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Foreign Languages Research Guide

Foreign Language Resources for French, Italian, Spanish, German, Latin, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and American Sign Language,

Italian Dictionaries on the Shelves

Cambridge-Signorelli Italian-English-English-Italian Dictionary by Barbara Reynolds (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. PC1640.R4 1985

ISBN: 0521327024

Publication Date: 1986
Cassell's Italian Dictionary by Cassell Staff (Compiled by); Piero Rebora
Call Number: PC1640.C33 1967

ISBN: 0025225405

Publication Date: 1994
Collins Italian Dictionary- Ebook
Call Number: Ebook

ISBN: 9781849722513

Publication Date: 2008-01-16
HarperCollins Italian Dictionary by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Staff
Call Number: Ref. PC1640.H3 2000

ISBN: 006273752X

Publication Date: 2000
Italian False Friends by Ronnie Ferguson
Call Number: PC1593.F47 1994

ISBN: 0802069487

Publication Date: 1994

Online Translators

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Google Translate
Translate words, phrases, sentences using Google's translation program.
Cambridge Dictionary Translator

Database Tools

Some of the library databases come with built in tools to focus your search.

EBSCO Language Interface
Learn how to choose the language of your results in EBSCO's databases.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic (Now called Nexis Uni)
Can sort News and other results by language and country of origin.

Online Dictionaries and Additional Resources

About.com: Learning Italian
Italian study tips, a language blog, audio files, and more.

BBC Italian
Dante Society of America
Dedicated to the furtherance of the study of the works of Dante Alighieri.
Electronic Text Center: Italian Resources
The Free Dictionary: Italian
Cengage Group Italian Resource Center
Italian Language Tutorials
Basic grammar and vocabulary tutorials, mp3s to aid with pronunciation, as well as interactive exercises.
LanguageGuide.org - Italian
WordReference
Free online translation dictionary.

Italian Newspapers

ANSA
Corriere della Sera
La Gazzetta dello Sport
La Repubblica
Online Newspapers.com: Italy
A complete list of Italian newspapers online.