CELEBRATING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

A Special Report focusing on Hispanic Heritage is now available and includes articles in both English and Spanish.

This site is designed to support your study of National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15. The site contains both current and historical information organized into topical areas on

*culture
*historical figures and leaders
*important issues and events
*global culture and perspectives

Articles have been included for their relevance to the topics and their various perspectives. This site is an excellent resource for tracing the history of Hispanics and learning about their contributions to the world in politics, sports, education, the arts, etc.

SPANISH and ENGLISH ARTICLES AVAILABLE
Articles in both English and Spanish make this site usable to the vast majority of students and patrons using your library. English articles have been selected from several NewsBank resources. Spanish articles have been chosen from the wide collection of Spanish newspapers and wire services available from NewsBank. This multi-lingual coverage is an added feature of this Special Report site

Photos of noted people and events are included also, as are links to related web sites.

Suggested search terms to help locate additional information in your NewsBank products are listed to encourage further research.

Maps on North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean region are available to help find the location of information in articles.

All articles are easily accessed and can be printed or e-mailed from within the site.

OTHER AVAILBLE SPECIAL REPORTS
NewsBank has always been committed to providing libraries with the best coverage of important issues and events. In addition to the National Hispanic Heritage Month site, we continue our ongoing Special Report coverage of The War on Terrorism, Iraq, Science and Health in the News, Hurricane Katrina and Other Natural Disasters, World Health and Our Planet Earth.

All sites are accessible at infoweb.newsbank.com along with your NewsBank products.