Study Abroad subjectId: 690176

This guide includes some of the resources that are available to students and faculty involved in the Study Abroad Program here at UM. It is by no means exhaustive but should alert you to the kinds of materials that are available.

To find resources specific to one country, click one of the tabs above.

Study Abroad Program Home Page
 

There are many different kinds of materials described on this page. To see all that the library has to offer for a specific category, use the uSearch box above.

Type “GUIDEBOOKS”, “FEATURE FILMS”, or “DOCUMENTARY” and the name of a country in the blank box and hit Search.

The Libraries have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.
 

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• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app

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• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about Argentina and individual cities such as Buenos Aires.
 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:

The 1985 film Niños Desaparacidos and the 2007 follow-up Who Am I?

Open Sky

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

The information listed here as well as the flag and map images on this page were found in the Britannica Academic database. To see the full article, click here.

Official name: República Argentina (Argentine Republic)

Capital city: Buenos Aires

National language: Spanish

Major religion: Roman Catholic
 

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Latin American Spanish
• Watch movies with subtitles
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Here are a few titles that we recommend for reading. Many others are available in the USearch system.

Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
     English     Spanish
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
     English     Spanish
Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia     
The Argentina Reader by Gabriela Nouzeilles and Graciela Montaldo

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library + online
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Rough Guide to Argentina

Top 10 Buenos Aires

Lonely Planet's Argentina

 

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Nueve Reinas

Relatos Salvajes = Wild Tales

El Secreto de Sus Ojos

    
Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about Chile and individual cities such as Santiago.
 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:

Discover Chile

Chile - Hello World

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

The information listed here as well as the flag and map images on this page were found in the Britannica Academic database. To see the full article, click here.

Official name: República de Chile (Republic of Chile)

Capital city: Santiago

National language: Spanish

Major religion: Roman Catholic
 

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Latin American Spanish
• Watch movies with subtitles
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Here are a few titles that we recommend for reading. Many others are available in the USearch system.

2666 by Roberto Bolaño
     English     Spanish

La Casa de los Espíritus = The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
     English     Spanish

La Desesperanza = Curfew by José Donoso
     English     Spanish

Detectives Salvajes = The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño

A Nation of Enemies: Chile under Pinochet by Pamela Constable

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
 

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Chile & Easter Island (Lonely Planet)

Escultura Pública: Del Monumento Conmemorativo a la Escultura Urbana, Santiago, 1792-2004

Patagonia Handbook
 

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. Movies are also a good way to learn about a country.

We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Coronación = Coronation

Gloria

Julio Comienza en Julio = Julio Starts in July

Machuca
     or Streaming

La Nana = The Maid

The Wolf House (streaming)

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about China and individual cities such as Beijing and Hong Kong.



 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:



Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Mandarin Chinese
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Beijing (Lonely Planet)

CultureShock! Beijing: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
 

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:

Costa Rica Rainforest

World in the Mirror: Costa Rica

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Latin American Spanish
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Living Abroad in Costa Rica

Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast
 

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:



Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about the Czech Republic and individual cities such as Prague.

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:

Œeský Sen = Czech Dream

Rick Steves' Prague and the Czech Republic

The World at War

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

The information listed here as well as the flag and map images on this page were found in the Britannica Academic database. To see the full article, click here.

Official name: ÄŒeská Republika (Czech Republic)

Capital city: Prague

National language: Czech

Major religion: Majority of people are nonreligious

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Czech
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

Here are a few titles that we recommend for reading. Many others are available in the USearch system.

All This Belongs to Me by Petra Hulova

Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia by Michael Viewegh

The Castle by Franz Kafka

The Good Soldier: Schweik by Jaroslav Hašek

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Rick Steves' Prague & the Czech Republic

Fodor's Prague & the best of the Czech Republic

CultureShock! Czech Republic (Online)

Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides) 

 

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. Movies are also a good way to learn about a country.

We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Alois Nebel

Amadeus

Anthropoid

Černy̓ Petr = Black sheep

Dark blue world = Tmavomodrý svet

Faust

Hoří, má panenko = The firemen's ball

Hořící keř = Burning bush

Kolya

Lásky jedné plavovlásky = Loves of a blonde

Lidice

Ostře sledované vlaky = Closely Watched Trains
     or Streaming

Something Like Happiness

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about Ecuador and individual cities such as Quito.

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:

What Would Darwin Think: Man vs. Nature in the Galapagos (Streaming)

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Latin American Spanish
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

Here are a few titles that we recommend for reading. Many others are available in the USearch system.

The Boy On the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands by Paul Quarrington

Fire From the Andes: Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru by Susan E. Benner

Floreana: a Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos by Margret Wittmer

The Galapagos Affair by J.E. Treherne

The Latin Road Home: Savoring the Foods of Ecuador, Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru by Jose Garces

Living Poor: a Peace Corps Chronicle by Moritz Thomsen

The Queen of Water by Laura Resau

Las Sombras de La Casa Mitre by Ney Yépez Cortés

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands

The rough guide. Ecuador.

Moon handbooks. Galápagos Islands.

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Pescador

Qué tan lejos = How Much Further

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about France and individual cities such as Paris.
 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:



Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including French
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

Here are a few titles that we recommend for reading. Many others are available in the USearch system.

The A-Z of French food = L'ABC de la gastronomie française by Geneviève de Temmerman

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong by Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow (ebook)

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky (ebook)
 

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Fodor's Essential France

Rick Steves' Paris

Living Abroad in France

Saving Our Skins: Building a Vineyard Dream in France
 

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. Movies are also a good way to learn about a country.

We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Coco Avant Chanel = Coco Before Chanel

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Le Fabuleux Destin d' Amélie Poulain (aka Amélie)

Hugo

Les Misérables

La Vie en Rose (a.k.a. La Môme)

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about Italy and individual cities such as Rome.



 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:



Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

The information listed here as well as the flag and map images on this page were found in the Britannica Academic database. To see the full article, click here.

Official name: Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic)

Capital city: Rome

National language: Italian

Major religion: Roman Catholic


 

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Italian
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Ben-Hur  (1959)

La Dolce Vita = The Sweet Life

Il Gattopardo = The Leopard

La Grande Bellezza = The Great Beauty
     or Streaming

Ladri di Biciclette = The Bicycle Thief
     or Streaming

Novecento = 1900

Roman Holiday

The Wings of the Dove

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about Japan and individual cities such as Tokyo.



 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:



Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

The information listed here as well as the flag and map images on this page were found in the Britannica Academic database. To see the full article, click here.

Official name: Nihon, or Nippon (Japan)

Capital city: Tokyo

National language: Japanese

Major religion: Shintō

 

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Japanese
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. Movies are also a good way to learn about a country.

We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

The Cat Returns

Japanese Anime Classic Collection

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Kaze no Tani no Naushika = Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Lost in Translation

Metropolis

Mimi o Sumaseba = Whisper of the Heart

Okuribito = Departures

Shichinin no Samurai = Seven Samurai
     or Streaming

Tokyo Sonata

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about Mexico and individual cities such as Mexico City and Acapulco.



 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. These are also in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

A sample of what we have includes:

Can Mexico's New President Turn the Country Around?

Land and Water Revisited

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located on the 1st floor of the Richter Library.
 

The information listed here as well as the flag and map images on this page were found in the Britannica Academic database. To see the full article, click here.

Official name: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States)

Capital city: Mexico City

National language: Spanish

Major religion: Roman Catholic
 

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Latin American Spanish
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library + online
• These can be borrowed

Some of the titles we have are:

Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mexico

Moon Handbooks: Mexico City

Lonely Planet: Mexico

Even when you are abroad, there are librarians available to help you and library materials that you can use.

Many of the materials here at the UM Libraries are available online from anywhere in the world.You may use the Usearch box on this page to search for books, articles, and other items. By going to the UM Libraries home page, you can also access our other databases.

Even though we're miles apart, we'd still like to help if we can. Feel free to use our Ask-A-Librarian service. Just remember to allow for any time difference.

Also, as a student at your university in Mexico, you can use their library as well. Be sure to check it out!

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about South Africa and individual cities such as Cape Town.



 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:

Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. Movies are also a good way to learn about a country.

We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Invictus

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about Spain and individual cities such as Madrid.



 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:

Le Mystè̀re Picasso = The Mystery of Picasso

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Castilian Spanish
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. Movies are also a good way to learn about a country.

We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Abre Los Ojos = Open Your Eyes

L'Auberge Espagnole

Barcelona

Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy
     Bodas de Sangre = Blood Wedding
     Carmen
     El Amor Brujo

El Cid

Goya's Ghosts (streaming)

Juana la Loca = Mad Love

El Laberinto del Fauno = Pan's Labyrinth

Man of La Mancha

Manuale d'Amore = The Manual of Love

Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios = Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Ocho Apellidos Vascos = Spanish Affair

El Viaje de Carol = Carol's Journey
     or Streaming

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

Another database that provides information about places is the Columbia Gazetteer of the World. It includes articles about the United Kingdom and individual cities such as London.



 

The Libraries also have a lot of documentaries about other countries. We try to collect titles that will describe what life is like for the citizens rather than just the tourists. Some of these are in our DVD collection. For streaming video, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand.

A sample of what we have includes:



Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.

• Brush up on your language skills or learn a new language
• 72 languages are available, including Shakespearean English, Scottish Gaelic, and Standard Irish
• Watch movies with subtitles
• Practice on the go with the mobile app 

Log on here!

• Plan your free time!
• Large collection in the Richter Library
• These can be borrowed

One way to brush up on your language skills is by watching foreign language movies. We have a large selection available in our DVD collection. Also, be sure to check out Academic Videos Online and Films on Demand, our streaming video services.

Here are a few examples of what we have:

Atonement

Braveheart

The Imitation Game

The Queen

Shakespeare in Love

Skyfall

If you want to see any of the plays of Shakespeare, we recommend the BBC Shakespeare streaming collection.

And, of course, we have:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 & Part 2

Any DVD not on Reserve may be borrowed for 1 week. The DVD collection is located in our off-site storage facility. Titles can be requested through the library catalog.