USMA Library Homepage: Foreign Languages & Literature: Portuguese

Welcome to the general Portuguese page! Below you'll find links to Portuguese databases where you can find journal articles on Portuguese topics and a brief guide to browsing books on various Portuguese topics on our shelves. You are also able to search Scout or the Library Catalog; all our books, ebooks, and journals can be found that way.

Portuguese Databases at the USMA Library

Below you will find quick links to some of the most commonly accessed resources, you can always access the entire list of Foreign Language Databases here!

If you are looking for Films in Portuguese, check out

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Alexander Street video brings together on a single cross-searchable platform a completely integrated online repository of Alexander Street video titles, along with individual discipline collections in history, art and architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, opera, theater, musical performance, anthropology, health and rehabilitation, opera, nursing, science, women's studies, black studies, LGBT studies, and more. Includes newsreels, award-winning documentaries, field recordings, interviews, lectures, and training videos.
Feature Films for Education This link opens in a new window
This collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. It focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award winners, and more.

To read recent news articles or magazines in Portuguese, check out

ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
Covering business and management, the database abstracts articles from international publications, academic journals and trade magazines. Provides full-text for most titles.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
Provides thousands of newspapers every single day, extracting text and images and making articles instantly translatable, searchable, and easy to read on mobile devices.Coverage is typically the most recent 90 days.

If you are doing research in Portuguese, check out

Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
This bibliography is intended for students and scholars interested in any aspect, discipline or sub-region of Asia. It is an excellent means for discovering citations and the full-text of Western-language journal articles, review articles, conference proceedings and chapters in edited volumes and Festschriften published anywhere in the world that deal with East, Southeast and South Asia and with the overseas Asian communities. Coverage begins with 1971. (Note: not all citations will include full-text)
Early English Books Online : EEBO This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online (EEBO) features page images of almost every work printed in the British Isles and North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere from 1470-1700. Over 200 libraries worldwide have contributed to EEBO. From the first book printed in English through to the ages of Spenser, Shakespeare and of the English Civil War, EEBO's content draws on authoritative and respected short-title catalogues of the period and features a substantial number of text transcriptions specially created for the product.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Search across all available Gale Primary Sources databases:
Archives Unbound
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals
Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015
The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1823–1978
The Times Digital Archive
U.S. Declassified Documents Online
HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Collection of millions of scanned books and other publications. Allows searching of the complete texts of a wide range of books. Shows full page images of entire works where available. Login with westpoint.edu credentials to enable enhanced downloading. Use the "Find in a library" link on individual results pages to locate libraries holding the book.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Provides indexing of more than 2,500 journals, with full text for more than 300.
JSTOR (includes Books on JSTOR) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals and books in a wide range of disciplines.
User's Guide: https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/360000063528-An-Introduction-to-Searching-on-JSTOR
Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts, most with links to full text, for U.S. public policy research from over 350 think tanks, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities.

Provided by the Class of 1946.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a wide range of databases, many with full text.
State Papers Online, 1509-1714 and 1714-1782 This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to government records from early modern Britain and Europe, including many National Archives of the UK documents from the State Papers: Domestic and State Papers: Foreign series and selected related documents from other repositories. Covers the years: 1509-1714 and 1714-1782

Portuguese Web Resources

These resources are outside of USMA, but they still contain valuable information. They can be helpful when researching or practicing in Portuguese.

Research Resources:

Biblioteca Nacionale de Portugale
Digital Commons Network: Portuguese Literature
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional
Govenrnment of Brazil
Government of Portugal
Library of Congress collections:
News Resources:
The World Bank
Television Resources
- LangMedia videos from international students 1999-2002.
- Porta Curtas a paid video streaming service.
  - Curta! edu
- TVI - Televisão de Portugal

Practice Resources:

Sublearning Quiz yourself by translating subtitles from your favorite movies.

Practice Reading Comprehension:

Learn Portuguese with Rafa Everything from introductory lessons to traditional Portuguese recipes.
Lingua Contains texts for Beginners and includes corresponding questions designed by language teachers.
MyLanguages free Portuguese courses covering vocabulary, grammar, conjugation, and reading exercises.
Rosa Estevens: Lets Read Free PDF formatted stories in Portuguese at a Beginner level.

West Point Center for Oral History: Portuguese Resources:

"Language is a Window into the Psyche of a Community": Adventures in the Marines, the Army, and the USMA Dean's Office
- Brent Matthews

Please note that the resources listed in this section are hosted by groups separate from the USMA Library. The USMA Library can NOT guarantee access or resolve connection issues to these resources.

Portuguese Books in the USMA Library

Browse the shelves, head up to the east side of the 4th floor and find the call numbers that start with "PC." Here's a general listing of subject areas:

PC5001-5498 Portuguese