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Portuguese Directories

Brazil
Portugal
Lusophone Africa
Other

BRAZIL

Brazilian National Archives
Brazil National Archives and Records Administration Home Page.

ILAM - Directorio de Museos y Parques (Brazil):
This website provides a comprehensive and excellent list of museums, national parks, and other monuments throughout Brazil. One can also find links to the individual museum websites. Highly recommended.

MUSEUS (Brazil)
This website provides a comprehensive and excellent list of art and archeological museums, both in Brazil and worldwide. Links to the individual museum websites are provided. Highly recommended.

CHAME - o portal da informação
A comprehensive directory of federal, state and local agencies throughout Brasil.

Guia Parana - Parana (Brazil)
Web directory containing information and services for the Brazilian state of Parana.

Achei - Esportes (Brazil)
Web directory on different sports and their corresponding websites, throughout Brazil.

Brazilian and Portuguese Universities
A comprehensive directory of Universities across Brazil and Portugal; links to individual websites.

Bibliotecas Brasileiras
A comprehensive directory of libraries across Brazil, sorted by type.

Biblioteca Virtual nas areas de Biblioteconomia e Ciencia de Informação (Brazil)
A comprehensive directory of "online libraries", publishers and booksellers, sponsored by the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

"Ubi societas, ibi jus" (Brazil)
Links to official sites of multiple Brazilian and worldwide legal Institutions.

Legal Directories

Infojus - Informativo juridico eletronico (Brazil)
Browse through current articles, news, and Brazilian legislation.

CadeJur
Links and other resources to Law in Brazil.

LexData - A maior base jurídica brasileira na Internet
Access online articles, codes, and Brazilian legislation from this extensive database.

Marjuris - Site Juridico
Access law texts both in Portuguese and French language.

PORTUGAL

APOM - Associação Portuguesa de Museologia
This site provides information on the activities and publications, (including bulletins, which may be ordered by the Internet) of the Portuguese Association of Museology.

Nesos - Base de dados da História das Ilhas Atlânticas
Database on the history of the Portuguese archipelagos. Free access after subscription.

Vercial (Portugal)
The largest web based guide for Portuguese literature. Free e-books of canonical writers, etc.

Portuguese National Archives
The national archives (Arquivos Nacionais Torre do Tombo) are the home to the PIDE/DGS (secret police), Salazar and Interior Ministry files.

Unica Semper Avis
An independent site containing a great deal of information about the Portuguese integralist nationalist movement Integralismo Lusitano.

Instituto Português de Museus (IPM) - Portugal
National museum directory with links to individual websites.

Brazilian and Portuguese Universities
A comprehensive directory of Universities across Brazil and Portugal; links to individual websites.

LUSOPHONE AFRICA

Artes & Letras (Mozambique)
A very complete directory of artists and writers of Mozambique.

Memória de África
The most important data-base about the Portuguese-speaking African Countries, Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOP): Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, and Cape Verde.

OTHER

Associação de Professores de Português
Portuguese's high school teachers association. Information on language programs and manuals.

Associations Unlimited
A searchable database of more than 400,000 associations, professional societies and nonprofit organizations worldwide. (Harvard accessible only)

College Source Online
Published by the Career Guidance Foundation, CollegeSource provides the full text of over 22,000 U.S. and international college catalogs, from 2-year colleges to graduate and professional schools. (Harvard accessible only.

Rede Portuguesa de Museus
Site of the organization that promotes the co-operation between museums, their decentralization, mediation and qualification.


Last updated on September 18, 2007