This tip sheet is available online at library home page > Distance Education Services > Research Tip Sheets.
Online Library Resources
In-depth assistance is available at How To Do Library Research on the Distance Ed Library Services page (see the Handouts and Demonstrations).- go to the Library
Catalog to search for books/videos/DVDs, etc.
- enter your term(s), and select the index you want to search (author, title, subject, keyword)
- your search may bring up journal titles with online links; click the "ENMU Portales online access" link to go to our Full-text Online Journals (see Full-text Online Journals, below, for instructions)
- to find journal articles, use a periodical database
- go to the library’s Periodical Databases page and select one of the databases listed below (click the letter that begins the database name at the first alphabetical list in the upper right)
- if you are off campus, type your ENMU ID# at the remote authorization screen
Databases for Spanish Literature Research:
- MLA--scholarly, limited full text
- Informe!--scholarly, Spanish literature, culture, biography; full text
- JSTOR--scholarly, full text except current journal issues
- Academic Search Premier--scholarly, full text
- Dictionary of Literary Biography--full text
- Literary Reference Center--scholarly, full text
- Wilson OmniFile--scholarly, full text
- Directory of Open Access Journals
Full-text Online Journals
If you are unable to locate full-text material in the database you are searching, try using our Full-Text Online Journals, at the second alphabetical list in the upper right of the Periodical Databases page:- click the 0-9 link and type journal title in the Search box; if journal is available, click a link and then "Search Within this Publication" (type article title in search box or perform an open search)
- or, click a year/volume/issue link that corresponds to your citation and search the issue's table of contents for your article title
- or, go directly to our Full-text Online Journals to see the specific journal titles we have available:
Spanish Literature
Languages and Literature
If you are still unable to locate your material, you may place a request for it (see below).
Spanish Literature Web Resources
Chicano Literature IndexCuban-American Literature
Mexican and Latin American Literature: Selected Sources
Latin American Network Information Center e-Text Collection
Latin American Network Information Center Literature
Latin American Open Archives Portal
Cervantes Project
Poesia en Espanol
La Biblioteca Virtual de Patrimonio Bibliográfico
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Laberinto An Electronic Journal of Early Modern Hispanic Literatures and Culture
Especulo: Revista de Estudios Literarios journal
Buscabiografias
Iberian Language and Literature Web
See the Internet Resources page for general and reference works, and eBooks.
Requesting Material
Register with the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system and create your personal ILLiad account. Go to the Interlibrary Loan link and click on the ILLiad Log In/Register link on the left-hand sidebar. Click on the "First Time Users click here" link and register with the system. Enter your ENMU email address, create an ILLiad username of your own choosing, and enter your ENMU ID number as your ILLiad password. Return to the same ILLiad Log In/Register link and logon to ILLiad to use the system.- if you are taking classes on the main campus, check Golden Library's holdings first, before submitting a request. If your item is unavailable online or in the library, you may place an ILL request.
- if you are a distance education student and do not come to the main campus for any of your classes, you may request anything not available full-text online via ILL, including items from Golden Library's catalog.