Language learning resources
- How to Learn a New Language: Getting StartedA guide to resources at Northwestern and beyond to help you learn a new language.
Books for Learning Spanish/Portuguese
Learn Spanish in a Hurry by Call Number: Online accessISBN: 9781440517525Publication Date: 2006-10-02Ideal for those who speak limited or no Spanish whatsoever.
Read the News
- PressReader This link opens in a new windowAccess is usually to the last 3 months of issues, but coverage varies.
Provides access to over 7,000 titles from 100+ countries in 60+ languages, on desktop computers, tablets and mobile devices. - Access World News This link opens in a new windowAccess World News is a comprehensive resource that includes a variety of news publications worldwide. These sources include major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles as well as newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more. Access World News is updated daily. This database combines news articles from more than 12,000 sources and over 200 countries. Much of the material in non-English languages has been translated into English, but a significant amount of material is presented in the original language.
Videos and Films
- Visual Material in Spanish in the LibrarySearch individual titles in NUSearch for more information about locations.
- Visual Material in Portuguese in the LibrarySearch individual titles in NUSearch for more information about locations.
- New World Cinema: Independent Features & Shorts, 1990-present This link opens in a new windowThe collection includes over 200 full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and Global Lens.
- Hemispheric Institute Digital Video LibraryThe Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library, a collaboration between New York University Libraries and NYU's Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, provides a digital venue for documenting the expression of social and political life through performance in the many cultures and political landscapes of the Americas. Includes filmed theater productions and documentaries from Latin America.
TV & Radio online
- Spanish television onlineSpanish television, with streaming video, from Spain.
- Cadena SerSpanish radio, from Spain
- Univision on YouTubeEncuentra lo mejor de sus programas favoritos de Univision.
- Telemundo on YouTubeEste es el canal oficial de Telemundo.
Music
- Music in Spanish in the Music LibrarySearch individual titles in NUSearch for more information about locations.
- Music in Portuguese in the Music LibrarySearch individual titles in NUSearch for more information about locations.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowFor mobile app access, go to Naxos Northwestern with a browser. Create a Student/Member Playlist Account using your Northwestern email address. Log into app using this Student/Member account email and password.
Naxos Music Library (NML) is the world's largest online classical music library. The library offers the catalogs of more than 50 classical, jazz and world music labels with more labels joining every month. Among the labels whose catalogs are included in the service are leading independent classical labels such as BIS, Chandos, CPO, Haenssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Vanguard Classics, VOX, and of course Naxos. World music content is provided by ARC, Celestial Harmonies and others. - Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new windowSmithsonian Global Sound is a network of international cultural institutions working to preserve and distribute music from archives worldwide, and to foster appreciation for traditional roots music. Through its Web site, Global Sound will offer audio and video downloads, streaming media, educational resources, and detailed liner notes to music lovers, students, historians, teachers, and the academic community.
Spanish and Portuguese Reference @ EPL
- Referencia LatinaA comprehensive Spanish-language resource offering 49,000 encyclopedia entries, 50,000 images, 2,500 health reports, a Spanish-English dictionary and the full text of over 100 hundred reference books and dozens of general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas. Can access with EPL library card.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Spanish Reference CenterThis site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia. Can access with EPL library card.