The British Columbia Digital Library

International Collections: South America

The focus of this set of links is on collections of electronic texts (not individual titles) preserved through libraries, archives, museums and corporate or private initiatives. Listings here are therefore primarily for the written word as expressed in manuscripts, books and periodicals, including newspapers. A few non-book digital library collections are included. Readers wishing further leads to non-book digital content should consult one of the directories or guides.

Unless indicated, access to these Web sites is free and open to the general public.

National Collections

Brazil

• Brazilian Government Document Digitization Project. Chicago, IL: Latin American Microfilm Project, Center for Research Libraries. Bilingual interface: English and Portuguese. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this project is digitizing executive branch serial documents issued by Brazil's national government during the period between 1821 and 1993, and by its provincial governments from the earliest available for each province to the end of the Empire to 1889. Date added: 2002-01-28. Date updated: 2002-09-08.
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (National Library of Brazil), Biblioteca Digital. Select the Biblioteca Digital link in the contents frame to browse and download works by Brazilian authors in Rich Text Format files, many of which are in the compressed ZIP format. DocPro, a  free browser plug-in, is required to view digital facsimiles of rare books, periodicals and manuscript materials. Date accessed: 2002-02-09. Date added: 2002-02-09.
• Prossiga,  Bibliotecas Virtuais de Pesquisadores Brasileiros (Notáveis na C& T do Brasil). This site links to several digital libraries of Brazilian writers. Date created: 1997-10-01. Date accessed: 2002-12-22. Date added: 2002-12-22.
• Universidade de São Paulo, Biblioteca Digital de Obras Raras e Especiais. An extraordinary collection of digital facsimile rare books on a wide range of topics dating back to the 1400s. Many of these works pertain to early exploration of the Western Hemisphere by European adventurers and scientists. Date accessed: 2004-03-06. Date added: 2004-03-06.

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