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Resources and collections

Spanish and Spanish American Cinema

A unique collection in New York City with extensive holdings from all periods of Spanish and Spanish American film.

• DVDs and videos: 7.000 Spanish and Spanish American movies as well as a selection of television series, documentaries and shorts.
• Books, magazines and reference works covering the cinema of Spain and Spanish America.
• Screenplays.

Spanish and Spanish American Literature

More than 40,000 titles, continuously updated:

• Original works of literature, classic and contemporary (fiction, poetry and drama).
• English translations of important works of literature.
• Literature in the other languages of Spain: Catalan, Galician and Basque.
• Children’s and Young Adult literature.
• Literary magazines from Spain and the Americas.
• Audio-books (CDs and cassettes).
• Movies and television series based on works of literature.
• Television programs, interviews and documentaries about Hispanic writers.

Resource Center for Students and Teachers

• A specialized collection for Spanish professors and students.
• Textbooks, manuals and workbooks for elementary, secondary and adult learners.
• Supplementary materials in audiovisual and electronic formats.
• Graded readers written for students at different levels.
• Spanish for the professions.
• General and specialized dictionaries, grammars and studies of the Spanish language.
• Professional literature for teachers of Spanish.

Reference & Databases

• Encyclopedias dictionaries bibliographies and other general reference works.

• Access to a range of on-line databases through the Instituto Cervantes Network. On-line electronic resources (opens in new window) .
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Music

3500 CDs and audiocassettes and more than 200 volumes of printed music, covering all periods of Spanish and Spanish American music.

Comics

Comic books and political cartoons, both historic and contemporary.

Newspapers

The library offers access to the print and digital editions of ABC (opens in new window), El Mundo (opens in new window) , etc.

Slides

More than 400 series of slides covering the art, history and geography of all Spanish speaking countries.

Clásicos Tavera Collection

More than 150 CD-ROMs which include the full text of more than 5,000 titles published from the 16th to the 19th century. These are fundamental texts for the understanding of Spain, Portugal, the Americas and the Philippines.