SP 366: Home

• International Newspapers 
• Sexualities
• Spanish
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Cinema Studies
• Film & Video

Search for books in CBBcat, using the lower menu to limit your search to e-books:

To look for E-Books, change Entire CBB Collection to E-Books. 

These subject headings may also help:

• Motion Pictures Social Aspects Spain
• Gay liberation movement.
• Homosexuality In Motion Pictures
• Homosexuality in art.
• Sexual Minority Community Spain
• Gender Identity Spain

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José Pérez Ocaña

Think Strategically about Your Research

• Looking up background information first can save you time later. Use Credo and Film Index International for quick facts, plots, directors, etc. 

• Use terminology and facts learned from the background information to search for articles in Academic Search Complete,  and the other databases below.

• Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking

• Investigate the notes and bibliographies of every good source you find, looking for leads to more

• Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in 

If you need help with anything, don't hesitate to contact me!                                  kjgillum@colby.edu

KEYWORD SEARCHING

• Use an asterisk to stand in for different word endings:  spain*  = spanish, Spaniard, etc.
• Use quotation marks to "glue together" a phrase:  "Queer Spain" 
• Use parentheses & OR to search synonyms:  (Queer OR LGBTQ)

REFINE YOUR SEARCH

• Use the various limiting parameters in sidebars of databases to narrow your search appropriately
• Skim the terminology in entries for new keywords and synonyms to use in repeating your search

EXPAND YOUR SEARCH

• On the EBSCO platform, click on the Choose Databases link near the top of the screen to add another subject database to your field of search

SUBJECT SEARCHING

• Find a good book or article in a Keyword search? Look at its full record to see if there are Subject Terms. Click on these links to find other sources about that subject.

A few examples:

• Motion Pictures Social Aspects Spain
• Sexual Minority Community Spain
• Gender Identity Spain