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The Music & Performing Arts Library  houses a rich collection of music in various forms (dvds, scores, etc.) as well as materials about the history of music. 

Library of Congress' Country Studies (Not all countries included)
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Q. 980.00321 C1441992 (ML&L Lib. Ref.)
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

972.9003 En19 (Undergrad. Lib. and Reference Lib.)
Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. 3 Vols.

Q. 980.003 EN19 (ML&L Lib. Ref.; Undergrad. Lib. and Reference Lib.)
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. New York : C. Scribner’s Sons, 2008. 5 Vols.

Q. 980.003 L349 (ML&L Lib. Ref.)
Latinoamericana : enciclopédia contemporânea da América Latina e do Caribe. São Paulo, 2006.

Q. 972.01 Ox25 (Ed. & Soc. Sci. Lib.)
The Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures: the civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Oxford, 2001. 3 Vols. or Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures (online)

Libguide for Spanish-language media

The Media Center at the Undergraduate Library has many Latin American and Spanish films and resources on films to check out. To find them, follow the directions below.

To find actual films

To find films from or about Latin America and Spain, search the Catalog Quick Search using the following subject headings and subject as the search by option. If you need help, contact a librarian or the Media Center.

Subject Headings

1. feature film--country, for instance for Argentinian films, use the subject heading "feature films--Argentina"
2. motion micures--country, for instance for Argentinian films, use the subject heading "motion pictures--Argentina"
3. foreign language films--spanish or foreign language films--portuguese

To find book about films

To find books about films from or about Latin America and Spain, search the Catalog Quick Search using the following subject headings and subject as the search by option.

1. motion pictures--Latin America
2. motion pictures--Latin America--history
3. motion pictures--country--history, for instance for Argentinian films, use the subject heading "motion pictures--Argentina--history"

To find library books on festivals search the Library's online catalog using the following search strategies:
1. In Quick Search, search by "subject heading" using the following subject headings: Festivals --Country, such as Festivals --Spain or Festival--Costa Rica
2. Or, in Quick search, search by "call number" using the call number 394.26946.