Guide to Spanish Language Research
Spanish Language Reference Sources

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The following reference sources provide information relevant to criminal justice topics.  They are available the Hilton M. Briggs Library collection or via the web if indicated.

Online Reference Sources

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (Spanish Language Encyclopedia)

Traducción de lengua española de la enciclopedia del descubrimiento del estudiante del libro del mundo. Los artículos, los mapas y las imágenes son incluidos.

Spanish-language translation of the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. Articles, maps and images are included. Access provided for South Dakota citizens by the South Dakota State Library and IMLS.

Reference Books

  • Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana (Ref PC4580 C58 1976)
  • Collins Spanish dictionary/Collins diccionario inglés (Ref PC4640 S595 2005)
  • Dictionario de Mejicanismos. (Ref PC4832.S3 1974)
  • Dictionario de uso del español (Ref PC4625 M6 1979)
  • Dictionario enciclopédico ilustrado (Ref AG61 G3 1991)
  • Diccionario etimológico latino-americano del léxico de la delincuencia por Arnulfo D. Trejo (Ref PC4975 T7d)
  • Dictionario Medieval Espanol. (Ref PC4715.Z5 A465 1986)
  • Gran diccionario español-inglés (Ref PC4640 G73 1993)
  • Guide to Spanish idioms: A practical guide to 2500 Spanish idioms (Ref PC4460 P48 1985)
  • The Oxford Duden pictorial Spanish and English dictionary. (Ref PC4629.O94 1995)
  • A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages (Ref PC4640 V4n 1967)
  • Randon House Latin-American Spanish dictionary (Ref PC4822 G65 2000)
  • Random House Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary. (Ref PC4640.R32 1995)
  • Thomson's Spanish-English English-Spanish illustrated agricultural dictionary (Ref S411 R48 1993)
  • Using Spanish synonyms (Ref PC4591 B38 2006)
  • Vocabulario vaquero/Cowboy talk: A dictionary of Spanish terms from the American West (Ref PE3727 C6 S64 2004)
  • VOX everyday Spanish and English dictionary (Ref PC4640 V692 2005)

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