Adam Siegel
Research Support Services
Subject Specialist Librarian
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The basic principle underlying the organization of any library is the imperative to describe the documents it contains so that they may be located. All libraries create sets of records which describe the documents in their collections. Catalogs are sets of records to documents that share a location. Indexes are sets of records to documents that share some other attribute (generally subject matter). Below are the most comprehensive and significant article indexing (and corpus) databases for international Italian Studies scholarship.
Catalogs, Indexes, and Archives Covering Italian Studies Scholarship
The Melvyl catalog allows users to search for documents held by the UC Davis and other UC libraries. When configured for “Libraries Worldwide,” the catalog allows users to find documents (books, media, reports, etc.) held by libraries throughout North America and Europe.
The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB) covers international scholarly materials on all languages, literatures, linguistics, and folklore from around the world. It includes citations to items from journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. MLAIB does not index book reviews.
This database is the combined archive of two bibliographic indexes, Pascal and Francis. They provide multidisciplinary and multilingual coverage of humanities and social sciences. Source documents include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and reports. It was produced and is now hosted as an open access resource by the Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
Coverage: 1972-2015
BASE is one of the world’s most voluminous search engines especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
BANCHE DATI DI PERIODICI DISPONIBILI ON LINE–This is an Italian language list of and links to (mostly)European journal and newspaper collections digitized by libraries and other institutions. It is especially useful for Italian publications.
This e-book repository includes digital copies of out-of-copyright editions of works by many Italian authors, and makes them available for free download. It also chairs a nominal fee for access to in-copyright materials.
JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of hundreds important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are now included for selected titles. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Catalogs And Indexing Databases
The basic principle underlying the organization of any library is to describe the documents it contains so that they may be located. All libraries create sets of records which describe ...
Useful Resources
UC Davis Mabie Law Library Catalog
Melvyl (UC System) Library Catalog
