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Brazil: Media

Library Media Resources on Latin America

Provided by Alexander Street: This database provides online access to documentaries produced about Latin America and the Caribbean. You can search by country or by specific title. Access is provided to the campus community only.

Search for hundreds of films from different genres, including documentary and fiction. This database includes a section of "Latin American Studies" in Global Studies & Languages. You can also use the countries or regions as search terms. Access is provided to the campus community only.

Brazilian Media

Brazilian Telenovelas Collection: Acquired in 2013, these 25 Brazilian telenovelas were produced between 1970 and 2013, with a majority of them being from the early to mid-2000s. Topics covered include love, class relations, race, slavery, o sertão, country life, urban life, modernization, military dictatorship, and comedy, among others. Plots cover periods from colonial times to the present. Most of the telenovelas (soap operas) are in color, yet a few are in black and white. The majority are in Portuguese without subtitles, yet some have subtitles in Spanish, English, French, or Portuguese. See the complete list with descriptions and call numbers of the Telenovelas Collection below.


Brazil newspapers at NewsBank: Search some of the most prominent Brazilian newspapers' recent issues at NewsBank  and historical publications at NewsBankArchives. This newspaper database is available to the entire campus community by subscription through the University of Illinois Library.


Periódicos de Brasil: This website lists Brazilian newspapers and magazines. Search is available by state, major topics, and major Brazilian cities. This site provides links to the newspapers' websites.


Library Materials about  Brazilian radio in the Library Catalog


Library Materials about  Brazilian television in the Library Catalog.


Brazilian films at the University Library: Here you can search for Brazilian films from the Undergraduate Media Collection.

For more detailed information about Brazilian cinematography, visit our library guide "Cinema do Brasil": You will find links to Brazilian sites that specialize in cinema, guides to Easy Search for finding Brazilian films in the library catalog, links to information about the history of Brazilian cinema, main reference books, bibliographies, relevant databases, and more

Assistant Professor and Librarian of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Bibliographies and Research Material about Brazil

Bibliographies available at the Library

National Archives of Brazil - Online Exhibits