Research Guides: Languages: Portuguese

Books

Books about the Portuguese language are located on the fourth floor of the Fulton Library, in section PC 5001-5498. Books written in Portuguese are also on the fourth floor, in section PQ 9000-9999.

Dictionaries

Oxford Portuguese Dictionary: Portuguese-English, English-Portuguese (Print Book)
Publication Date: 2015
Endorsed by academics worldwide, the Oxford Portuguese Dictionary is the most authoritative English-Portuguese / Portuguese-English dictionary ever published. Based on modern evidence and computational analysis of hundreds of millions of words of both English (American and British) and Portuguese (Brazilian and European), the dictionary boasts more than 200,000 words and phrases and 320,000 translations.

Grammar Guides

Modern Portuguese: A Reference Grammar (Print Book) by Mario A. Perini
Publication Date: 2002
This is the first comprehensive modern Portuguese grammar written for the English-speaking reader. The book covers in detail all the patterns of modern Portuguese as spoken and written in Brazil, focusing on those points which are especially challenging for the English-speaking student, such as the use of the subjunctive, use of the definite article, preterit vs. imperfect verb forms, prepositions, and many others.
Using Portuguese: A Guide to Contemporary Usage (Ebook) by Timothy Michael McGovern and Ana Sofia Ganho
Publication Date: 2004
This is a guide to Portuguese usage for students who have already acquired the basics of the language and wish to extend their knowledge. It covers both the Brazilian and the European varieties of the language, and differentiates clearly between them.

Videos

Films in Portuguese can be found on the second floor of the library. Foreign language titles are arranged in alphabetical order by language in call number section PN1995.9 .F67 PORTUGUESE.

To find videos in Portuguese:

Go to the Fulton Library's advanced catalog search.
In the Item Type box, select your preferred video format. The library has titles available in DVD and Blu-ray.
Select Portuguese in the Languages drop box under the Item Types.
Click search! You do not need to enter actual search terms to browse our videos.

Library Help

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