LibGuides: Modern Languages and Cultures Subject Guide: Portuguese

Key databases

These databases allow you to quickly search across the global literature and identify publications in your research field.

These collections contain journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports etc.

Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
This database features hundreds of titles covering art, archaeology, anthropology, classical studies, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre, modern languages and cultural studies.
Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture This link opens in a new window
Pamphlets and monographs documenting Latin American history and Latin American literature, from 1500 to 1930, from the Oliveira Lima library.
Ethnologue This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive data source on all of the recognized languages in use today. The collection provides detailed profiles for every language and country on earth, as well as maps, statistical data, language identification, typology, classification and status as well as population data, language and dialect usage and development.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index to scholarly literature across world history from the 15th century to present day.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text archive of back issues of journals and e-books in all subject areas.
Latin America & Iberia Database This link opens in a new window
Full-text academic journals published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Subject index to scholarly publications in the fields of modern languages, literatures, linguistics, drama, and folklore literature. Also covers ethnomusicology.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full text versions of scholarly journals and books from many leading University presses and Scholarly Societies, covering the humanities and social sciences. Full text access is available for material subscribed to by UoE. Table of contents access is freely available for all non subscribed material.
ProQuest One Literature - Incorporating Literature Online This link opens in a new window
Collection of 20th Century English Poetry, 20th Century Drama, 20th Century American Poetry literature, literary criticism, and reference works.
Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century This link opens in a new window
Contains academic journals, news-feeds, reference articles, commentary, maps, statistics, audio and video covering the region. Topics include politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science, and technology. The topics are presented on a country and continent level. Much coverage is C19 and C20 but some content is earlier including back to the C15. Includes selected U.S. press coverage of Latin American and Caribbean affairs 1800-1899.

Old books

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics This link opens in a new window Encyclopaedia of all matters related to language and linguistics.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window Online dictionaries, reference books and encyclopedia covering general reference, language and quotations and subject topics across, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online This link opens in a new window Fully searchable and regularly updated online access to Oxford bilingual dictionaries.

Newspapers (Current and archives)

Europeana Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Selected European newspapers from 20 countries. Explore the headlines, articles, advertisements, and opinion pieces from European newspapers. Content is in multiple European languages, and includes text, image, video and sound. Date coverage: 1618 - 1980s.
Latin American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Searchable 19th and 20th century newspapers from Latin American countries in Central and South America. Newspapers contain content in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French. Digitised page scans. Date coverage: 1800-1922
Latin American Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access to regional, local and national newspapers, news wires, websites, and blogs from leading publishers throughout Latin American . It includes titles from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Key newspaper titles include: El Universal (Mexico City);O Globo (Brazil);La Nación (Argentina);and El Mercurio (Chile). Mainly Spanish and Portuguese languages. OCR text content. Date coverage: Late 20th century - current
Nexis This link opens in a new window
Business and news reports from regional, national and international news titles. OCR text content only. Date coverage: Mainly 1990s-Current

To search Nexis for news results in the French language:

Click on News
In the By Language section, select Portuguese
Enter your keywords
Click on the Add option to add them to your search
Click on the Search icon

To find news articles from a particular newspaper:

Click on News
In the By Type section, choose Newspapers from the options available
Enter your keywords
Click on Search
Use the refine options ion the left hand side to select the newspaper title you are interested in e.g. Le Monde
You can further refine your results by date, language etc.

Portuguese language learning websites

Anki
This is flashcard-based site, which you may find especially useful for learning conjugations. Like Memrise, it uses spaced repetition to familiarize you with the elements you wish to learn.
Chegg Prep Flashcards - Portuguese
A free website that allows you to create your own flashcards or choose from over 500 million existing flashcards to test your language skills and knowledge.
Review your flashcards on the app or from any device.
Learn Portuguese with Rafa
An informal site covering how to learn Portuguese, what to listen for, and what to say in Portuguese speaking countries, and how to to understand what Portuguese native speakers are saying to you. All this combined with useful tips to help you better understand Portuguese culture too.
MemRise Portuguese Courses
Watch and learn real conversational language from native speakers. Get a personalised learning experience that gives you just the right level of challenge to keep you motivated.

Open access e-books

Open Edition Books
OpenEdition Books is a platform for books in the humanities and social sciences. More than half of them are open access.

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Library Search

Newspaper websites

Correio da Manhã
Daily national newspaper
Diário de Coimbra
Daily regional newspaper
Diário de Notícias
Daily tabloid newspaper
Expresso
Weekly news publication
i (ionline)
Compact daily newspaper
Jornal de Letras
Twice weekly cultural and news publication
Jornal de Negócios
Daily business newspaper
Jornal de Notícias
Daily national newspaper
Publico
Daily national newspaper
Vox Europ (Portuguese language)
European newspaper available in 10 languages

Nexis This link opens in a new window Business and news reports from regional, national and international news titles. OCR text content only. Date coverage: Mainly 1990s-Current

Video & Audio

Portugueses no Mund‪o‬
A podcast series of conversations with Portuguese speakers spread across the world. Conversations cover how they live, what they do, what led them to choose to leave Portugal. Stories told to journalist Alice Vilaça.
Conta-me Tudo (For advanced Portuguese)
A series of podcasts with different guests each week chatting about their stories. Suitable for Advanced Portuguese learners due to the speed of talking.

Modern Languages and Cultures Subject Guide: Portuguese

Portuguese Language and Literature resources