Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula
REF PN849.S6 D54 1993
This dictionary includes representatives from all major peninsular literatures: Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish. Works covered range from the tenth century to the mid-1980's. Includes good coverage of twentieth-century women writers.

Diccionario de literatura española
REF PQ6006 .D5 1972
An extensive dictionary covering all periods of Spanish and Spanish American literature. Covers authors, forms of literature, literary terms, etc. Contains many bibliographic references. Includes an index of titles and a chronological index.

Dictionary of Mexican Literature
REF PQ7106 .D53 1992
Includes five-hundred entries with an emphasis on the twentieth century.

A Dictionary of Contemporary Latin American Authors
REF PQ7081.3 .F6
Includes a brief biography, major themes, and principal works. Indexed only by author's name. Limited, but a good place to search for basic information.

Diccionario de la literatura latinoamericana
REF PQ7081 .P27
Comprehensive encyclopedia of Latin American literature with emphasis on the critical evaluation of each writer. Each entry includes a biographical sketch, a critical summary, and a bibliography of works by and about each author. Each volume covers a different country: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, and Ecuador.