LibGuides: Spanish I: Mi comunidad

Research/search strategies

Haven't found an event yet?

Google search keywords: town/city name (+ town/city)
Look for .org or .gov or official tourism sites
Search for town/city/province/country + tourism / arts / culture / community / events / festivals
Search Wikipedia for place name, then look for "Recreation and activities"

Haven't found an artist yet?

Google search keywords: town/city name + famous artists
Search in Wikipedia for place name, then look for "Notable people"

Still can't find an event/artist? See Mrs. Popadin for some suggestions & help.

Finding good pictures

Look for a large, clear, color image of a community event with which you identify in some way & from which you can describe colours, figures, and setting.

Search keywords: event name + town/city
Refine Google image search > Tools > Size > Large
Look for images from .gov, .org, tourism, or other official sites

Make a note of where you found your image!

Examples

Proyecto Unidad 3: Mi comunidad

Find resources here for your project on writing about a depiction of a community event or festival.

Ask your teacher and your librarians for help if you are having trouble finding adequate and/or useful resources!

"Books & Literature," Moomba Festival parade, Melbourne, Australia, 2013; image from Wikimedia Commons.

Databases

Academic Search Premier
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ARTstor
Provides over two million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Its community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Off campus access available.
Biography Reference Bank
contains over 700,000 in-depth and original biography profiles plus the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.
Biography Reference Center
Offers a comprehensive collection of more than 430,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of unique narrative biographies. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.
Britannica Academic Edition
A general encyclopedia with high quality comprehensive information. The articles are written by scholars and experts in a given field. Articles contain images and links to additional electronic material. Off campus access available.
Credo Reference
A database with over 875 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauri. Credo also contains over 200,000 images and audio files and nearly 100 videos. Off campus access available.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
GVRL is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.
History Reference Center
Features full-text for more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. The database also includes full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals. Off campus access available to Connecticut public library card holders and individuals located in Connecticut.