Subject guide: Italian

Resources for Italian studies

Resources for finding books and articles

  • Access Torrossa 
    Database including Italian ebooks and the journal Francofonia. N.B. You must have du Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to read downloaded ebooks. Moreover, you cannot read ebooks online in the web browser Firefox.
  • ERIC
    ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is a database of education research and information.
  • Linguistics Collection
    Database collection for literature on linguistics and language-related disciplines. The collection searches simultaneously in the databases Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts and Linguistics Database.
  • SBN (Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale) 
    National catalogue for Italian libraries. Good resource for finding books.

Resources for finding specific books and articles

  • Google Scholar
    Useful for finding specific journal articles, dissertations, and academic books in full text.
  • Summon
    Search service for searching in the university library's collection. Useful for finding specific ebooks, printed books, and journal articles in full text.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

  • Britannica Academic
    The database includes Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster (dictionary & thesaurus).
  • Enciclopedia dell'italiano : il vocabolario Treccano (2 vol.)
    Printed version available on shelf Fi(x) in the library.
  • Grande dizionari della lingua italiana (flerbandsverk)
    Printed version available on shelf Fi(x) in the library.
  • Letteratura Italiana (flerbandsverk)
    Printed version available on shelf Gi(x) in the library.
  • Sapere
    Fritt tillgängligt italienskt uppslagsverk.
  • Treccani (vocabolario)
    Italian dictionary.
  • Treccani (sinonimi)
    Italian synonym dictionary.

      More Italian dictionaries available on shelf Fi(x) in the library.

Resources for finding student theses

  • DiVA
    Find student theses submitted at several Swedish universities.
  • Essays.se
    Find student theses in full text submitted at Swedish universities.

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