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Portuguese: Books

Your guide to quality information resources for your research about Portuguese topics.

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Bibliographies

Encyclopedias and dictionaries are a good source of information for your area of study.

Quick Reference language dictionaries are on Floor 1 and 2 in Central Library.

Borrow dictionaries from Floor 1 or 2, at PC 5333

For example:

Portuguese & Brazilian History & Culture

Check the Table of Contents and/or Index in these titles for useful chapters on history & culture

  • Brazil : A guide to the people, politics, and culture - Central Books F 2509.5 .RN39 2000 
  • Brazil imagined : 1500 to the present - Central Books F 2510 .S294
  • Brazil reader : History, culture, politics - Central Books F 2521 .BT66
  • Culture shock! A survival guide to customs and etiquette. Brazil - Central Books F 2510 .PQ782 2006
  • Fascínio e repulsa : Estado, cultura e sociedade no Brasil - Central Books F 2510 .SQ27
  • Brasil! : língua e cultura - Central Books PC 5443 LB19 2004

 

  • Cultural atlas of Spain and Portugal - Central Books DP 17 .VR89
  • Historical dictionary of Portugal - Central Books DP 535 .WJ473 2002
  • History of Spain and Portugal - Central Books DP 66 .PA78
  • Muslim Spain and Portugal : A political history of Al-Andalus - Central Books DP 102 .KB45
  • Portuguese : The land and its people - Central Books DP 538 .K516
  • Portuguese empire, 1415-1808: A world on the move - Central Books DP 534.5 .RY79 1998

Need some help to find books?

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For help finding books try:

To find items on Course Reserve...

Search by your Course Code, e.g. Port 141, in the Course Reserve tab of the Catalogue, for textbooks, required and essential readings.

  • Course Reserve tab

Some items on Course Reserve may be available electronically.

Browsing the shelves in the Library

Books and other language and culture resources are usually held in :

Call number areas you may wish to browse include:

  • Portuguese history and culture: DP 501-
  • Portuguese language: PC 5001-
  • Portuguese literature: PQ 9001-
  • Brazilian literature: PQ 9501-
  • Brazilian history and culture : F 2501-

Audiovisual resources can be used in Central Library, Floor 2, or on your laptop.

    

 

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If you need a book that is not available here...

The Borrow Direct service is closing 21 June, 2013.

Instead...

Submit your request through our Get It Interloan service.

Library users can search for items then create requests for items not held in the University of Otago Library, and monitor the progress of those requests.

Books interloaned from NZ or Australian libraries are free, but overseas loans are $25.

New Books

Keep up to date with a weekly selection of the latest new foreign language and culture books on display in the Central Library Recent Arrivals area:

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