Research by Subject: Italian Literature & Language

Books: Use the Library Catalog

Journals/Magazines

Literature Online (LION) with MLA
English and American poetry, drama and prose plus other world literatures (French, Spanish, German, etc.); full-text literature journals, criticism and reference resources.
Note: Cross-search MLA under Criticism & Reference

JSTOR
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal (1 or more), keywords, author, title etc. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years.

Project Muse
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.

Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary academic database. Some 1975-current.

General OneFile
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile

ProQuest
Business, humanities, general information, social life, law etc. ABI/INFORM databases, ProQuest Newspapers, Research Library and several others.
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Web Sites

Voice of the Shuttle: Literatures other than English
Gateway to Web sites & text collections -- African languages through the Welsh language

Language Center : Ithaca College Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
Description of Center services, catalog by language of resources for language study, schedule of language tutoring services.

Atlases

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Theory and research in international affairs; working and occasional papers, research projects, conference proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs. 1991-

Bibliographies

Literature Online (LION) with MLA
English and American poetry, drama and prose plus other world literatures (French, Spanish, German, etc.); full-text literature journals, criticism and reference resources.
Note: Cross-search MLA under Criticism & Reference

WorldCat
Bibliographic information on books and other items in libraries around the world. 1000 BC-present.

Dictionaries

Cambridge Italian dictionary
Call Number: REF PC1640.R4
Standard Italian-English and English-Italian dictionary for English-speakers

Dizionario delle lingue Italiana e Inglese
Call Number: REF PC1001.D5
Scholarly Italian-English and English-Italian dictionary.

Il Nuovo Etimologico : DELI ; Dizionario etimologica della lingua Italiana
Call Number: REF PC1580.C67 1999
Italian-Italian dictionary with detailed definitions and word origins

Il Ragazzini : Dizionario Inglese-Italiano, Italiano-Inglese
Call Number: REF PC1640.R26 2003
Contemporary Italian-English, English-Italian dictionary prepared in Italy

Sansoni Dictionaries English-Italian Italian-English
Call Number: REF PC1640 .R26 1995
Dictionary of contemporary vocabulary.

WordReference website
Free contemporary dictionaries - French-English, English-French, Italian-English, English-Italian. Spanish-English, English-Spanish,

Oxford Reference: Bilingual Dictionaries
Bilingual dictionaries, including specialized vocabularies, for: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Irish, Welsh

Lexicool.com
Directory of online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries freely available on the Internet. Intended for translators, linguists, language students and all those interested in foreign languages.

Enciclopedia Zanichelli
Call Number: REF AE35.E55 2001
Italian-Italian dictionary of contemporary technical and scholarly usage

Directories

MLA Directory of Publications
Incl. 7,100+ titles; of these, 4,400+ are currently indexed. The entries list editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines. The directory also provides statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of contemporary Italian culture
Call Number: REF DG450.E53 2000
Encyclopedic entries on 20th century Italian art, literature, popular culture, etc

Dictionary of modern Italian history
Call Number: REF REF DG545.D53 1985
Encyclopedia-style entries on events, people, places from Italian history 18th-20th century.

Handbooks & Guides

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Call Number: REF LB2369 .G53 2003
The Modern Language Association guide to writing research papers in the Humanities, covering grammar & punctuation, formatting, and citation.

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
Call Number: REF PN147 .G444 1998
The Modern Language Association guide to the basics of scholarly writing, the preparation of dissertations, and the publication of journal articles and books.

Twayne's Authors Series
Full-text biographies and literary criticism of authors (ancient to modern); discussion of literary genres and literary movements.

Coursebook in Romance linguistics / Jurgen Klausenburger
Call Number: PC43 .K53 2001
Introduction to linguistics of the Romance language family; French, Italian, Spanish, etc.

Images

ARTstor
Database of more than 600,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Images can be downloaded and combined with personal image collections.

Newspapers--International

LexisNexis Academic
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: news wires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries.

Eufeeds
News feeds from 300 European newspapers, organized by country

Kidon Media Link
Links to 18,776 newspapers and other news sources from almost every country and territory in the world.

Foreign Language News and Magazines
Links to electronic newspapers, journals, and magazines from around the world. Compiled by MIT Libraries.

Imooty
European news navigator

Primary Sources

The Online Books Page
25,000 e-texts, search by Title, Author, or Subject; browse by LC Call Number.

Project Gutenberg
Full text books. 13,000+ e-books.

The Online Medieval & Classical Library
Berkeley Digital Library e-texts of important literary works of medieval and classical civilization.