Information Services

Books & Media
Search the Library Catalog to find books, video's, government publications and journal titles. The catalog can be searched by author, title, keyword or subject and contains the holdings of Connecticut College as well as Trinity College and Wesleyan University. To search for books and media outside of the local catalog, use WorldCat.

Books in the Library are arranged by Library of Congress (LC) subject headings.  Examples of LC subject headings that may be useful for locating books and videos relating to Italian studies follow:

Reference books can be a useful starting point for your research. Some examples of Italian Studies reference resources available in Shain Library follow.  Additional lists of reference books, government documents and websites of interest to Italian studies can be found at Reference Resources on World Countries

Grande Dizionario Enciclopedico  (1993)
AE 35 G7 v.1-23 [Reference]

The New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia (1972)
DG537.8 .A1 N48 [Reference]

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture (2000)
DG450 E53 [Reference]

Encyclopedia of World Art (1959)
N31 E533  v.1-17 [Reference]

The Oxford Italian Desk Dictionary: Italian-English, English-Italian (1997)
PC1640 O84 1997 [Reference]

Grande Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (1961)
PC 1625 B3  v.1-17 [Reference]

Dizionario Critico della Letteratura Italiana (1973)
PQ 4006 D495 v.1-3 [Reference]

The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature (2002)
PQ4006 O84 [Reference]

Enciclopedia Dantesca (1970)
PQ4333 E5 v.1-5 [Reference]

Twentieth-Century Italian Literature in English translation:  An Annotated Bibliography 1929-1997.(1998)
Z2354 T7 H44 [Reference]

Modern Italian History: An Annotated Bibliography (1990)
Z2358 C67 1990 [Reference]

Other resources for locating information on books and media include:
Books in Print
Book Review Digest

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Style Manuals
A collection of style manuals and writing guides are kept on the shelf behind the reference desk. Information is also available from the Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources page.

Databases & Indexes
A full listing of all scholarly databases is available grouped by subject or listed alphabetically.

Art Index Retrospective (via WilsonWeb)
A bibliographic database that cumulates citations to Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984. The database cites articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. In addition to articles, Art Index Retrospective indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

Arts & Humanities Index (via FirstSearch)
Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals covering articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more. Also indexes selected articles from social science and science journals .

Historical Abstracts
An index to journal articles, book and video reviews, and dissertations covering world history from 1450 to the present. Historical Abstracts does not cover the United States and Canada, that is covered in America: History and Life.

Humanities Index (via FirstSearch)
Indexes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. Coverage is 1984-present.

International Political Science Abstracts
Produced since 1951 by the International Political Science Association, IPSA is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Coverage is 1989 forward.

Iter Bibliography
A bibliography of close to 500,000 records for articles, essays, books, and reviews. Updated daily and with thousands of new records added annually, this powerful research tool will be of great use to scholars interested in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).

MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials. The database includes all records indexed from 1963 to the present.

Internet Resources
WESSWEB: Western European Specialists – Italian Studies Web - Produced by the Association of College and Research Libraries, this website provides access to scholarly resources in Italian studies

Italian Studies at Brown University - Italian links from Brown University

EuroDocs:  Primary historical documents from Western Europe, from Brigham Young University. 

Voice of the Shuttle Web site for humanities research from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  Includes links to a variety of topics relevant to Italian studies, including history, art, architecture, religion and Italian Literature.

Embassy of Italy in the United States –Extensive list of links to a variety of subject areas of interest to travelers and students.

Italian Studies on Religion - An online bulletin prepared at the University of Udine, Italy.

The World Wide Web Virtual Library Italian History Index – A collection of links to Internet resources on the history of Italy, maintained by Serge Noiret at the European University Institute Library, Florence, Italy.

Digital Dante – Site produced at Columbia University and described as a “multimedia translation” of The Divine Comedy

Foreign Language Newspapers
La Stampa (library retains current 6 months)
Newspapers Online
World News (UT Library)
Internet Public Library Reading Room

e-Journals
A complete listing of full text electronic journals is located on the Library homepage under the Journal Locator link.

Assistance
For assistance in locating or using these or other sources, please contact the Reference Desk or schedule an appointment for a Personalized Research Session.

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