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Biographic Dictionary of the Italians


Description: The on-line version of the Biographical Dictionary edited by the Treccani Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia, is an evolving work that collects biographies of people who have lived from the 5th century AD to the present day and whose contribution to the political, literary and artistic life of our country has been of particular significance. In addition to the entries contained in the volumes already published, biographies of living personalities, extracted from the Treccani database, are also provided.

Early European Books


Description: Database providing access to some of the world's most significant collections of the oldest printed books. The following can be consulted: books printed in Europe before 1701, regardless of language; pre-1701 works in European languages printed in more distant countries.

Enciclopedia Treccani


Description: Online version of the prestigious printed encyclopaedia edited by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana Treccani. The 'Treccani Historical Atlas', the 'Vocabulary', the 'Biographical Dictionary of Italians' and the 'Piccola Treccani', with over 300,000 headwords available, have been integrated into it.

Index translationum


Description: Bibliographic database of texts translated and published since 1979 in over 100 countries in all humanistic and scientific disciplines.