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CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) This link opens in a new window CIAO is an online resource that provides access to a a wide range of documents and articles devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics and related fields. CIAO searches full-text publications from 300 international publishing institutions, including government research organizations, international think tanks, and scholarly journals. Among the materials included we can find working papers, research projects, conference proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs.
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Selected Journals

For Italian related issues, you can have a look a the following titles:

California Italian Studies
California Italian Studies is an open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal committed to publishing the finest, the most innovative, and the most potentially influential scholarly work being done in the field of Italian Studies today. The articles published in this journal aim to placing the study of the history, culture, society, artistic products, and languages of the Italian peninsula and islands, and of Italian diasporas, in relation to other geographical, cultural, and linguistic formations.
Carte italiane
Started in the 1979-1980 academic year in the Department of Italian at UCLA, CARTE ITALIANE is dedicated to publishing the work of graduate students and international scholars in the field of Italian Cultural Studies.
Articles can be in English or in Italian.
Contemporary Italian Politics
Contemporary Italian Politics is a political science journal aimed at academics and policymakers as well as others with a professional or intellectual interest in the politics of Italy.
Forum Italicum
Forum Italicum is a peer-reviewed international journal of Italian Studies. The main focus is the literature, language, and culture of Italy and other countries in relation to Italy.
The Italianist
The Italianist has become established as one of the leading international journals of Italian Studies. From the start, it has distinguished itself from other scholarly periodicals by the broad scope of its interests, covering Italian art, culture, and life from the Middle Ages to the present.
Journal of Modern Italian Studies
This journals is available in print in the Library with issues from 2006 to the present. A bibliographic citation (not the full text!) is available on Academic Search premier.
Reports studies about modern and contemporary Italy in abroad international and comparative context.
Modern Italy
Deals with Italian history & politics together with the social, economic & cultural aspects of Italy, Italian affairs & the Italian peoples.
Italian Political Science
Italian Political Science (IPS) is an open-access peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to deepening the understanding of political phenomena relevant for political scientists and a wider public, including journalists, policy-makers, policy analysts, political activists and all those who have an interest in politics.
LimesOnline: Rivista Italiana di Geopolitica
Limesonline is the website of Limes: Rivista Italian di Geopolitica. It provides geopolitical analysis of international events.