Recommended Web Sites

Children's Literature and Young Adult Literature

Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents  - (Bilingual) Professional book reviewer, Dr. Isabel Schon leads this site with invaluable information on recommended Spanish language books for children and teenagers, links to some Spanish language publishers/vendors and other useful links for librarians.

BPLG's Booktalks - Recommendations and suggestions by librarians for librarians and educators are given at this link.

México Para Niños - (En Español) With bright colors and wonderful links, this Mexican site provides Spanish speaking children information on México such as its history, its geography, its government, and its culture. As part of its entertainment links, children can play "Ciberlotería", an online version of the popular Mexican game, lotería.

The Pura Belpré Award -- Pura Belpré Award, is presented to Latino and Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and young adults.
 

Cool Internet Links

Cool Links

Andanzas al Web Latino – A directory to different links on politics, economics, culture and the arts.

Directorio Global Net en Espanol - (en Español) This is a directory with a search engine which allows you to register your website instantly and to classify your website in to a subject category of your choice.

HispanicDotCom  -  (English) Nicknaming itself “a cyber-barrio” site and still in development, this site provides information, services and technology access to the Latino community in the United States.

Hispanic Reading Room, Library of Congress -  (Bilingual) This is a focus access point for researchers to have the opportunity to obtain materials Luso-Hispanic relating to geographic areas of the Caribbean, Latin America and Iberia (Spain & Portugal) and the peoples of Luso-Hispanic heritage in the United States, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

 Latino Link  – (Bilingual) A well-respected site which has links to topics such as news, music & entertainment, business, community, sports, the Internet, and other areas important to the Latino community.

Hispanic Pages in the USA – (Bilingual, mostly English) This simple site has links to various fascinating Hispanic websites from Spain and the U.S.

LatinoWeb   –  (English) Access to e-mail, headline news items relating to professional Latinos and links to different categories of topics such as organizational websites and monthly events are given at this site.
 
 

Educational Resources

Bilingual Education –  Education majors and teachers will find a plethora of links to sites dealing with bilingual education and Latino culture.

RETAnet - Resources for Teaching about the Americas  –  Includes lesson plans, a resource materials database, and a photo archive.
 

Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! –  A good site for teachers, librarians, and others planning activities for Hispanic Heritage month.
 

Holidays

Dia de Los Muertos (Northern Arizona University.)  -  Lesson plans, arts & craft ideas, and activities to celebrate the Day of the Dead are given for different grade levels at this site which is a great online resource for teachers planning for this holiday.
 

Latin America

LANIC  –  (Latin American Network Information Center) LANIC is managed by the Institute of Latin American Studies at University of Texas in Austin. It provides access to news, academic databases, and other information resources in English and Spanish of interest to Latin Americans.

Latin World -  More than just a search engine for the Iberoamerica and the Caribbean, this site provides a “communication platform for Latinamericans and those interested in Latin America.”

Organization of American States   –  (Bilingual) Just about everything relating to this international organization is well presented in this site. This is a most useful for those studying Latin American Studies and/or politics in the Western Hemisphere.
 
 

Library Association Projects

The Association of Research Libraries Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot Project -  Is a project of the Association of Research Libraries whose purpose is to "create a prototype for a fully connected collections for Latin American Studies.
 
 

Native Peoples

Maya/Aztec/Inca of the Lords of the Earth
  -  Formerly the Maya-Aztec-Inca Exchange, this site is geared to those studying or interested in the Archeology and Anthropology of the Americas.

Maya Civilization-- Past & Present  -  This fascinating site provides links to information on current and ancient Mayan culture and politics. One can even find a pronunciation guide to the Mayan language on this site.

Mesoamerican Archaeology -  There are numerous links to pages concerning Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian Archaeology found in this link.

Native Americas, Akwe:kon's Journal of Indigenous Issues  -  This site features journal articles on issues important to native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Akwe:kon Press of the American Indian Program at Cornell University publishes this award-winning publication.
 
 

Music

El Mariachi.com ( formerly known as Mexican Songs/Cancans Mexicans (Maruichi Cardinal de Stanford)   -  Provides lyrics of popular Mariachi songs, along with lyrics for boleros, corridos, rancheras and other genres of Latin songs. This site gives you the option of translating these songs into English, if desired.

 La Musica.com (formely known asLatin Music Online )   -  Makes connections to information about Latin Music. The site includes: news flashes, reviews, interviews, and other information relating to Música Latina.
 

Periodicals

El Andar - (Bilingual) This online U.S. Latino site includes links to articles from its most current issue.

Frontera - Aimed at younger Latino generation, this magazine focuses on Latinos in the Music/Entertainment business.

Hispanic Online – (English) With this site, Hispanic Magazine provides U.S. Latinos with a online forum. America Online uses this site as a resource on Latino life.

Latina Online - With a positive and empowerment attitude, this online magazine focuses on Latina women.

El Mundo (Espana) - Based in Madrid, Spain, this online newspaper provides daily news on local, national, and international events with links to different sections of this Spanish language newspaper.

El Nuevo Herald (Miami) - This Spanish language newspaper covers local, national and international news. The city of Miami is the main focus of this newspaper.

La Prensa de San Antonio - This bilingual online newspaper covers news items from San Antonio, Texas and its surrounding areas.
 

Public Library Links

The International Center of the San Francisco Public Library – (Bilingual)  provides those newly arrived to the U.S. useful links to language, citizenship and other multicultural resources.
 
 

Resource Centers

Center for Latin America (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)  -  The U.S. Department of Education supports this site as the National Resource Center for Latin American Language and Area Studies.
 

Search Engines in Spanish and English

Search Engines in Spanish and English
 
 

Television

National Latino Communications Center  - Is a “media arts production resource center which produces and supports Latino programming for public television. Information on the PBS program Chicano! resides in this site.


If you would like to suggest a link, please email your suggestions to adrian.barrientos@ci.sj.ca.us
Updated 10/00




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