Secondary works of history and criticism are collected in English and in other western European languages. Translations into English of the works of major Brazilian and Portuguese authors are consistently acquired. Collecting emphasis has been aimed at strengthening the breadth and depth of the Brazilian collection. The collection consists of monographic materials and the standard serials publications in Literature and Philology, including a representative number of academy, institutional, and university publications. The Library collects in all genres, endeavoring to keep up with current prose and poetry likely to have a lasting place in literature.
Most materials are in printed format.
The Library has some back runs of serial publications.