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Enhance your digital library with Torrossa collections

Choose from among our digital collections the content best suited to your library’s focus and budget. Selection is made easy, with collections of monographs and scholarly journals organised by language, publisher and subject area. The content in these collections is compiled by experienced Approval specialists to ensure that it is of the standard and relevance that academic libraries expect. A single licence enables you to simplify your acquisitions and administration for all Torrossa collections. Permanent access to content purchased is guaranteed. In the case of journal collections and evolving collections, the initial purchase covers current and archive content, while an annual subscription fee is applied to new content added each year.

Italian Publishing

Looking for Italian digital content for your patrons? From digitised archives to recently published monographs and journals, our carefully compiled Italian selections bring you some of the most noteworthy and representative content in scholarly publishing from Italy. Choose from subject-specific and interdisciplinary selections from a range of respected publishers to add quality and reasoned collections to your library's digital catalogue.

EIO - Editoria Italiana Online
Italian scholarly publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Overview

Digital publications from over 90 prestigious academic publishers. Subscribe to the complete collection, or focus your acquisitions with individual collections based on discipline or format: monographs or periodicals. Titles are selected by our Approval department, covering the areas of Language and Literature, History and Social Sciences.Content is added during the course of the year as new publications are made available. Frequent notifications inform you of new additions to the catalogue.

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Notes
  • There may be up to a 5% variation on the number of e-resources added to your collection in any one year, relative to the previous year; this variation depends on the number of suitable titles published during the year in question.
  • Titles selected in 2022 are included in "Ebooks Backlist 2022" and are not included in "Ebooks Archive".
Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Complete
170
750
242 / 13.715
Premier
170
370
242 / 7.963
Core
135
270
204 / 6.225
Basic
90
270
133 / 6.225
Periodicals Plus
270
360
Periodicals
135
205
Monographs Complete
750
13.715
Monographs
270
6.225
Italian Studies
35
35
53 / 933
Language & Literature
35
50
51 / 927
History
30
40
44 / 742
Social Sciences
55
85
82 / 1.591
Franco Angeli
Scientific texts and manuals for students, researchers and professionals
Overview

Publications from one of Italy's largest and most authoritative publishers in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Subscribe to the complete journal collection and supplement your acquisitions with monographs archives.

E-journal Collection Online-only subscription packages to Franco Angeli journals are exclusively via Torrossa. The current content and an average of 6 years of back issues is available for each journal.

Monograph Archive Over 1900 e-books, published mainly between 1989-2013, may be purchased as a complete package or as single titles.

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  • Annual subscription
  • First year includes archives and backfiles
  • Renewal fees for new content only
  • Permanent access guaranteed
  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
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Journals Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Complete
60
56
Economics
10
10
Journals Psychology
15
14
Sociology
10
10
Urban Studies
5
4
Law and Public Administration
5
6
History
10
9
Philosophy
3
2
E-books Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Archives 2001-2011
1258
Archives 2012-2015
1.179
Archives 2016-2017
536
Archives 2018
344
Archives 2019/1
71
Archives 2019/2
201
Archives 2020/1
146
Archives 2020/2
127
Archives 2021/1
85
Archives 2021/2
117
Archives 2022/1
65
Archives 2022/2
110
Archives 2023/1
83
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Complete archive from the series Studi e testi collating research studies on the manuscripts and printed books in the Library's collection
Overview

An endeavour spanning over one hundred years, giving renewed access to out of print titles, on a fully searchable platform. The complete archive includes studies on subjects such as Medieval, Modern and Church History, Oriental Studies, Classical Philology, Architecture and Art History, Paleography, Codicology, Literature, History of Illuminated Manuscripts

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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Studi e Testi
5
488
L’Erma di Bretschneider
Specialist titles in Archeology, Philology, History and Art History
Overview

A collection of e-books from one of Italy's best known academic publishers in its field. These collections represent an essential and exhaustive resource comprising a selection of new and archival publications.

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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
2023 Update
135
2020-2022 Update
163
Archive
31 / 1.050
Giappichelli
Scholarly publications in Law, Economics, Business and Management
Overview

Founded in 1921, Giappichelli Editore is a leading publisher of academic books in the fields of Law, Economics, Business and Management, specialising in research monographs and reference books. A collection of recent and archive monographs is available on Torrossa, covering the areas of civil, administrative, criminal and international law, among others.

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  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Law Collection
250
1.167
Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani
Digital archives of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani, dedicated to the study of Giuseppe Verdi and his works
Overview

A rich resource for scholars and specialist Music libraries. The collection consists of the official journal of the Institution, volumes of monographs and conference proceedings. The digitisation of the library's print volumes provides renewed access to previously out-of-print works.

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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Studi Verdiani
30 / 49
Il Mulino
Prominent Italian Social Sciences and Humanities e-journals
Overview

Available as a complete collection or in three subject-based packages. The il Mulino collection contains some of Italy's most respected journals in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The package includes new content alongside an average of fourteen years of back issues. Content is added during the course of the year as new issues are made available.

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  • Annual subscription
  • Renewal fees for new content only
  • Permanent access guaranteed
  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
  • View, copy/paste text and print
  • Fourteen-day downloads
Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Complete
73
73
Humanities
30
30
Social Sciences
19
19
Economics and Law
24
24
Carocci
E-journals in a range of disciplinary fields from one of Italy's leading university presses
Overview

Founded in 1980, Carocci publishes specialized research covering fields such as Philosophy, Historical Studies, Psychology; Religious Studies, Archeology, Art History, Linguistics and Literature. 22 journal titles are included in this collection of resources for students and professionals.

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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Complete
14
14
Salerno
E-journals in the Humanities
Overview

Founded in 1972, Salerno Editrice concentrates on producing academic works in the fields of literature, criticism and philology, essay writing and history. Salerno Editrice publishes works in literary humanism including art, music, theatre and performance and philosophy with the aim of rediscovering texts and their literary and historical value.

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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Complete
7
Leo S.Olschki
Ongoing project for the complete digitisation of the prestigious publisher's e-book and e-journal archives
Overview

The collection consists of monographs, e-journals, and conference proceedings available online. Within the complete collection many topics are covered, these can also be purchased as subject-specific collections.

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  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
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E-journals Archives
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Archivio storico italiano
(1842-2022)
611 issues
Belfagor
(1946-2012)
401 issues
Il pensiero politico
(1968-2021)
160 issues
Il saggiatore musicale
(1994-2021)
53 issues
La bibliofilia
(1899-2022)
502 issues
La parola del passato
(1946-2022)
346 issues
Lares
(1912-2021)
255 issues
Lettere italiane
(1949-2022)
286 issues
Physis
(1959-2022)
136 issues
Rinascimento
(1938-2022)
117 issues
Studi Secenteschi
(1960-2022)
61 issues
E-books Archives
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Complete Collection 2022
36
Complete Collection 2021
52
Complete Collection 2020
40
Complete Collection 2019
45
Complete Collection 2018
63
Complete Collection
2000-2017
1.446
Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d’Italia
(1890-2013)
116
Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi
Cataloghi (1951-2012)
99
Biblioteca Archivum Romanicum
Serie I: Storia, Lett. (1921-2019)
89 issues / 490
Biblioteca Archivum Romanicum
Serie II: Linguistica (1921-2018)
62
Biblioteca Archivum Romanicum
Serie I e Serie II (1921-2019)
89 issues / 552
Biblioteca Italiana di Bibliografia
213
Fabrizio Serra Editore
Internationally recognised journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Overview

New content available covers many prestigious e-journals and includes access to up to 16 years of archives. Choose from the complete collection or subject-specific collections.

Licence
  • Annual subscription
  • Renewal fees for new content only
  • Permanent access available for all issues from the beginning of the subscription period
  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
  • View, copy/paste text (download and print not available)
  • Fourteen-day downloads
E-journals Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Complete
154
154
Italian Studies
66
66
Archaeology
41
41
Classical Philology
29
29
Philosophy and Pedagogy
11
11
History and Economics
29
29
Law
4
4
Linguistics
9
9
Social Sciences and Religion
8
8
Bibliography and History of the Book
6
6
Modern and Contemporary Philology
22
22
Applied Sciences and Technologies
15
15
Literary Criticism
26
26
Renaissance Studies
14
14
Medieval Studies
16
16
E-books Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
2024 Collection
207
Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli
Political, historical and cultural debate in Italy
Overview

Published by the Circolo di Cultura politica fratelli Rosselli, the journal's mission is to promote and debate the cultural, political, economical and sociological issues of modern Italian society. Each issue focuses on a specific topic and comprises several contributions from a range of specialists. Particular attention is given to Socialist and Liberal Socialist interpretations.

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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli 1981-2015
63 issues
SISMEL - Edizioni del Galluzzo
The research of the Società Internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo Latino
Overview

Founded in 1996, SISMEL is an important point of reference for Mediaeval Studies, Italian Studies and Romance Philology. The collection includes e-books on Religious and Mediaeval Latin Literature, Hagiography, Philosophy and Philology. Essays and conference proceedings are also included in the package.

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  • Download not available
Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Mediaeval Sudies
57
BIZ - Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli
A large collection of Italian literary classics
Overview

The collection consists of 1.171 e-books from among the most celebrated works of Italian literature. Featuring many publications with limited print availability it is a rich archive of source material for Italian literature, and a useful tool for the compilation of anthologies.

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  • Documents in pdf format
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  • Fourteen-day downloads
Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
BIZ - Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli 1171
1.171
Pacini
Pacini Editore E-books
Overview

Pacini Editore is a renowed Italian publisher, established since 1872, promoting the diffusion of culture and ideas through a significant production of essays and volumes in history, art, architecture, law, photography, and environment-related topics.

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  • Fourteen-day downloads
Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Pacini E-book Collection
88
116
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Romance Language Publishing

Find original-language digital collections from some of Europe's most renowned research institutes and specialist publishers, with content spanning across the Humanities and Social Sciences. Looking for other options? Thanks to Torrossa's myriad of publishing partners from France, Spain and beyond, and a rapidly expanding catalogue of European e-books and e-journals, we are happy to propose custom selections including titles from across the full range of our digital collections.

EEO - Edición Española Online
Scholarly content from a select group of Spanish academic publishers
Overview

Content from over 30 prestigious Humanities and Social Sciences publishers. Titles are selected by our Approval department, covering the areas of Language and Literature, History and Social Sciences.Content is added during the course of the year as new publications are made available. Frequent notifications inform you of new additions to the catalogue.

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  • Annual subscription
  • First year includes archives and backfiles
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  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
EEO
690
7.029
EEO Journals
51
60
EEO Spanish Studies
207
2.322
École française de Rome
Research focusing on the History, Archeology and Social Sciences of the Mediterranean
Overview

The École Française de Rome (EFR) is one of the five 'Ecoles Françaises'. Founded in 1875, the EFR hosts researchers mainly from Italy and France, but also from the Maghreb and the Balkans. The reseach at the institution focuses on History, Archeology and Social Sciences. A growing collection, includes archives dating back to 2000. New issues are added during the course of the year as they are made available.

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Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
École française de Rome
3
15
3 / 417
Casa de Velázquez
Authoritative publications in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Overview

Founded in 1929, the Casa de Velázquez is widely recognised for its academic output. As one of the five overseas Ecoles françaises under the supervision of the Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, each year the Casa de Velázquez hosts artists and researchers whose studies contribute to the institution's editorial activity. The collection consists of e-books from Spain, Portugal and Latin American covering History, Art, Language, Literature and Society.

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Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Casa de Velázquez E-books collection
10
105
Editorial CSIC
E-journals from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Overview

The largest Spanish public research institution in Europe has made its full range of journals available in electronic format through the Torrossa platform. The collection consists of prestigious scientific e-journals, containing all current issues. Content is added during the course of the year as new issues are made available, and an average of 6 years of back issues are included.

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  • Annual subscription
  • Renewal fees for new content only
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  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
  • View, copy/paste text and print
  • Fourteen-day downloads
Collections
Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Editorial CSIC
E-journals Collection
37
39
Iberoamericana-Vervuert
Scholarly publications on Latin America and Spain
Overview

The Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert publishing house and bookstore was founded in Frankfurt in 1975. Its editorial activity focuses on academic books on Latin America and Spain mainly in the fields of: - Spanish Language and Literary Criticism - Spanish Literature - History and Cultural Studies - Politics - Social Sciences - Art

The collection is comprised of e-books, including recently published titles and back issues.

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Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Iberoamericana-Vervuert
E-books Collection
61
Visor Libros
Over fifty years of excellence in publishing Spanish-language poetry
Overview

Visor Libros has received recognition and distinctions from across the Spanish-speaking world for its impressive catalogue, featuring classics alongside established, respected poets and young and promising writers, both from Spain and Hispanic America.

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Name
Active E-Journals
E-Books Added Annually
E-Journals / E-books Archives
Current Catalogue
Visor Libros
E-books Collection
22
387
More content from France
Scholarly content from French academic publishers
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Torrossa Digital Library offers a wealth of content from numerous important French publishing houses. Browse our online catalogue to discover the publishers and titles available, and contact us for a personalised selection and quote.

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International Publishing

Torrossa also offers a wealth of content from scholarly publishers across the globe, including a large selection of English-language research and original language publications from North and South America, the United Kingdom and beyond. View the complete Torrossa catalogue online at content.torrossa.com to browse our international content and featured publishers, or get in touch and let our experts create a tailor-made selection for your library! More information on acquisitions models and workflows can be found in the Pick&Choose section of this website.

Content from the United Kingdom
Scholarly content from British academic publishers
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Torrossa Digital Library offers a wealth of content from numerous important British publishing houses. Browse our online catalogue to discover the publishers and titles available, and contact us for a personalised selection and quote.

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Content from the United States & Canada
Scholarly content from North American academic publishers
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Torrossa Digital Library offers a wealth of content from numerous important North American publishing houses. Browse our online catalogue to discover the publishers and titles available, and contact us for a personalised selection and quote.

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Content from Northern Europe
Scholarly content from Northern European academic publishers
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Torrossa Digital Library offers a wealth of content from numerous important Northern European publishing houses. Browse our online catalogue to discover the publishers and titles available, and contact us for a personalised selection and quote.

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Content from Germany
Scholarly content from German academic publishers
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Torrossa Digital Library offers a wealth of content from numerous important German publishing houses. Browse our online catalogue to discover the publishers and titles available, and contact us for a personalised selection and quote.

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Content from Latin America
Scholarly content from Latin American academic publishers
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Torrossa Digital Library offers a wealth of content from numerous important Latin American publishing houses. Browse our online catalogue to discover the publishers and titles available, and contact us for a personalised selection and quote.

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