Use Library Search to find books, the titles of journals, videos, government documents, microfilm collections and other materials at the Emory Libraries
Library Search User Guide This links to a user guide that provides general tips on using Library Search and the articles+ search feature to find materials in the Emory Libraries catalog and electronic articles.
The largest concentration of materials about Lusophone Africa are located in 2 call number ranges (DT - History of Africa and PQ Literature)
DT591-DT615.9 History of Portuguese-speaking West Africa (Guinea Bissau & Sao Tome)
DT1251-DT1465 History of Angola
DT3291-DT3451 History of Mozambique
PQ9900-PQ9949 Literature of Lusophone Africa
Keyword Search: Use keyword searching on a single term or to combine concepts (X AND Y) and to search for particular words or phrases that might appear in titles or notes or subjects: See examples below:
Angola and cinema, Mozambique and literature, Cape Verde and music, Portuguese language and Africa
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Books, videos and other library materials are assigned Library of Congress (LC) subject headings based on their content. Here is a sample list of Lusophone African-related subject headings, some of which pertain equally to books and videos (visual materials).
Art, Black -- Angola -- Exhibitions
Gunea Bissau -- History
Motion Pictures -- Angola
Music -- Cape Verde
Literature and society -- Angola
Mozambican literature (Portuguese) -- History and Criticism
Portuguese Language -- Africa
Women -- Sao Tome and Principe
Using Interlibrary Loan (ILL), you can:
You will be notified when your materials arrive (most articles are obtained within 1 week).