Iberian Languages and Literatures  

 Bienvenidos a la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Yale!

My name is Lidia Uziel, and I am your librarian for collection development in Spanish & Portuguese languages and literatures.

The goal of this guide is to direct you to the best databases, reference tools, and on-line and print resources for Spanish & Portuguese  Languages and Literatures. It is my objective to provide you with pointers to as many areas of scholarly interest as possible, from books and academic articles, to reference resources and interesting web links, to primary and secondary resources that will help keep you abreast of current developments in Iberian literary studies.

The selection of resources and (re)search strategies recommended in this guide is meant to reflect the trends and practices in Iberian Studies in general, as well as the Iberian holdings of the Yale University Library in particular. In addition, this guide also provides a few general tips on how to best navigate the research resources available to you when writing scholarly papers on literary topics.

This guide will be updated periodically, so keep an eye out for new resources.  Feel free to give me feedback on the content of this guide, and don't hesitate to send me a message if there is something I haven't covered here that you think should be added. 

Have questions? Want to discuss your research objectives and search strategies?  You're welcome to call or e-mail me anytime -- please see my contact information in the right-hand column. I will be delighted to discuss your needs!

This guide is partially bilingual.  Some of the entries are in Spanish - just to make it simpler.  Buena lectura!

My official title is "Librarian for Western European Languages and Literature, Comparative Literature & Linguistics." In other words, I select materials (books, databases, videos, microfilms, etc.) in many interconnected literary fields: French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, German and Scandinavian languages and literatures, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics. I am also currently serving as acting Librarian for Western European History.  

My PhD in Comparative Literature is from University of Montréal in Canada and Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University in France (accomplished "en cotutelle"). I also have an M.A. in French Literature from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University and an M.L.S. (ALA accredited Library Science degree) from the University of Montréal. I did my B.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures (major in French & minor in Italian) at the Jagiellon University of Krakow in Poland.

I did my research mainly in Comparative Literature: literary criticism, theories of the modern novel, Western European languages and literatures, trans-disciplinary approaches to pan-European literature involving philosophy (especially phenomenology), and cognitive sciences.

I recently published my first book:

Métamorphoses de l’intériorité. Roman et psyché dans leur déroulement historique. Analyse historique et comparative du phénomène entre la philosophie et le discours romanesque. Éditions Universitaires Européennes, Sarrebruck, 2010.

My professional interests also include Cultural Studies, Digital Humanities, and Slavic Languages and Literature.

I recommend exploring the following guides which provide valuable technical tips related to the effective use of the library and its resources.

• Online Tutorials at Yale

Here you can learn how to efficiently use resources such as the library catalog, databases, EndNote, RefWorks, and others.

• Yale Finding Aid Database
  

Here you can learn about Yale collections and resources for archival and manuscript collections.  Finding aids are inventories, indexes, or guides that are created by archival and manuscript repositories to provide information about specific collections.

Library Location & Workshops

Orbis (Yale Library catalog)

Yale Library Borrowing & Privileges

Yale Purchase Request (if you want us to buy a particular item for the library)

Borrow Direct or Interlibrary Loan (when an item you want is not available at the Yale Library)

Beinecke Library (the rare book and manuscript library at Yale)

Department of Spanish & Portuguese Languages and Literature

Department of Comparative Literature

Department of African American Studies

Department of American Studies

Whitney Humanities Center

Yale Center for Language Study