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Italian
Library and Web resources
The following links
are intended to be a starting point for finding resources relating to
Italian,
as taught at Flinders University.
It includes:
Reference Material
This is a selection
of useful works in the Reference Collection
| The
Cambridge Italian dictionary. |
f 453.2
C178 (Central Books) |
| Cassell’s
Italian-English, English-Italian dictionary |
453.2 C344.7 (Central
Books) |
| The concise Cambridge
Italian dictionary |
453.2 C744 (Central
Books) |
| Dictionary of modern
Italian history |
945.003 D554 (Central
Reference) |
| A dictionary of
modern Italian : Italian-English & English-Italian / by John
Purves. |
453.2 P986.R (Central
Books) |
| Dizionario delle
lingue italiana e inglese (4 Vol.) |
f 453.2 D622 (Central
Books) |
| Dizionario : Inglese-Italiano,
Italian-English / Carlo Passerini Tosi |
453.2 P287d (Central
Reference) |
| Dizionario tecnico.
inglese-italiano, italiano-inglese. |
453.2 M354d.9 (Central
Books) |
| Encyclopedia of
contemporary Italian culture |
945.09103 E56 (Central
Reference) |
| Encyclopedia of
European cinema |
f 791.4303 E56 (Central
Books) |
| Historical dictionary
of Fascist Italy |
945.091 H673 (Central
Reference) |
| A history of Italian
and English bilingual dictionaries |
453.209 O18h (Central
Reserve) |
| Italian bilingual
dictionary : a beginner’s guide in words and pictures |
453.2 L767it (Central
Books) |
| Italian novelists
since World War II, 1945-1965: Dictionary of literary biography
; v. 177 |
f 810.3 D554 177 |
| Italian novelists since
World War II, 1965-1995: Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 196 |
f 810.3 D554 196 |
| Italian prose writers,
1900-1945: Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 264 |
f 810.3 D554 264
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| Italy (World Bibliographical
Series) Vol. 30 |
016.945 S763i (Central
Reference) |
| Medieval Italy :
an encyclopedia (2 vol) |
f 945 M489 (Central
Reference) |
| Il Nuovo dizionario
inglese Garzanti |
453.2 N973.R (Central
Books) |
| Oxford-Paravia :
il dizionario : Inglese Italiano, Italiano Inglese |
453.2 O98 (Central
Reference) |
| Oxford Paravia il
dizionario : inglese-italiano, italiano-inglese, concise |
453.2 O98.N (Central
7 day loan) |
| Sansoni Harrap Standard
Italian and English dictionary (4 vol.) |
453.2 S229 (Sturt
Books) |
| I tranelli dell’inglese
/ Carlo Rossetti 2nd ed |
453.2 R829tr (Central
Books) |
| Twentieth-century Italian
poets. Second series: Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 128 |
f 810.3 D554 128 |
| Twentieth-century
Italian poets. First series: Dictionary of literary biography
; v. 114 |
f 810.3 D554 114 |
Books
The best way to find books
on a topic is to do a search on Voyager
(the library catalogue). Search either by keyword or subject heading.
Useful subject headings include:
Italy
description and travel
Italian
language
Italian
literature
Art,
Italian
Authors,
Italian
Italy
Civilization
Italy
intellectual life
Note that these subject headings
can be further subdivided by country or region (eg. South Australia, New
Zealand, etc), by type of material (handbooks, case studies, etc) or by
more specific aspects (biography, pictorial works, etc).
Alternatively, browse the shelves
at the following call numbers:
450
(Italian Language)
945
(History)
850-
(Literature)
A number of books and readings
may have been placed on Reserve
and/or eReserve.
Use the Course
Reserve Search on Voyager to search for your course.
Journals
A journal (also known as a
periodical, serial or annual) is a publication that appears at regular
intervals on an ongoing basis. Each issue has the same title and contains
articles written by many different authors. Reading the journal literature
is a good way to keep up-to-date in the field.
The library subscribes to a
number of print and electronic journals; your lecturer will probably recommend
titles that s/he thinks are particularly useful.
Click
here to access a list of electronic journals useful to students
of Italian.
This is a selection
of print & electronic journals you may find useful:
Library
databases
The best way to find articles
in journals is to use one of the many journal indexes available. These
are available in electronic format and are commonly referred to as Library
databases. There are two types of Library database: citation and full
text.
Citation databases provide
enough information to direct you to the full text of the article. They
have sophisticated search capabilities, are subject-specific, and usually
cover at least 30 years’ worth of literature. You will retrieve
a citation (also known as a reference) for each item.
Full text databases will take
you directly to the full text. While this is convenient, it is important
to remember that there is a limited amount of material available in this
format.
It is worth using a citation
database that is subject-specific to ensure you obtain the maximum possible
references, especially when looking for specialised information.
The following table summarises
the most useful databases for Italian-related research. A complete list
can be found here.
| Resource |
Discipline |
Dates |
Coverage |
Access |
Help |
| APAIS: Australian
Public Affairs Information Service (via Informit) |
Social Sciences and
Humanities; Australian |
Citation 1978 -
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Newspapers, scholarly
journals, conference papers and books. 220+ comprehensively indexed
journals |
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| APA-FT (via Informit) |
Social Sciences and
Humanities; Australian |
Full text: 1995- ;
Index: 1978-
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Newspapers, scholarly
journals, conference papers and books. 220+ comprehensively indexed
journals |
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| Arts and humanities
citation index |
Multi-disciplinary
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Citation;
1987-
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1,100+ of the world's
leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually
selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social
science journals. |
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| Country Watch |
Multi-disciplinary
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Current |
key information on
politics, economics and business by country |
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| Factiva |
Multi-disciplinary |
Full text; varies,
1998-
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Contains all Fairfax
and News Ltd newspapers |
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| Google Scholar |
Multi-disciplinary |
Full text
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Peer-reviewed papers,
theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from
all broad areas of research. |
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| JSTOR |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; varies |
550+ titles in the
Arts and Sciences, containing many of the core research and society
published journals |
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| MLA directory of periodicals |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; 1963- |
3,700+ periodicals
in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore
that are covered regularly in the MLA International Bibliography. |
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| MLA International
Bibliography |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; 1963- |
Bibliographic records
relating to literature, language, linguistics and folklore.
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| ProQuest 5000 |
Multi-disciplinary |
Citation; 1963- |
Major collection of
online databases with full text articles from over 4000 journals.
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Most library databases index
scholarly journals. Many also index magazines, newspapers and trade publications;
some may also index conference papers, book chapters, theses and government
reports.
It is important to be able
to recognise a scholarly journal, i.e. a journal that has been peer-reviewed.
Peer review is
the process of checking information by other experts in the field (peers)
to evaluate it before its publication.
Websites
See the Library's Guide
to Internet Research for how to find, evaluate and cite Internet information.
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