Library

Online Catalogues

  • Integrated access to Senate and Chamber Catalogues
    Unified point of access for integrated research in the collections of the Joint Parliamentary Library that allows browsing the Senate Library Catalogue and the Chamber of Deputies Library Catalogue at the same time. Both catalogues may also be consulted separately. 
  • I Giornali - catalogo annuale lists all the newspapers and some journals available in the Senate and in the Chamber of Deputies Library; it also contains useful information on the location of the printed version and links to the digital version (where available).
  • The History of Italian Communes in the Senate Library is a collection of databases which may be searched individually or collectively. It includes sources on Italian law and local history before the unification of Italy. To use the full potential of the search engine you will need Adobe Flash Player. This vast collection includes:
    • Catalogue of the Collection of Statutes (Chelazzi)
      This is the digital version of the first nine printed volumes of this catalogue, including placenames from A to Venazzano. 
    • Catalogue of the Collection of Statutes (update)
      It contains the online updates of the printed volumes of the Catalogue of the Collection of Statutes. The database is regularly updated with current acquisitions.
    • Statutes
      This database includes complete digital replicas of 150 handwritten and printed Statutes and Charters, chosen from amongst the most important documents of the collection. Documents are indexed chapter by chapter and bibliographical information on each document may be retrieved by following a link to such statute's description in the Catalogue of the Collection of Statutes.
    • Local History
      Bibliographic description of ca. 1,200 volumes on local history published from the 16th to the 19th century. Frontispieces are provided from all volumes, along with replicas of the most significant etchings from the often lavishly illuminated volumes of the collection.
    • Communes and History
      Constantly updated database of bibliographic material on charters and legislation of communes. It includes all bibliographic information on volumes acquired by the Library relating to local statutes, governance and history. Selections from reviews and multi-authored publications and bibliographic information on local history monographs may be found here.

The Bulletin of New Acquisitions provides a printed update to the Catalogue. Letters A, D and L placed next to each new title show respectively if such publication was bought by the Library (A), presented to it (D), or acquired under provision of law (L).