Culture and Other Information Links for Spanish

Please note that most of these links are to sites not affiliated with the University of Texas. Neither the University nor the author is responsible for the quality or availability of these sites. To report dead links or suggest additional links, please E-mail your suggestions to the author.

However, these links were active and interesting at the time of publication. Many of these are search engines, so as long as you know how your favorite topic translates to Spanish, you can probably find a site about it. It's also fun just to pick a topic at random and see what you can find. Web-surfing is a good way to practice reading comprehension, and may be an excellent source of material for reading portfolios (ask your instructor for permission and guidelines). Unless otherwise noted, you can make your way around these sites even without a high reading level in Spanish.

Sites for fairly serious research:

LANIC (The Latin American Network Information Center) Maintained by the Institute of Latin American Studies at UT Austin, this is probably the world's most complete resource for information about Latin America online. Check it out! (Interface in English, sites in various languages).

¿Dónde? Directorio online de España A search engine for Web sites. Don't have any ideas on what to search? Try the section called "Lo + nuevo", or just click a city name at random. (All in Spanish)

Sí, Spain Maintained by the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Links to resources about language, politics, arts, entertainment, and more. (Currently mostly in English)

Los 100 Webs más visitados Spain's top 100. Very easy to navigate. (Interface in Spanish)

Los 30 Webs más interesantes en México Everything from rock music to rock climbing, with plenty of museums, universities, etc. thrown in.

Netscape: Buscar en español A whole page of links to search engines around the world. You can probably find just about anything you can think of here.

Instituto nacional de la estadística (España) Find out the population of your favorite Spanish city, import/export figures, literacy rates, etc, etc. All in Spanish

Class Pages at other universities

Dr. Stroud's links page

Other Spanish Class Pages Check out the pages of other courses, mostly at the University of Texas at Austin. Most will have information you can use.

Mainly just for fun:

	Latin Music Online An extensive site produced by a club in New York City. Includes record reviews, biographies of artists, and sound clips from the hottest groups in Latin music today.
	Los 40 principales The national radio top 40 list for Spain. Includes bios of artists and sound clips. (Sound requires Windows). Navigating the site requires a fairly good reading level in Spanish.
	Tu nombre: origen y significado Includes a list of saint's days.
	El Chiste del día  Jokes in Spanish (includes a fairly extensive archive).  This site stresses political correctness.  Be aware that, while you won't find racist or "dirty" language here as you might in newsgroups on the topic, you will find the same "creative" spelling and punctuation.
	Rockeros.com  A site dedicated to "rock en español." Links to home pages, sound clips, lyrics, etc. (See "pisadas" for lyrics and chords for 1000s of songs)
	Juegos de agudeza mental Part of Mensa España's homepage (all in Spanish, but these games mostly have to do with shapes and numbers, not words)
	Página de ciencia ficción y fantasía Guerra de las galaxias, Viaje a las estrellas, y mucho más. (Ever wondered how to say "May the Force be with you" in Spanish?) There's not a lot of information in this page per se, but it has links to several Web Rings in Spanish. The linked pages also can give you access to list-serves and chat groups-- a chance to practice Spanish with real live people!)
	Horóscopo semanal

Places you might not have thought of looking:

	International music at amazon.com: Listen to sound clips and/or read reviews. Some reviews are in English, some in Spanish, and with a few it's hard to decide (return addresses can sometimes give you a good idea of whether you're dealing with "native writers" or not).
	Internet para empezar A good way to learn the most up-to-date computer-related vocab in Spanish. All in Spanish, but written in a chatty, easy-to-understand style.

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