The UvA Library gives access to several pre-selected resources such as subject specific databases (see sample below) and e-journals.

Search the databases (and Google Scholar) preferably using ‘Advanced search’. ‘Advanced search’ allows you to better translate your research question into a search string (a combination of search terms) suited to find the information you need with the resource you are using.

• Gale Literature
  Publications on (comparative) literature studies and linguistics.
• Historical Abstracts
  Publications on modern history (from 1450 onwards; the United States and Canada are not included).
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
  Interdisciplinary publications on all aspects of linguistics (sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language behaviour).
• MLA International Bibliography
  Publications on (comparative) linguistics and literature studies, and folklore.
• UvA Catalogue(Plus)
  Books and journals articles on all topics, available online (off campus access possible) or for loan at the UvA Library.

International databases such as Google Scholar, LLBA and MLA chiefly collect scholarly literature in English. It is therefore important that you expand your search to include (more) publications in Italian, available via the UvA Library.

Torrossa provides access to over 80 e-journals and more than 700 e-books, most of them from 1995 onwards.

• Other databases for Italian Studies.
• Journals collections
• Acquisitions

More online resources for Italian Studies are described on our blog:
linguistics , literature and cultural studies.

The Italian collection can be found in the P.C. Hoofthuis Library en Library Learning Center.

Stefano Giani is the Subject Librarian for Italian Studies and provides support to students and staff in their study and research. Please contact him for (among others):

Individual assistance

Students working on assignments (paper, thesis), professors teaching courses or researchers working on projects (articles, PhD-thesis) may at all times contact the Subject Librarian if they need help with any of the following:

• purchase suggestions
• search skills, literature searches and (systematic) reviews
• citation tools and citation styles
• online troubleshooting
• Open Access and copyright
• Research Data Management
• publications impact & visibility

Workshops

All workshops are aimed at developing (a subset of) information literacy skills within an academic environment. The instructions are tailored both to subjects relevant to the study program and to the knowledge level of the participants (BA, MA, PhD, staff). Topics which can be addressed during a workshop include:

• tuning the choice of the search tool to the query
• finding a specific (online) book or journal article
• finding publications on a specific topic
• evaluating information
• citation tools and citation styles
• Research Data Management

The decision as to whether the Subject Librarian and/or the (seminar) supervisors will teach the Workshops, or if the Library will only provide the instruction materials, is taken in consultation between the Subject Librarian and the supervisors.

All information about data management for English can be found on the website for data management for languages and cultures.