Spanish Language E-Resources: Home

The College of DuPage Library has access to many Spanish language e-resources. We have access to academic journals, popular magazines, comics, and eBooks for all age groups and on various topics of interest from academic to fiction. 

Spanish materials are discoverable in the Library catalog, but it is easiest to go to the database and find them there. EBSCO, OverDrive, and ComicsPlus are the main vendors of these materials. 

It is important to note that all of the magazines, comics, and academic journals are set to unlimited users/checkouts, so there is no wait time or limit. In OverDrive, magazines do not count towards the general checkout rule so users can read as many issues as they want in as many titles as they want. For EBSCO eBooks, a small percentage of eBooks have limited checkout times and users. This information is posted in the title's metadata and appears when a user goes to checkout the book. 

Troubleshooting questions should be sent to our E-Resources Team at e-resources@cod.edu. For help finding Spanish materials for class, contact our reference desk via chat, email, phone, or in person. 

OverDrive has over 260 Spanish magazines. Edition options include Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Latin America, Ecuador, and more. Some titles will have multiple editions available from different counties. 

1. Start on the OverDrive homepage
2. Click on Magazines under the Collections tab
3. Click on the Subjects tab then "See all titles"
4. Filter by language, Spanish; Castilian

The Library has eBooks in EBSCO for a wide range of audiences and reading levels. Users are able to download or read in browser.

1. Start by going to the EBSCO eBook Collection database
2. Select "Choose Databases" and select the eBook collections you'd like to search, below are some good options to start
   1. eBook Collection
   2. eBook Public Library Collection
3. Before hitting search, select Spanish under the "limit your results" section
4. From here, filters can be added to make the results more specific

See results for this search here. 

There are a few ways to find Spanish comics in Comics Plus. 

• Select a subject area, filter language to Spanish. 
• Scroll down to the preset Spanish collection on the homepage
• Via this link that shows all of the Spanish titles in Comics Plus

A few of our EBSCO databases have Spanish journals. The best way to find them is to use a language filter and set it to Spanish. It is recommended to leave the full text button unchecked as LibKey will be able to find many articles that are available on the web or through our other databases. 

The following databases are a great starting point for Spanish academic journals: 

• Academic Search Ultimate
• Communication and Mass Media
• MasterFILE Complete