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This guide lists some of the more significant resources for the study of the cultures, literatures and languages of Italy and the Italian diaspora. Use the menu on the left-hand side of the screen for information about finding specific types of resources. For research guides on the study of literature more broadly or for guides pertaining to cultural and area studies, see the list below.

Consult BobCat, NYU's online library catalog to find materials in the NYU collections, or explore NYU's databases for electronic articles and eBooks, bibliographic citations, reference materials, digitized primary sources, and other resources. Databases are organized by general subject area and by content type, including subject-specific lists for Italian Language & Literature. Quick links to databases commonly used by researchers in these fields appear below, under "Core Resources".

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Quick Links to Core Resources

Torrossa: Casalini Full Text Platform This link opens in a new window
Torrossa is an extensive collection with full-text access to research (monographs, journals, and conference proceedings) in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, pure and applied sciences, and law from major Italian publishers.
MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) This link opens in a new window
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The MLA International Bibliography provides bibliographic records for books, book chapters, journal articles, and dissertations published in the fields of modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Full text is available for some articles.
BiGLI Online This link opens in a new window
The Bibliografia Generale della Lingua e della Letteratura Italiana is an annual annotated index of scholarly monographs, journals, book chapters, and reviews in the field of Italian languages and literatures. Includes the entire contents of the print version of BiGLI (1993-2015).
AIDA Online This link opens in a new window
Articoli italiani di periodici accademici indexes Italian-language journals in the humanities and social sciences and is a union catalog of indexed journal holdings in Italian libraries.
Medieval Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
This essential index of journal articles in the field of Medieval Studies includes the International Medieval Bibliography and the Bibliographie de Civilisation Médiévale.
Book History Online This link opens in a new window
Book History Online (BHO) is a comprehensive international bibliography of monographs, articles, and reviews in the fields of book and library history, focusing on the production and distribution of printed books in their economic and socio-cultural contexts, as well as their preservation and description.
Cambridge Companions Online This link opens in a new window
Cambridge Companions are lively, accessible introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods. Each title is supported by reference features such as a chronology and guide to further reading.
Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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Oxford Bibliographies presents constantly updated articles that contain citations (with annotations) and commentaries for sources across the disciplines. Users can gather relevant journal article and book citations, online resources, data sources, and more.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online This link opens in a new window
Offers fully searchable bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Includes dictionaries for Arabic, Chinese, German, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.

Other Library Catalogs

Columbia University Libraries Catalog (CLIO)
Faculty and PhD students have full borrowing privileges at Columbia through
MaRLI (Manhattan Research Library Initiative). Undergraduates and MA students have on-site access only at Columbia.
NYPL Catalog- CATNYP
Faculty and PhD students have full borrowing privileges at NYPL through MaRLI. CATNYP includes more than 6.8 million records: over 4 million records for titles cataloged since 1972 and over 2 million records for titles cataloged prior to 1972.
NYU in Florence Villa Ulivi Library Catalog
WorldCat.org
Free version of WorldCat, a union catalog that allows users to search for books and more in libraries in the U.S. and around the world.
WorldCat - First Search (OCLC)
This interface, less user-friendly than the free version of WorldCat, allows for more complex searches and offers more precise indications of the holdings of other libraries.
Library of Congress
Catalog of the Library of Congress. Note that WorldCat currently only includes materials at the LoC cataloged since the 1980s.
Catalogo del Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (OPAC SBN)
A union catalog of Italian libraries (national, regional, and municipal; research and public), under the auspices of the Istituto Centrale del Catalogo Unico (ICCU). This catalog includes numerous libraries whose holdings do not appear in WorldCat.
Library Hub Discover
A union catalog of major research and academic libraries in the UK and Ireland (formerly COPAC), not all of which are represented in WorldCat.
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)
The Karlsruher Virtual Catalog, hosted by the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, is a search engine that queries library catalogs of major research and academic libraries in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; union catalogs and national library catalogs in other European countries and the US and Canada; book trade websites; and numerous digital media platforms like HathiTrust, Google Books and Europeana. In German and English.

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