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Library Hours
Spring Semester Hours for QV Danielson Campus Library
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Monday. 8am-8pm
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Tuesday. 8am-8pm
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Wednesday. 8am-8pm
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Thursday. 8am-8pm
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Friday. 8am-2pm
Spring Semester Hours for QV Willimantic Campus Library
- Monday. 11am-7pm
- Wednesday. 3pm-7pm
Assignment Details
View detailed instructions for each phase of the Latin American Country assignment in Blackboard, in the Assignment/Tareas folder.
- SPANISH 1011: See "Assignments/Tareas" in Blackboard, and open "Lección 1" for an overview of the project, your country assignment, and information about finding a game or sport that defines or expresses your country's culture; see Lección 4 for details about the mid-semester outline and citations and to submit the mid-semester assignments.
- SPANISH 1022: See Lección 5 for an overview of the project, your country assignment, and information about finding a game or sport that defines or expresses your country's culture; see Lección 7 for details about the mid-semester outline and citation forms and to submit the mid-semester assignments.
Your Country: Facts & Background
REQUIRED: Use at least ONE of these sources! Either the Credo or the CIA World Factbook. Activate the navigation tabs in this box for more information.
When accessing a database from an off- campus location you will be prompted to enter your CT State ID . This is your name combined with the @symbol and the domain @ctstate.edu
Example: juan.diazz@ctstate.edu
This is the same username and password you use to log into MyCTState & Blackboard.
- CIA World Factbook
Select your country to find details on history, peoples, government & politics, economy & industry, and geography. Maps, flags and images, too. Free online access.
BEST source for Facts & Background
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo Reference is a general knowledge database providing articles, images, charts, maps and other materials on thousands of topics. With 750+ searchable, full-text titles, Credo Reference places particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are more than 1,100 short reference videos, more than 475,000 high-resolution art images, photographs, and maps across all subject areas.
Your Country: Official Websites
RECOMMENDED: Use at least ONE of these sources! Either the Ministry of Tourism OR the Embassy. Activate the navigation tabs in this box for more information.
What is an Embassy?
An embassy is located right in the heart of the capital city of the receiving state, and it is headed by an ambassador, and houses the offices where representatives work. The reason why embassies are located in the capital city is to make them easily accessible to their citizens in case of an emergency, such as during a war. All the main diplomatic talks between two countries are held in embassies especially when the discussions involve sensitive matters like wars and trade. The ambassador plays a substantial role in all of this as he/she is the spokesperson of the foreign country. Their work is to protect the interests of their land in the receiving country as well as acting as the intermediaries during negotiations. They report directly to their presidents back at home. (Worldatlas.com)
Using Google or your favorite search engine search for [ Name of Country ] embassy United States. Look at the results carefully.
Choose your country's embassy in the United States. Here you will find official information about your country, published by that country's government, and in the English-language. Gather the information needed to cite this source.
The Ministry of Tourism strengthens, preserves, and conserves the art, culture, and heritage of a country.
Using Google or your favorite Internet search engine search for [ Name of Country ] Ministry of Tourism.
Look at the results list carefully to be sure you use the official ministry website. Get official marketing information about unique places, cultural events, attractions, and unique traditions. You will often find lots of colorful images here as well.
Gather the information needed to cite this source.
Database Suggestions
- Artstor This link opens in a new window Artstor features millions of high-quality images and media from some of the world's top photo archives, museums, libraries, scholars, and artists, including rare materials not available anywhere else. Artstore has Open Access collections from partner museums freely available to all, in areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and educational purposes. All content in Artstor is rights-cleared for education and research.
- Ethnic Diversity Source This link opens in a new window With its curated full-text materials, Ethnic Diversity Source is essential to support the study of African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Jewish Americans, Latino/Latina/Latine Americans, Multiracial Americans, and Native Americans, among others, with respect to their cultures, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences. Scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, historical documents, and biographies are complemented by primary sources, such as speeches and interviews. Complete with robust collections of videos and e-books, Ethnic Diversity Source creates a dynamic research experience for students and researchers. View the EBSCO Search Tutorial Video
- Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window The Grove Dictionary of Art is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of the visual arts, with 30,000 signed and peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 international scholars. Grove Art features entries on artists, architects, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations, and periods, as well as bibliographies for further research and thousands of searchable images made available through partnerships with museums, galleries, and other outstanding arts organizations.
- Referencia Latina This link opens in a new window A comprehensive Spanish-language database with 49,000 encyclopedia entries; 50,000 images; 2,500 health reports; a Spanish-English dictionary and full text for over 100 reference books and dozens of general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas. Its intuitive, theme-based Spanish-language interface is designed to make content readily accessible to non-English users with limited online research experience.Una base de datos completa en español con 49.000 entradas de enciclopedia; 50.000 imágenes; 2.500 informes de salud; un diccionario español-inglés y el texto completo de más de 100 libros de referencia y docenas de revistas de interés general en una amplia gama de áreas temáticas. Su intuitiva interfaz en español basada en temas está diseñada para hacer que el contenido sea fácilmente accesible para usuarios que no hablan inglés y tienen experiencia limitada en investigación en línea.
- Statista This link opens in a new window Use Statista for immediate access to over one million statistics and facts. Statista is an online platform specialized in market and consumer data, which offers statistics and reports, market insights, consumer insights and company insights in German, English, Spanish and French. Additional modules include Company Insights, Ecommerce Insights, Consumer Insights. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be viewed online or downloaded.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals. View the EBSCO Search Tutorial Video
Traditions
For your assignment, you have been asked to choose one unique tradition for your country.
The links below have been reviewed by QV Librarian and can be used for this section of your assignment. Don't forget to cite your sources.
Possibile Traditions
- Traditional Children's Games from Around the World"Topics Online Magazine" offers short essays from ESL students about the games they played as children.
See also the games-of-the-world books on "reserve" for this class in the library. Use the contact options (see the box on the bottom-right on this page) to ask library staff for access.
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Sports" in Encyclopedia of Latin American History & CultureUser your browser's "find" tool to locate information about sports in your country.
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Native American Sports TraditionsSelections from "We R Native" posted by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Service.
See also the sports-of-the-world books on "reserve" for this class in the library. Use the contact options (see the box on the bottom-right on this page) to ask library staff for access.
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Folk Dances of Latin AmericaEncyclopedia articles on folk dancing in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
You may find information on folk art and craft traditions in your country research, especially the Ministry of Tourism or the encyclopedias.
See also the world folk art books on "reserve" for this class in the library. Use the contact options (see the box on the bottom-right on this page) to ask library staff for access.
OTHER TRADITIONS? You are welcome to choose another type of tradition that represents the culture of your assigned country.
Your Country: Tourist Destinations & Local Festivals
TRAVEL SITES: You might want to look for legitimate travel websites for information and images. Be sure to verify what you find--compare the information and images with what you see on official government websites, the CIA World Factbook, or encyclopedia resources.