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Sessions: »
1. Why Study
Brazil? »
2. How to
Study Brazil
Please also consult the »
online reference library collection
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BBC World News with Audio
and Video Links
1. Why Study Brazil?
Focus:
-- Perspectives and insights that Brazil offers relevant to questions of
development, use of the tropics, slavery and suppressed consumption, synthesis
of cultures...
-- Attractions of its exceptional physical and cultural
characteristics
-- Economic potential and its natural and human resources
-- Relations of Brazil to: Southern Cone and Andean regions, Latin America,
Africa, US, European Union, Lusophone community of countries, international
bodies such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Organization of American
States (OAS)
-- Brazil's exceptional geographic and population size
relative to: South America, Western Hemisphere, and the world
-- Contrasts of Brazil: North / South Center-West / East
wealth / poverty Amazon / drought industry / agriculture
vast / empty coast / interior rural / urban etc....
-- Quantifying Brazil, measuring the society in terms of: Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) per capita; UN Human Development Index (HDI); Transparency Index
(TI); Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI); and the World Bank development
indexes.
Video: Panorama of Brazil from Pantanal to Atlantic
Maps: Physical relief maps of South America, Europe, and world; wall maps of
Brazil in terms of: ecology, vegetation, fauna, natural resources, and regions
Note: The symbol " » " leads to an internet link.
Please consult the relevant sites before class. The site information will
be part of discussion for the class topic.
Online Reference: » Video and media from
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
(enter "Brazil" or any place in the country then limit results to "media,"
"videos," "web sites," etc.)
Internet: »
Real Time Satellite Image of Western Hemisphere
» Physical
and Political Maps of Brazil »
Satellite Images of States and
Cities of Brazil » Fact
Sheet on Brazil » Brazilian
Culture in General ("Maria-Brazil" site) »
UNESCO World Heritage
Sites in Brazil » Transparency
Index for Corruption and
Transparency
Survey on Brazil » World
Bank Development Index, 1990-2000, Comparative
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National
Anthem of Brazil
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"Ouviram do
Ipiranga..."
2. How to Study Brazil
Focus: Research requires being able both to conveniently identify and routinely
use print and electronic resources. These consist of:
periodical indexes, regarding where and when information has been
published; abstracts, the digesting of
publications; library catalogs, whereby materials are
located in a library; full-text retrieval, the electronic reading of digitized
publications; gateways, web sites that maintain links to sites on a common
subject; and bibliographies, listings (annotated or un-annotated) of
publications by topical focus. Obtaining expertise in the identity and use of
databases includes hands-on computer practice and progressive exercises in the
application of searching strategies. The recommended style manuals for research
papers are Chicago (14th or 15th ed.), Turabian, or MLA.
Note: This symbol " ¦ »" appearing below refers to a database contracted
by subscription of Ohio State University Libraries (OSUL). Such databases are
accessible only by either faculty or registered students at OSU, Ohio
University, or other institutions in the OhioLINK system. Access is direct for
those using computers on campus but requires
Registered (Password Needed) Sign-in from off Campus
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Indexes and abstracts for periodical literature
»
Handbook of Latin American
Studies ¦ »
Article First »
Brazilian Journals,
some indexed
Catalogs of libraries and archives in us and for world
» OSCAR,
Ohio State University libraries » Alice,
Ohio University libraries » OhioLINK,
university libraries in Ohio ¦ »
WorldCat, US and world library records ¦ » Libweb,
global library catalog access ¦ »
Archives USA, archival materials in US
Brazil-specialized
library and archival collections in US
» Benson Collection,
University of Texas » Boxer
Collection, Lilly Library, Indiana University » John
Carter
Brown Library, Brown University »
Burle-Marx Brazilian Music Collection,
University of Akron »
Hispanic Division of US Library of
Congress and
Online Reference Service
» Vatican Film Library, St. Louis University »
Oliveira Lima Library,
Catholic University of America
Brazilian
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library catalogs online
( »
Pergamum is an online union catalog for Brazilian libraries, somewhat like
WorldCat; as a subscription proprietary database, requires password for use)
Full-text retrieval of articles and books
in English or Spanish
» Books and Serials,
University of Pennsylvania |
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Electronic Text Center,
University of Virginia »
Libro, Library of Iberian Resources Online
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Project Gutenberg
» Biblioteca
Virtual Cervantes ¦ »
JSTOR, University
of Michigan ¦ »
Project Muse, Johns Hopkins University
in Portuguese
» National Library of Portugal »
Projecto Vercial of Portugal
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Biblioteca Virtual (BibVirt) of
the University of São Paulo (click
"textos") » Past and
Present Brazilian and Portuguese Writers »
Sciences in Brazil »
Brazilian Journals,
some full-text retrieval
Audio-visual
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Library (BibVirt) of Audio and
Video Recordings (click "especiais), political, economic, social, cultural
subjects; online duration from 30 to 60 minutes
» Oral History Project of Getúlio
Vargas Foundation, audio recordings of
extensive interviews with leading figures of modern Brazilian history (to use
this collection, scroll to bottom of page and click "entrevistas;" registration
["cadastro"--no charge] required before access authorized »
Voxoteca (click
"sons"), audio recording collection of Brazilian personalities and events
General and special reference
¦ » Encyclopedia
Britannica
Gateways (sites consolidating access to other sites)
» Latin America Network
Information Center (LANIC), University of Texas » Online
Research Resources on Brazil, Duke University »
Links to
Brazil, Univesity of Illinois » Brazilian
Studies Association (BRASA), University of New Mexico »
Directory
of Scholars Specialized in Brazil (Brazilianists), Harvard University »
European Universities Theses
on Latin America » French and
European Universities Information Network on Latin America (Réseau Amérique
Latine) » Brazilink, London » Britannica
Web Sites on Brazil » Brazilian Embassy,
Washington, DC
Travel
» Brazilian American Cultural Center, New York City, an early Brazilian charter
flight agency with very economical flights (below Travelocity, Expedia, etc.)
from multiple cities in the US to multiple cities in Brazil, 1-800-BACC-Rio »
Brazil Air Pass, economy
fares for multiple flights within Brazil » Brazil-specific travel guides: »
Brazilmax »
Fodor's »
Lonely
Planet
Search Engines
» Google » Dogpile
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See also
online reference collection on Brazil
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only, Edward Anthony
Riedinger 2008
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Ararajuba or golden parakeet
Guaruba or golden conure (parrot)
Native Brazilian birds with plumage bearing the "verde e amarelo" national
colors of Brazil
