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MLA International Bibliography
1926-present; the MLA International Bibliography is a bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. The electronic version of the bibliography contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers.
JSTOR
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Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.
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Project Muse is a searchable database that provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title. As of 6/2004, includes links to JSTOR.
Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI)
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1970-present; HAPI is an online source for information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Included are complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in over 400 key scholarly social science and humanities journals published worldwide.
Academic Search Premier
Current; multidisciplinary full text database, designed for the academic community. Includes full text coverage for just under 4,700 journals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
WorldCat
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Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture: Oliveira Lima Library Pamphlets, Parts 1 and 2
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The Oliveira Lima Library is a collection of Luso-Brazillian material with the core of its content derived from the "long" nineteenth century. This collection turns the spotlight on South America's largest and most influential power, covering topics such as: colonialism, missionaries, slave trade and abolition, economic development and agricultural trade, Indigenous Peoples, international relations, and the fight for Brazilian independence.
Latin American Newspapers 1805-1922
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1805-1922; provides 280 fully searchable Latin American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere, Latin American Newspapers offers unprecedented coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped this vital region between 1805 and 1922. The Library owns series 1 and series 2 of this resource.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
1935-present; An annual bibliography prepared by a group of scholars and published under the auspices of the Library of Congress. It lists new publications under broad subject headings, and includes annotations. [This resource is publicly available.]
Historical Abstracts
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1954-present; article abstracts and citations of books and dissertations on the history of the world from 1450 to the present. Excludes the U. S. and Canada.
HathiTrust
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HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of book and ejournal titles digitized from libraries around the world. To login, click the LOGIN BUTTON and select Brown University from the list of institutions.

Resources from Portugal and Brazil:

PORBASE - National Bibliographic Database
PORBASE is a National Bibliographic Database that allows users to search the catalogs of more than 170 libraries in Portugal.
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
The Nacional Library of Portugal.
Biblioteca Nacional Digital - Portugal
The digital repository of the National Library of Portugal. It also provides access to numerous historical newspapers and magazines.
Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil
The National Library of Brazil.
Biblioteca Nacional Digital - Brasil
The digital repository of the Brazil National Library.
Hemeroteca Digital - Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil
The digital repository of historical newspapers and magazines from the National Library of Brazil.
Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo (APESP) - Repositório Digital
Digital repository of the Public Archives of São Paulo. Provides access to historical newspapers and magazines as well as maps, photos, documents and correspondence.

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e-Journals for Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Studies
Through this link you will access individual e-journals covering the literature and culture of Portugal, Brazil and other countries and regions in the Lusophone world.

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