Guides: Luso-Brazilian Studies: Catalogs

Franklin Catalog NewBooks+

Machado de Assis

Most recent acquisitions in the Portuguese language
These include all new titles, whether books, videos, music recordings, etc., in the Portuguese language added to the libraries in the last 90 days.
Latest acquisitions classed under the subject word "Brazil*" (* indicates truncation)
Portuguese-language sound recordings
All sound recordings in the Portuguese language, mainly Brazilian and Portuguese music.

Major Catalogs

One approach to using the library catalog is to search Library of Congress subject headings that pertain to Luso-Brazilian Studies. Here are some linking to results in Franklin. Some show the browse display of subject headings in alphabetical order; others show the full list of titles under the specific subject heading:

Portuguese literature Brazilian literature 20th century

Portuguese literature Classical period, 1500-1700 Brazilian poetry

Brazilian fiction Portuguese drama

Portugal -- Civilization

Brazil -- Foreign relations brazil foreign relations portugal

Portugal -- History Brazil history 1964-1985 brazil history dutch conquest

Portugal -- Intellectual life Brazil Intellectual life

Brazil -- Politics and government Brazil Politics and government 1964-1985

portugal -- Economic conditions Portugal Social conditions

Art, Portuguese architecture brazil Music -- Brazil

motion pictures brazil Catholic Church -- Portugal

Franklin
Catalog of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' books, journals, films, scores, recordings, microforms, electronic resources, etc. It covers all libraries in the Penn system except for the Biddle Law Library.
WorldCat
The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries;71,000 libraries in 112 countries. Material not owned by Penn can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional
The main page of the Biblioteca Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) from which there are links to catalogs and digital resources, such as the Hemeroteca Digital. The links include the book catalog below.
Biblioteca Nacional: Catálogo de Livros
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
BorrowDirect
The combined catalog of the holdings of the eight Ivy League institutions plus MIT and Chicago. Students can use it to request books not owned or not currently available at Penn.
EZBorrow
The combined catalog of the 60+ members of the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, as well as a number of New Jersey and West Virginia academic libraries. One can request books not owned or currently available at Penn.