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Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)

RESOURCES:

Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).

SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>

Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Luigi Pirandello.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*luigi pirandello* Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals."	Provides a small number of relevant items.
Arts & Sciences Collection	*luigi pirandello* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a number of items with about half being reviews.
Contemporary Authors	*luigi pirandello* Perform the default search.	Provides a profile of the author's life and works. Includes an extensive list for further reading about the author.
Encyclopedia Britannica	*luigi pirandello* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*luigi pirandello* Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication."	Provides a small number of worthy items.
Literature Resource Center	*luigi pirandello* Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text).	Provides a small number of quality documents.
netLibrary	*luigi pirandello* Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox.	Provides a large number of eBooks that refer to the author, along with a couple that focus on his life and works.
Research Library Complete	*luigi pirandello* Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary -Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and "Scholarly journals."	Provides a small number of excellent items.
Scribner's	Select "Writers A-Z" and click on the Pirandello, *Luigi* link.	Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography.
SIRS Renaissance	*luigi pirandello* Perform the "Quick Search."	Provides a small number of excellent items.

SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>

The following bibliography is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
Circulating books not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary loan.
eBooks are electronic books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide via the Internet.
Short stories
PQ4835.I7 A24X
Location: Troy, AL

Understanding Luigi Pirandello
Location: eBook

Pirandello and his muse: the plays for Marta Abba
Location: eBook

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
Luigi Pirandello- Biography
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1934/pirandello-bio.html
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pirandel.htm
Luigi Pirandello
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc30.html

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