Spanish History

The following represent some of the most important electronic resources related of particular interest to Spanish history. Some are only available to UF affiliated users. They have not been separated by format and include full-text databases, indexes, abstracts or dictionaries. It is intended to group them separately in a later revision of this home page.

1. Historical Abstracts: http://serials.abc-clio.com/

The major indexing and abstracting tool of historical literature form 1450 to the present. Used primarily for advanced research. Also available in print.

2. Francis on Eureka, produced at the CNRS and available through the Eureka gateway, combines 19 indexes in the humanities and social sciences in one large database covering ca. 6000 journals. It can be used as a supplement to Historical Abstracts especially for Spanish history.

3. Dissertation Abstracts on FirstSearch.

Abstracts most American and Canadian dissertations and some British ones. Online version allows keyword searches of titles and of abstracts since 1980. Keyword of abstracts is very useful because of the sometimes imprecise subject classification.

4. Periodicals Contents Index (PCI): http://pci.chadwyck.com

Indexes over 2000 journals worldwide in the humanities and social sciences from the 19^th century to 1993. For advanced research.

5. Historia de España computer file, 1997-.

CD-ROM of bibliography of Spanish history, located in Reference Reserve.

6. ADMYTE: Archivo de Manuscritos y Textos Españoles, 2 CD-ROM's, located in Reference Reserve.

Contains 61 facsimiles and transcriptions of literary and historical texts printed in Spain between 1481 and ca. 1530. Keyword searching and image retrieval.