Encyclopedias and thesauruses
- Dizionario dei sinonimi e contari (Thesaurus)Look up synonyms for Italian words with this easy to use synonym search, provided by Corriere della sera.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture by ISBN: 0415285569Publication Date: 2003This rigorously compiled A-Z volume offers rich, readable coverage of the diverse forms of post-1945 Italian culture.
The Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature by ISBN: 0313294356Each entry is written by an expert contributor, summarizes the relationship of the topic to feminist thought, and includes a brief bibliography. The volume closes with a selected general bibliography of major studies.
Biographical works
The library collections have a range of biographical dictionaries on a range of topics including film, art, literature and history. Works of individual biography can also be found in the library collections by searching name keywords in the library catalogue.
A great place to start is: