Electronic Resources for Italian Studies
- Gateways and directories of Internet sources
- Research training and online tutorials
- Library catalogues
- Italian studies journals
- Electronic books
- Societies and organisations
- Newspapers and TV
- Dictionaries and Italian language materials
- Italian search engines
Gateways and directories of Internet sources
British Library: Italian Internet Resources
This is a listing of websites on Italy and Italian culture. It includes sections on the country's central and regional government, its libraries, museums and other cultural institutions, and provides access to on-line newspapers and and public access catalogues.
European Film Gateway (project ongoing)
Europeana: gateway to European culture
Includes links to digital images, texts, sounds and videos.
Internet Resources in Italian
Maintained by the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge.
Italian Links
Compiled by the Sussex Language Institute, University of Sussex.
Italy Guide
Created by the Cooperativa Sociale "Il Sogno".
Research training and online tutorials
Citing References Tutorial (INSRV)
Internet for Modern Languages (Virtual Learning Suite)
PORT (Postgraduate Online Research Training)
Also includes a section on Italian online resources.
Library catalogues
COPAC
COPAC is a combined catalogue which provides access to the catalogues of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland, and the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales catalogues.
AIB-WEB
Homepage of the Association of Italian libraries. Provides links to library catalogues etc.
Biblioteca nazionale centrale Firenze
Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venezia
Electronic books
Biblioteca Italiana Telematica
Societies and organisations
Governo Italiano
Official website of the Italian Government.
Italian Cultural Institute
The Italian Cultural Institute is the official Italian government agency for the promotion of cultural exchanges between Great Britain and Italy.
Presidenza della Repubblica
Contains details about the national flag, emblems etc. and the constitution.
Newspapers, TV and film
Mediatime - Quotidiani
Links to various major Italian newspapers available online.
ICON (International Coalition on Newspapers)
RAI: Radio Televisione Italiana
Dictionaries and Italian language materials
Freedict.com
Free, very basic, bilingual online dictionary.
Oxford Reference Online - Bilingual Dictionaries
Our subscription includes access to The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary.
Verbix - Italian
Online verb conjugator.