Domínio Público


Domínio Público is a Digital library created by the Brazilian government, under the Secretaria de Educação à Distância do Ministério da Educação, with the goal of harnessing the diffusion of cultural works under public domain. It contains more than 10,000 works in text format and another 4,000 in other formats, the majority in Portuguese. literary works are in PDF format, and include contributions from different Brazilian universities, international organisms as UNESCO, and the work of volunteers and similar organizations.
Although it focuses on works by Brazilian authors and in Portuguese, it accepts collaborations in all languages, provided that they are in the public domain. In order to facilitate the work of volunteers and prospective contributors, the Domínio Público web site maintains a with works under public domain, prepared by the National Library of Brazil.