Research Guides: PORT 301W PORTUGUESE TEXTS AND CULTURES: Getting Started -Reference Works

What is a Reference Source?

Reference works:

Provide an overview of your topic
Are often written by scholars or experts in the field
Provide key people, places, events, and terms that you can use to refine your searches
Often offer suggestions for further reading

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Historical Dictionary of Portugal by Douglas L. Wheeler; Walter C. Opello
ISBN: 0810860880
Publication Date: 2010-05-10
The third edition of Historical Dictionary of Portugal greatly expands on the second edition through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as on significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.