Thinking like a Romance Language Librarian

French

100

I want to learn French. Do you have the Rosetta Stone CDs?

What is "How do I... find language learning resources"

200

I'm doing a french paper on the Front National- do you know of any good French blogs that talk about the leader?

French Subject Guide -> Current Affairs -> Blogs etc

300

I need to access some Swiss dissertations

How do I find dissertations and theses -> Foreign Country

400

I need to look at 18th and 19th century French dictionaries

Dictionnaires d'autrefois: 17th-19th C French dictionaries online (Fr-Fr)

500

I need articles in French about Victor Hugo

FA&M -> French and Italian -> Literature -> Persée

Italian

100

I just started learning Italian- is there a good dictionary I can use?

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Chinese)

200

I want to listen to some spoken Italian- does the library have any spoken recordings?

Italian Subject Guide -> Language -> Listening

300

I'm researching the Italian media- where should I search for articles about the State TV system?

Communication Resources

400

I need an Italian biography of Dante

FA&M -> French and Italian -> Language -> Treccani Dictionary and Encyclopedia

500

I'm researching the Italian media's representation of the World Cup

French and Italian Newspapers -> Digital Resources Subject Guide

Spanish

100

Do you have any Placido Domingo music?

ALTEC Digital Resources -> Naxos

200

I'm doing a paper on Spanglish.

FA&M Spanish and Portuguese -> Linguistics -> LLBA

300

I need some books written in Catalan

Chinook Beta

400

Do we have the full text dramatic works of sixteenth and seventeenth century Spain?

FA&M -> Spanish -> Theater -> Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro

500

I need articles in Spanish about the vanguard in Barcelona

FA&M -> Spanish -> Literature ->Dialnet

Latin America

100

What % of Costa Ricans are under 14?

Spanish 3000 -> CIA Factbook

200

I need Spanish language newspapers that report on the Guarani tribe

FA&M -> Spanish -> Newspapers -> Ethnic Newswatch

300

I need Spanish resources about the state of sanitation in Peru

Research Guide DB -> Spanish 3000 Research Guide

400

I don't read Spanish but I want non-US/UK newspaper reports about the Falklands War in 1982

FBIS

500

I need Spanish resources about Gabriel Garcia Marquez

FA&M -> Spanish -> Literature -> HAPI

Random!

100

I need some images of the French Impressionists

Artstor

200

I'm researching the health of Chicano women immigrants

Chicano Studies Database

300

I'm looking at management practices in Latin America

Business Source Premier

400

I'm researching modern (2005 onwards) Argentine cinema

Google...

500

I'm researching Aztec Dwarfs that were shown in London in the 1850s

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