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Print Resources

Reference Collection

The University Library's Reference Collection contains various specialized guides, dictionaries and encyclopedias devoted to Portuguese, Brazilian and other Portuguese-language literatures. Some of the most useful are listed below.

Dicionário de Literatura
Reference Collection PQ 9006 .C65

Dicionário de Literatura
Reference Collection PQ 9006 .S65

Portuguese Literature from its Origins to 1990
Reference Collection PQ 9011 .K86 1994

História de Poesia Portuguesa
Reference Collection PQ 9061 .S5

Dictionary of Brazilian Literature
Reference Collection PQ 9506 .D3 1988

New Bibliography of the Lusophone Literatures of Africa
Reference Collection PQ 9900 .M5913 1993

Dicionário de Autores de Literaturas Africanas de Língua Portuguesa
Reference Collection PQ 9901 .G55 1997

Dicionário Caboverdiano Português
Reference Collection PM7849.C3 Q56 1998

Journals and Books

Students and faculty with an interest in literature and literary criticism may find these publications useful:

• Brasil = Brazil
• Portuguese Studies
• Gávea-Brown
• Santa Barbara Portuguese Studies
• Ellipsis
• Espelho: Revista Machadiana

Journals and magazines held by the UMass Dartmouth Library are shelved alphabetically by title on the 3rd floor of the library. For complete information about library journal holdings, please check the UMD Journal Locator or the SMCL (Southeastern Massachusetts Cooperating Libraries) Union List of Serials (available at the Reference Desk).

For finding citations to a variety of journals on various topics, use the E-Resources, described below.

To locate books by or about a particular author, use the Voyager online catalog. Hints: to locate all the items UMD owns written by an author, use the author search function, typing in the author's name, last name first. To locate items written about an author, use the subject search function, also using the author's name, last name first. Typically, this will retrieve a list of items categorized by subheadings, such as --Biography or --Criticism and Interpretation.

Notes regarding Voyager: Names can be searched with or without diacritics; however, if search results are consistently negative, try the searches without the diacritics. Due to differences in regional conventions, surname order may vary from what is expected. A "see also" reference should guide users to the entries for the author.

If Voyager indicates that UMD does not own a particular book or journal article needed, UMD students, staff, and faculty are welcome to request the item via Interlibrary Loan.

Electronic Collections

UMD E-Resources

The University Library provides access to a number of databases for the use of the University community.

While many general databases may offer access to articles about and book reviews for contemporary writers, there are several specialized indexing databases for literary research. For finding citations to journal articles, use:

MLA International Bibliography covers topics including all languages, literatures, literary criticism, linguistics, film studies and folklore.  Citations are included for U.S. journals, international journals and U.S. dissertations. 

Humanities Index also includes coverage of literature, including citations for articles about authors, genres, periods and specific works.

Feel free to ask for further advice on selecting databases at the reference desk or contact the Portuguese Studies Librarian, Linda Zieper.

Internet Resources

General Information and Collections of Links

In addition to materials held by the library, the library provides users access to resources on the Internet. The following list contains links to a sampling of web sites that are available. These include research guides, full-text electronic archives, and informational pages from various centers and organizations. Many more web sites are certainly available; these are just a few that have proven useful to previous researchers. Be sure to evaluate carefully when you find other web sites through commercial search engines.

• Poesia Portuguesa
• Resources for Portuguese Language and Literature - from Vanderbilt University
• Portuguese Literature - a brief overview of Portuguese literature
• Brazilian literature - a brief overview of Brazilian literature
• Portuguese Literature Guide - a bibliographic guide from the University of Illinois - check Voyager for UMD holdings
• BUBL Link: Portuguese - a listing of various sites, including dictionaries and guides
• Bibliography of Lusophone African Women Writers