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This pathfinder contains basic information about Brazil and
a listing of general country Web sites.
The most important source
for bibliography of books and articles concerning Brazil is
the annual Handbook of
Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)
produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship
of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
One of
the
major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects
relating to Brazil is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/).
Another site one should especially note is the site prepared
by the Law
Library of the Library of Congress for legal,
political,
and general information on their Guide
to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/brazil.html).
Background
Notes: Brazil (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgnl)
This U.S. Department of State Web site
containing facts
about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and
foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas
of special sovereignty. Click on country link.
Brasil Channel (http://www.brasilchannel.com.br/brasil.asp)
Includes links to information on geography, history, economy, climate, fauna,
infrastructure, population, regions, states, cities, culture, and general data.
In Portuguese.
Brasil
em Foco (http://www.mre.gov.br/cdbrasil/itamaraty/web/ingles/band.htm)
Comprehensive Web site developed under the coordination of the Brazilian Foreign
Ministry. Site shows the construction and political organization of Brazil–its
economy, social policies, foreign relations, political divisions, the environment,
tourism, art, culture, and communications–using text, photographs,
maps, music, illustrations, graphics, tables, and video and audio clips.
In Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Brazil: a country study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/brtoc.html)
The Federal Research Division (FRD) of the Library of Congress published in 1998
an extensive handbook entitled Brazil: a country study. The text and selected
graphics of the 658-page work are available in an electronic format on the FRD
Web site. The reader can search for words or variants of search words, within
one country study or across multiple studies. The country study can be downloaded,
one section at a time, and saved as an html or txt file.
Brazilian Studies Guide (http://www.umich.edu/~port150/)
The University of Michigan provides a comprehensive directory of general, educational,
and cultural Luso-Brazilian Web sites covering a wide range of topics from
art to women’s studies. Most sites in Portuguese.
Brazilink (http://www.brazilink.org)
Portal on development issues in Brazil updated continuously. Contains some
of the best full-text papers available on the Internet, as well as a directory
of selected and edited links. Features topics on human rights and justice,
politics, economics, environment,
history, gender, Afro-Brazilians, native people, society, rural issues, children,
alternative media, opinion polls, media studies, online research, international
sources, periodicals, Brazilian search engines, periodicals, international
NGOs, multilateral institutions, and government. In English and Portuguese;
links to other Web sites mostly in Portuguese.
CountryReports.org: Brazil (http://www.countryreports.org/country.aspx?countryid=35&countryName=Brazil)
A general overview of the country–including information on history, geography,
culture and customs, and links to the government, demographics, and related
links. By subscription.
DMOZ: Open Directory
Project. Regional: South America: Brazil (http://dmoz.com/Regional/South_America/Brazil/)
Links to a wide variety of Web sites culled from major search engines. IBGE: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e
Estatistica (http://www.ibge.gov.br)
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) provides various statistical
indicators and information on population, geoscience, and economy. Includes
links to the IBGE catalog, the 2000 census, and several databases. Mostly
in Portuguese, some English and Spanish.
Infoplease.com: Brazil (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107357.html)
Provides general information about Brazil's geography, people, land, religion,
government, history, population, languages, major cities, communications,
and transportation.
Latin American Network Information
Center (LANIC): Brazil (http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/)
From the University of Texas at Austin. Includes links to information on the
arts and humanities, community, economics, education, environment, geography,
networking and telecommunication, publications, science and technology, social
sciences, services, history and government, land and climate, population,
language, religion, economy, social and economic levels, transportation and
communication, health, diet, business hours, holidays, customs and conventions,
and people and lifestyles. Provides access to academic research resources,
a site search engine, discussion groups, and University Web servers. Many
of the Web sites are written in Portuguese with some English.
U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Brazil (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/
br.html)
General information and statistics about Brazil, with the following subdivisions:
introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation,
military, and transnational issues.
World Infozone:
Brazil (http://www.worldinfozone.com/country.php?country=Brazil)
Encyclopedic resource providing information about countries and people around
the world. WIZ Features introduce users to a number of countries through
the experiences of students and teachers supported by the WIZ Newslink and
country and cultural studies. Includes links to architecture, environment,
religion, history, food, and the arts.
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