SPAN - Dual Credit - Bloomington - Ivy Tech Libraries at Ivy Tech Community College

Researching Spanish-Speaking Countries

For research on Spanish-speaking countries, try these free resources:

Britannica Online (Free Version)
The Encyclopedia Britannica with additional multimedia content, e-books, articles, and Web links.
CIA World Factbook
"...provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."

Spanish Books at Ivy Tech

These Spanish language books are available to all dual credit students for check out at the Ivy Tech Bloomington Library:

Spanish Language Books
Click to browse Spanish language books available at the Ivy Tech Bloomington Library.
Spanish Language Children's Collection
Click to browse Spanish language children's books.
Spanish Language Videos
Click to browse videos with Spanish language dialogue or Spanish dubbing available at the Ivy Tech Bloomington Library.

College Prep

LearningExpress Library (INSPIRE)
Practice Tests and prep for the ACT, SAT, PSAT, ASVAB, and other college and career exams.

Spanish Language Databases

For news and research articles written in Spanish, try these INSPIRE databases:

Fuente Academica Premier (INSPIRE) (Spanish)
Spanish language scholarly journals. Provides a collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain.
Referencia Latina (INSPIRE) (Spanish)
A full spectrum of Spanish-language scholarships inside and outside academia.

INSPIRE Databases

INSPIRE
INSPIRE is a collection of databases offered free to Indiana residents by the Indiana State Library.

Class Visits

Would you like us to visit your class via Zoom?

The Ivy Tech Librarians can visit your class via Zoom if you'd like, or we can create pre-recorded tutorials to help your class with their library research.

We can also set up in-service trainings on Ivy Tech library resources for dual credit instructors if that would be helpful.

If we can help you in any way, please email us at bl-library@ivytech.edu.