraries.html
 
Medical Sites
 
Denver Public Library: A portal of consumer health information links to basic health information to in-depth resources. http://espanol.denverlibrary.org/recursos/salud/index.html
 
Medline plus: An excellent health/medical database site in either language, but this version in Spanish is well translated. In the past, I have had difficulty finding medical sites that are well translated. A good link for Spanish speaking patrons! 
 
Spanish Internet Resources for Children and Teens
 
BUENO Center for Multicultural Education: School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder. Research, training, and service, links to other education and government agencies
Centro Barahona: This academic center at California State University San Marcos Informs decision-makers of the importance of literacy resources in Spanish for children. http://www.csusm.edu/csb/
 
Enlaces en Espanol: San Antonio Community Portal: has links to helpful general resources, such as bibliographies, children's activities, Internet http://www.sanantonio.gov/library/web/enlaces.asp?res=1024&ver=true
 
Hispanic Reading Room of the Library of Congress: English, Spanish and Portuguese versions. http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/
 
Latino Links: This resource from OWLSweb, a federation of the public libraries in Outagamie and Waupaca counties in Wisconsin, has information on collection development, programs and activities and other topics for providing library services to Spanish speakers.
 
Latin American and Latino Links: This resource from the University of Illinois has information on a variety of Internet resources of interest to Latinos.
 
Multi-Cultural Outreach Service: Resources from Boulder Public Library’s multi-cultural program. http://www.boulder.lib.co.us/special/multicultural/multilinks.html
 
National PTA Recursos en español: Resources for parents in Spanish
 
Reading Tips for Parents: Age-appropriate ideas and techniques on reading to children, setting an atmosphere, reading readiness activities for kids age birth to 6. Available in English and Spanish. http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/slreadtips.htm
 
Recursos en español: Multnomah Public Library
 
Research for Teens: CSU Libraries. English and Spanish on library research http://lib.colostate.edu/teen_research/Esp_Home/espanol_index.html
 
StoryPlace: La Biblioteca Digital: Online stories in Spanish and
English for preschoolers through elementary
 
Other Resources
 
Association of American Translators: www.atanet.org
 
Communication Styles Handout: Identifies differences in communication styles among ethnic groups. Explores a variety of communication styles from handshakes, to touching, to eye contact 
 
Enlaces en Espanol: San Antonio Community Portal has links to helpful general resources, such as bibliographies, children's activities, Internet http://www.sanantonio.gov/library/web/enlaces.asp?res=1024&ver=true
 
Hispanic Reading Room of the Library of Congress: English, Spanish and Portuguese versions. http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/
 
NABE: National Association for Bilingual Education - www.nabe.org
 
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL):   www.tesol.org
 
Wikipedia: An online encyclopedia to which anyone can add an entry http://es.wikipedia.org
 

 

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