University of Washington Libraries Italian Resources


Using the UW Libraries Catalog


  • To find out what we have in the way of books or journals dealing with Italian language and literature, search the UW Libraries catalog.
  • If you know the general subject on which you need material, select Keywords and type in a word or two describing that topic. For example you might type italian cinema to see what books we have on that subject.
  • If you then select one of the results from that search, you'll see further down the screen a heading LC SUBJECTS which in this case is Motion pictures -- Italy. Select that heading to see even more on the subject.
  • If you want material in Italian, select Keywords and enter your search terms in Italian. For example Calvino and realismo will give you a list of books in Italian dealing with themes of realism in the work of Italo Calvino.
  • If you know the exact title, or exact author of a book, simply select Title or Author. Please note that the correct way to enter an author's name is surname, first name; for example Eco, Umberto. If you only want copies of Eco's books in Italian, enter his name in the Author search as before, then select Limit/Sort towards the top right hand corner of the screen then select Italian from the drop-down list in the LANGUAGE field.
  • If you wish to find a specific journal, click on the journals icon in the UW Libraries catalog. The screen will turn blue to show that you are searching the catalogue only for journals. Then select Title and enter the title as before.
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