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- Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
- Oxford Reference Online: Premium (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Provides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline-Specific Background Sources:
The Cambridge History of Italian LiteratureCall Number: Online and Stacks Upper Level PQ4038 .C35 1996Publication Date: Online 2008
A History of Italian CinemaCall Number: Stacks Upper Level PN1993.5.I88 B5655 2009Publication Date: 2009
Use Additional Online Resources
- ACRL Italian Studies GuideThe ACRL Italian Studies Guide is designed to provide access to scholarly resources in Italian Studies. The resources organized here have undergone a selection and evaluation process. Maintained by Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
- History of ItalyCollection of online primary source documents, organized by historical period. Maintained by Harold B. Lee Library, Bringham Young University.
- World of DanteSponsored by the Institute for Advanced Technologies in the Humanities, University of Virginia. This is a multi-media research tool for use in studying the Divine Comedy.
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Italian Studies Course Guides
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