Research Guides: Italian Studies: Background Information

Italian Studies Reference

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
This Collection includes over 650 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,000 short reference videos, nearly 300,000 high-resolution art images, and thousands of additional images across all subject areas. Subject coverage is especially diverse and equipped to address all key disciplines.
Abbreviation: credo
Vendor: Credo Reference
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Images, Streaming Video
Oxford Reference (5 concurrent user limit) This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference contains over 100 general and subject dictionaries, and language reference works published by Oxford University Press. The collection includes quotations, proverbs, place-names and other general reference works. Among the English language reference works are thesauri and a wide variety of dictionaries (e.g. grammar, abbreviations, idioms, eponyms, euphemisms). Foreign language dictionaries include German, Italian, and Spanish. Specialized subject dictionaries are available in a wide range of disciplines.
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Subjects:
Archaeology
Art & Architecture
Bilingual dictionaries
Classical studies
Encyclopedias
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
History
Language reference
Law
Linguistics
Literature
Media studies
Medicine and health
Music
Names studies
Performing arts
Philosophy
Quotations
Religion
Science and technology
Social sciences
Society and culture

Abbreviation: oxfordref
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Oxford Bibliographies combines features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, giving researchers scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Subjects:
African Studies
African American Studies
American Literature
Anthropology
Art History
Atlantic History
Biblical Studies
British and Irish Literature
Buddhism
Childhood Studies
Chinese Studies
Cinema and Media Studies
Classics
Communication
Criminology
Ecology
Education
Hinduism
International Law
International Relations
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Literary and Critical Theory
Medieval Studies
Military History
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health
Renaissance and Reformation
Social Work
Sociology
Victorian Literature

Abbreviation: oxbib
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: Religion, Urban and Regional Planning, *General / Multi-Subject, Bibliography
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Research Starter
Sage Reference Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of over 250 Reference Titles. Sage Reference Online is a social science book platform, where you will find an expansive range of SAGE book and reference content.
Subjects include:
Business & Management
Communication and Media Studies
Counseling and Psychotherapy
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Education
Engineering & Materials Science
Geography, Earth & Environmental Science
Health and Social Care
History
Life & Biomedical Sciences
Maths, Physics, Chemistry & Computing
Philosophy
Politics & International Relations
Psychology
Research Methods & Evaluation
Sociology

Abbreviation: sro
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Citation Management, E-Book Collections, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Indexes / Catalogs

Enciclopedia Treccani

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture by Gino Moliterno (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- DG450.E53 2000
Publication Date: 2000
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture by Zygmunt G. Baranski (Editor); Rebecca J. West (Editor)
Call Number: On order
Publication Date: 2001-08-16
This collection of essays covers political, historical and cultural questions. It includes information and analysis on such topics as regionalism, the growth of a national language, social and political cultures, the role of intellectuals, the Church, the left, feminism, the separatist movements, organized crime, literature, art, design, fashion, the mass media, and music.

Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.
Abbreviation: galelit
Vendor: Gale
Coverage: 1400-Current
Subjects: Literature, Theatre
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism This link opens in a new window
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse. Compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, the Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements and is updated annually. It includes almost 300 alphabetically arranged entries and subentries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. Each entry has an extensive bibliography that includes primary sources and secondary sources.
Tutorials:
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Abbreviation: jhlit
Vendor: Johns Hopkins University Press
Subjects: Literature, Theatre
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Oxford Bibliographies combines features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, giving researchers scholarship across a wide variety of subjects. Includes relevant subjects: Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Reformation, Philosophy, and Cinema and Media Studies.
Subjects:
African Studies
African American Studies
American Literature
Anthropology
Art History
Atlantic History
Biblical Studies
British and Irish Literature
Buddhism
Childhood Studies
Chinese Studies
Cinema and Media Studies
Classics
Communication
Criminology
Ecology
Education
Hinduism
International Law
International Relations
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Literary and Critical Theory
Medieval Studies
Military History
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health
Renaissance and Reformation
Social Work
Sociology
Victorian Literature

Abbreviation: oxbib
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: Religion, Urban and Regional Planning, *General / Multi-Subject, Bibliography
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Research Starter

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Baldick, Chris
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2015
Provides concise definitions of literary terms from abjection to zeugma, as well as literary movements, schools, genres.
Atlante della letteratura italiana
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PQ4037.A845 2010
ISBN: 9788806185251
Publication Date: 2010
Volume1. Dalle origini al Rinascimento
Volume 2. Dalla Controriforma alla Restaurazione
Volume 3. Dal Romanticismo a oggi
Dictionary of Italian Literature by Peter Bondanella; Julia Conaway Bondanella; Jody Robin Shiffman
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PQ4006.D45 1996
Publication Date: 1996
Letteratura italiana by Alberto Asor Rosa
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4037.L457 1982
Publication Date: 1982
8 volumes
Letteratura italiana. Dizionario delle opere by Alberto Asor Rosa
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4006.L48 1999
Publication Date: 1999-2000
Vol. 1: A-L
Vol. 2: M-Z
Enciclopedia degli Autori Italiani by Associazione letteraria italiana Penna d'autore
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PQ4006.E53 2004
Publication Date: 2004
The Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature by Rinaldina Russell
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 1997
The Cambridge History of Italian Literature by Peter Brand (Editor); Lino Pertile (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4038.C35 1996
Publication Date: 1997
The Dante Encyclopedia by Richard Lansing (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PQ4333.D36 2000
Publication Date: 2000
A comprehensive reference work that presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works and the cultural context in which his moral and intellectual imagination took shape.
Comedia dell'Arte by Thomas F. Heck
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4155.H42 1988
Publication Date: 1988

The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature by Peter Hainsworth (Editor); David Robey (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4170.C36 2003
Publication Date: 2003
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the Italian novel from its early modern origin to the contemporary era.
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel by Peter Bondanella (Editor); Andrea Ciccarelli (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PQ4006.O84 2002
Publication Date: 2003
The Cambridge Companion to the Sonnet by A. D. Cousins (Editor); Peter Howarth (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PR509.S7C36 2011
ISBN: 0521514673
Publication Date: 2011
The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism by Jill Kraye (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 3rd Floor -- CB361.C26 1996
Publication Date: 1996
The Cambridge Companion to Dante by Rachel Jacoff (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4335.C36 2007
Publication Date: 2007
The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio by Guyda Armstrong (Editor); Rhiannon Daniels (Editor); Stephen J. Milner (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4294.C34 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Collection of essays that situates Boccaccio and his works in their cultural contexts.
The Cambridge Companion to Petrarch by Albert Russell Ascoli (Editor); Unn Falkeid (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4505.C15 2015
Publication Date: 2015
The Cambridge Companion to Primo Levi by Robert S. C. Gordon (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 5th Floor -- PQ4872.E8Z572 2007
Publication Date: 2007

Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia by Christopher Kleinhenz (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780415939300
Publication Date: 2003
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance by Michael Wyatt (Editor)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 3rd Floor -- DG533.C36 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment by Michel Delon (Editor); Philip Stewart (Translator)
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- B802.D491613 2001
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance by Diana Robin (Editor); Carole Levin (Editor); Anne R. Larsen (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2007
Includes a combination of biographies and topical essays that describe the contributions of women to the science, politics, and culture of the Renaissance.
Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy by Mark Gilbert; K. Robert Nilsson
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- DG555.G53 2007
ISBN: 0810856026
Publication Date: 2007
Includes a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a map, a bibliography, and some 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent individuals, basic institutions, crucial events, history, politics, economics, society, and culture.

Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Oxford Bibliographies combines features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, giving researchers scholarship across a wide variety of subjects including Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Reformation, Military History, Jewish Studies, and Islamic Studies.
Subjects:
African Studies
African American Studies
American Literature
Anthropology
Art History
Atlantic History
Biblical Studies
British and Irish Literature
Buddhism
Childhood Studies
Chinese Studies
Cinema and Media Studies
Classics
Communication
Criminology
Ecology
Education
Hinduism
International Law
International Relations
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Literary and Critical Theory
Medieval Studies
Military History
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health
Renaissance and Reformation
Social Work
Sociology
Victorian Literature

Abbreviation: oxbib
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subjects: Religion, Urban and Regional Planning, *General / Multi-Subject, Bibliography
Type: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Research Starter

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI)
30,000 online biographies mainly up to the letter M, P-Z is a work in progress. Includes only non-living Italians.

Biography (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Biography is built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Providing coverage of the most searched and studied people, Biography includes over 5,000 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures. Reference content is offered alongside videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers. This resource is continuously updated to ensure users have access to the latest information.

Abbreviation: brc
Vendor: Gale
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Biographies
Biography and Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window
Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.
Abbreviation: biog
Vendor: Gale
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Biographies

Italian Language Reference

Vocabolario Treccani
Online Italian language dictionary
Garzanti Online Dictionary
Online version of Garzanti's Italian-English, Italian-French, Italian-German and Italian-Spanish dictionaries.
DOP: Dizionario italiano multimediale e multilingue d'ortografia e di pronuncia
92.000 voci di lessico e nomi propri della lingua italiana. 37.000 nomi propri e altre voci d'una sessantina di lingue diverse.
Tesoro della Lingua Italian delle Origini (TLIO)
An online historical dictionary of the Italian language before 1375. It is the product of an international collaborative project headed by the Istituto CNR.

Pocket Oxford Italian dictionary : Italian-English
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780191739569
Publication Date: 2010
Grande dizionario della lingua italiana. by Giorgio Bárberi Squarott et al.
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Subbasement - Ask at Circulation -- PC1625.B3
Publication Date: 1961-2002
21 volumes
Lo Zingarelli 1994 by Miro Dogliotti (Editor); Luigi Rosiello (Editor); Nicola Zingarelli
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PC1625.Z56 1994
ISBN: 8808126005
Publication Date: 1994
Garzanti Hazon : inglese-italiano, italiano-inglese.
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PC1640.G37 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Bilingual English-Italian dictionary (2818 pages with color illustrations).

Using Italian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage by John Kinder; V. M. Savini
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 4th Floor -- PC1460.K56 2004
Publication Date: 2006
Modern Grammar: a pratical guide by Anna Proudfoot
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2013
This new edition of the Modern Italian Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Italian, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. With a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, all grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples. Implementing feedback from users of the first edition, this text includes clearer explanations, as well as a greater emphasis on areas of particular
Using Italian Synonyms by Howard Moss; Vanna Motta
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY Reference -- PC1591.M67 2000
ISBN: 0521475066
Publication Date: 2001
Grammatica di riferimento dell'italiano contemporaneo by Giuseppe Patota
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 4th Floor -- PC1105.P38 2006
Publication Date: 2014
A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian by Martin Maiden; Cecilia Robustelli
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2007

The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition by Julia Herschensohn (Editor); Martha Young-Scholten (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2013
Encyclopedia of Semiotics by Paul Bouissac (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0195120906
Publication Date: 1998-09-10
Three hundred entries by leading scholars in a variety of fields - from anthropology and literary theory to linguistics and philosophy - survey the study of signs and symbols in human culture in this new work. The articles cover key concepts, theories, theorists, schools, and issues in communications, cognition, and cultural theory.
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics by Keith Brown (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: FSU Remote Storage 2 -- P29E48 1994
Publication Date: 2005-12-06
14 volumes
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics by William J. Frawley (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2003
The International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2nd Edition encompasses the full range of the contemporary field of linguistics, including historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, and philosophical linguistics with special attention given to interrelations within branches of linguistics and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines.

Storia dell'italiano: la lingua moderna e contemporanea by Riccardo Tesi
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 4th Floor -- PC1075.T48 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Storia della lingua italiana by Giuseppe Grassi
Call Number: FSU STROZIER LIBRARY General Collection 4th Floor -- PC1075.G75 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Edizione critica, introduzione e commento a cura di Ludovica Maconi.