Italian: Find Books

Call Numbers

Library of Congress call numbers group books more or less by subject. The following call numbers cover materials relating to Italian language and culture.

Italian History
DG11-999

Italian Language
PC1001-1977

Motion Pictures
PN1993-1999

Italian Literature
PQ4001-5999

Interlibrary Loan

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To request a book through interlibrary loan, fill out the online form: https://ill.lib.miamioh.edu/illiad/

Online Books

Italian Popular Tales
Fairy and folk tales from Italy.
Decameron Web
Italian texts and English translations presented by Decameron Web, "a growing hypermedia archive of materials dedicated to Boccaccio's masterpiece." (Hosted by Brown University)
Romanzieri
A large collection of e-books formatted to be read with Microsoft Reader.
Italian Women Writers Project
Information about Italian women writers and texts by many of them.
Nuovo Rinascimento
Texts from the Renaissance and writings about Renaissance literature.
Duecento: la poesia italiana dalle origini a Dante
A large collection of poetry.

Finding Online Books

OhioLink Electronic Book Center
The Scholarly & Reference E-Book Collection contains electronic books purchased by OhioLINK from Oxford University Press, Springer, ABC-CLIO, Gale, and Sage.
Oxford Scholarship Online
Collection of full text books from Oxford University Press.

Major Catalogs

Start your search in the Miami University Libraries' catalog for local availability.

Miami University Libraries' Catalog
Miami's libraries hold over 3.2 million books, 119,000 maps, 97,000 sound recordings, 20,000 journals, 12,000 videos, and nearly three million pieces of microform. To search those materials, use the library catalog.

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OhioLINK Central Catalog
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WorldCat
Searches the holdings of thousands of libraries in the United States and worldwide. Books can be requested through Interlibrary Loan. In most cases, it will take 8 to 10 days to receive books requested.

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Subjects: Italian, Languages