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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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