Oxford Brookes UniversityInternet sites for Spain and Spanish studies
Many Spanish resources are freely available on the Web and some selected sites are listed below.
1. Spain and Spanish studies
2. Spanish language
3. Education
4. Literature
5. Politics and social issues
6. Media
7. Libraries
8. Travel and tourism
9. Search engines
10. Statistics
1. Spain and Spanish studies
CIA
World Factbook Key statistics on Spanish geography, people, government, economy,
transport, communication and defence.
Netaurus:
links to Spanish websites for students and academics.
Super Links to
Spanish Web Sites has a huge number of links to useful Web sites
for those interested in finding out about Spanish and Latin American
cultures. The site was created by Jim Becker, Professor Emeritus
of the University of Northern Iowa.
(ACIS):
Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies
The Instituto Cervantes,
the official Spanish Government Cultural Centre, promotes Spanish
language teaching and knowledge of the cultures of Spanish speaking
counties throughout the world. The London branch offers a range
of language courses and cultural activties such as film screenings,
lectures, exibitions and concerts. They have a Library
which has a collection of materials specialising in Spanish and
Latin American language and culture.
Spain: a country
study produced by the US Library of Congress, focuses on the
history, economics, politics and national security apparatus of
Spain.
Kidon media
link: News sources from Spain
2. Spanish language
Many free internet sites are available to help with language learning. A selection is listed below. Don't forget that Brookes staff and students also have access to subscription services such as Oxford language dictionaries online. Connect to these via our list of Electronic dictionaries and language databases
I Love Languages
is a comprehensive cataloge of multilingual Internet resources.
Super Spanish
Web Sites contains a huge number of links to useful Web sites
for those interested in learning Spanish. The site was created by
Jim Becker, Professor Emeritus of the University of Northern Iowa.
Learn Spanish is
a free online tutorial.
Centro Virtual Cervantes
in the Aula de Lengua pages provides resources for learning and
practising Spanish.
Juan Ramon de Arana's Spanish
Language Exercises Web page hosted by Ursinus College includes
exercises aimed at those interested in using the Internet for learning
and teaching Spanish.
Links and resources for learning Spanish online can be found at
Spanish Language
Ejercicios
de gramatica Spanish grammar exercises and Lengua
Espanola both by Juan Manuel Soto Arrivi of the University of
Indiana.
Spanish
grammar tutorial a free online tutorial
Spanish language and culture by Barbara Kuczun Nelson of Colby College,
Maine.
Bab.la language portal
For links to general language-related sites see the
Library guide Language studies and linguistics
on the internet
3. Education
REBIUN the Spanish
Universities Network
University of Madrid
University of Barcelona
4.Literature
Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts). The collection provides access to more than 10,000 eBooks, most of which are older literary works. All may be freely downloaded and read, and redistributed for non-commercial use.
5. Politics and social issues
Government on the
WWW: Spain provies links to Spanish political web sites.
MTAS: Spanish Ministry of Employment
and Social Affairs
Spanish
political resources on the Net
6. Media
Kidon media-link provides links for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and news agencies around the world.
Web sites for newspapers and current affairs magazines may offer current news, but older articles are often only available to subscribers. Don't forget that Brookes staff and students also have access to Spanish sources such as ABC, Cinco Dias, El Correo, Expansion, El Mundo, El Pais (1995-) and many others via the Factiva database. Connect to this via Electronic newspapers and magazines for Languages
7. Libraries
Taylor
Institution Library, University of Oxford
The Instituto
Cervantes, has an extensive Library specialising in Spanish
and Latin American language and culture at its London branch. The
Library houses a collection of more than 20,000 books, periodicals,
magazines, DVDs,videos, audio-tapes, slides, CDs and CD-ROMs relating
to Spanish speaking countries. Anyone is able to join the Library
for an annual fee.
REBIUN Spanish
University Libraries Union catalogue
Catalogues
outside the UK Links to Library Web catalogues beyond the UK.
8. Travel and tourism
European Tourist
Information Center
Europe for Visitors
World Travel
Guide: Spain
9. Search engines
10. Statistics
Eurostat : European Commission website providing statistical information on EU countries