Spanish Language & Culture Resources

Selected to supplement Spanish 101, 102, 201 and Spanish Independent Study courses taught by Miquel Piery at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

• Comprehensive Gateways
• News
• Libraries
• Literature & Culture
• Countries & Maps
• Dictionaries & Grammar
• Intercultural Email
• Language Instruction
• Audio
• Exchange Programs
• Sports

Comprehensive Gateways

• Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
• Links to the Spanish Speaking World
• Iberian Studies Web - From the Western European Studies Section (WessWeb) of the Association of College and Research Libraries

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News

• Directory of Spanish Newspapers in Spanish
• Barnews
• BBC News
• CNNenEspañol
• El Dipló
• Informe
  Spanish language database which includes full-text articles from 50 Spanish language and bilingual periodicals as well as the full text of the El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida) Spanish language newspaper. (Note: this database is available to TC3 students and staff only)
• El Nuevo Herald - Miami
• El Pais - Madrid
• El Mundo
• La Nacion - Argentina
• El Periódico de Catalunya - Barcelona
• National Geographic en Español
• Prensalatina
• National Association of Hispanic Journalists
• La Raza - Award-winning Spanish-language newspaper published in Chicago

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Libraries

• Biblioteca del Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York
• Durland Alternatives Library
  Located at 127 Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, the collection contains "resources on contemporary issues and ideas as well as philosophical and spiritual studies usually unavailable in research and public libraries." Access to their Online Catalog is provided by the Finger Lakes Library System.
• WorldCat
  Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Use WorldCat to find books which you can request through the TC3 interlibrary loan service.

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Literature & Culture

• All About Spain: Fiestas and Folklore
• Ancient Mexico
• Antología del Ensayo Ibero e Iberoamericano
• Aztec Calendar
• Badosa
• Biblioteca Nacional de España
• Centro Virtual Cervantes
• Contacto Magazine
• Criticas
• Day of the Dead
  See also Muertos
• Discovering Mexico - National Geographic
• Embassy of Spain in the United States
• Estudios Y Recursos Literarios
• Hola Magazine
• Instituto Cervantes - New York
• Latino Intersections
• Library of Iberian Resources Online (LIBRO)
• Mexico Connect
• El Museo del Barrio
• Museums in Latin America
• Portals to the World
• Proyecto Sherzade
• RecipeSource
  Has recipes for Spain, the Caribbean, Mexico and several other Spanish-speaking countries.
• Smithsonian Latino Center
• Spain, United States, & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
• Tourist Office of Spain

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Countries & Maps

• Background Notes
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
  of Foreign Governments
• Country Commercial Guides
• Foreign Embassies in the U.S.
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• Mexico Travel Guide
• Perry-Castañeda LibraryMap Collection
  Has links to maps of Spain and Latin America
• Peru.com
• TuSpain.com
• U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings
  & Consular Information Sheets
• World Factbook

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Dictionaries & Grammar

• Babel Fish Translation
• Babylon
• la Real Academia Espanola
  With Diccionario de la lengua española
• Vocabulario Técnico de Marketing e Internet
• YourDictionary.com

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Intercultural email

• ePALS Classroom Exchange
• Europa Pages: International Pen Friends
• Intercultural email Classroom Connections

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Language Instruction

• BBC Languages: Spanish
• Del dicho al hecho
• Español con Carlitos - Project Babelnet
• ¡Conjuguemos!
• Learn Spanish
• Lecturas paso a paso - Centro Virtual Cervantes
• LinguaWeb: Spanish
• Spanish Grammar Exercises
• Spanish Language Exercises

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Audio Resources

• Badosa Audio Files
• Dónde jugarán los niños
• KAFY-AM 1100 - Bakersfield, Calif.
• Radio Bilingüe
• Radio Locator

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Exchange Programs

• American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)
• College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS)
• Consejería de Educación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
• Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
  Has information on study abroad programs and scholarships.
• Institute of International Education
  Offers the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program and has a useful collection of study abroad resources.
• Learning Abroad Center
  Offers a searchable scholarship database
• Rotary International
  With scholarship information
• SUNY New Paltz Study Abroad
  Other SUNY study abraod progams include Purchase, Cortland, Brockport, Geneseo, Buffalo, and Binghamton. There is also a SUNY Study Abroad FAQ with a searchable database of programs.
• TC3 Study Abroad Opportunities
• SUNY International Programs
  You can search for programs. Also provides links to SUNY campus offices of international education.

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Sports

• Soccer-Spain

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