Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the Library! 

September 15 - October 15, 2017

Visit our display on the second floor near the main entrance. We have books, e-books, articles, videos, and much more on this topic.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 - October 15, 2016

Visit the Library's display highlighting National Hispanic Heritage Month. Books on display are available for four-week check out with your SWC photo ID card.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Today is the official start of Hispanic Heritage Month!

From September 15 - October 15, Americans celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Stop by the Library to visit our display honoring Hispanic Heritage Month!

Want to find out more information about Hispanic Heritage Month? Ask a librarian!

SWC Guest Writers Series

Patricia Santana
Monday, September 29

12-1 pm

Room L238

Library

Ghosts of El Grullo and Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility are available at the SWC Library for check out with your SWC photo ID card.

Have a question? Ask a librarian!

Hispanic Heritage Month - Banned Books Week

They wanted to ban what?!

Stop by and visit our display in the Reference Area of the Library.

Celebrate the Right to Read!

Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate the Right to Read!

Visit our display in the Reference Area of the Library

Check It Out

Eight Bright Candles: Courageous Women of Mexico
Doris E. Perlin
Republic of Texas Press, 1995
Call Number: Stacks CT 3295 .P47 1995

Did you know in the Library’s collection there's a great title honoring Hispanic Heritage Month?

It's called, Eight Bright Candles : Courageous Women of Mexico. It's written by Doris E. Perlin and published in 1995. It is located in the library’s main stacks collection shelves and its call number is CT3295 .P47 1995. It can be found through the SWC Library’s Search the Library Catalog webpage. Just type in the title in the search box and you can find it in the results list.

This book is a great resource that profiles eight strong-minded women who stepped outside the boundaries of subservience to fight for personal and political freedoms, and helped light the path for women who would come after them. Eight Bright Candles offers provides short biographies on women, such as Dona Marina and Catarina de San Juan.

Come to the library to see more Hispanic Heritage-related titles on display this month.

Cheers!

Review by Arnold Josafat, SWC Librarian

Hispanic Heritage Month - Notable Hispanic Writers

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15, 2013 - October 15, 2013

Visit the 3rd floor to view a display of books by notable Hispanic writers, including:

Ruben Dario
Isabel Allende
Sandra Cisneros
Miguel Cervantes
Manuel Puig
Julia Alvarez
Jorge Borges
Octavio Paz
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Jose Marti
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Oscar Hijuelos
Juan Rulfo
Alejo Carpentier
Reinaldo Arenas
Juan Carlos Onetti

Any of the books may be checked out for four weeks with your SWC photo ID card.

Hispanic Heritage Month

"Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America."

National Hispanic Heritage Month - History, current projects, and related links. Brought to you by the Library of Congress, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Gallery of Art, the National Park Service, and the United States Holocaust Museum.

National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Endowment for the Humanities

SWC Library has many books and articles related to Hispanic Heritage Month. Have a question? Ask a librarian!

Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage month! Started in 1968 (as Hispanic Heritage Week), celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

An outstanding resource on the historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South American and elsewhere is the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. This resource is available in both print and electronic versions from the Southwestern College Library. The print version is located in our Reference collection E184.S75 O97 2005 and the electronic version is available both on and off campus on our Articles and Databases website.

Another online resource is the Ethnic News Watch database. This database provides access to several hundred magazines, newspapers and other periodicals covering a variety of ethnic groups, including the Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. To access this outstanding resource from on or off campus locations visit our Articles and Databases website. For additional information about off campus access visit our Remote Access website.

The Library of Congress has created an outstanding website recognizing the patriotism and civic involvement of Hispanic Americans. The website is located at http://www.loc.gov/topics/hispanicheritage/index.html