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Multi-publisher platform which contains e-journals and e-books mostly in Italian.

The Library subscribes the access to a collection of full text e-books published by Giappichelli and a selection of e-journals from the following publishers:

Accessibility Policy

Source
Casalini libri
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Online citation database which provides access to a compilation of Italian periodicals. It contains over 100,000 bibliographic records of articles published since 1982 in over 150 Italian periodicals on general knowledge, such as: Aut Aut, Belfagor, Contemporanea, Critica Marxista, Economia della cultura, Filosofia politica, Limes, Micromega, and Rivista italiana di scienza politica.

Publisher
Soprintendenza per i beni librari e documentari dell'IBC della Regione Emilia-Romagna
Coverage

from 1982

The Portal of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development is online since 2016 with open access contents.

The ASviS was created to raise awareness in Italy of the importance of the 2030 Agenda for the sustainable development of the Country. It contains various materials, including:

  • ASviS Report: in addition to providing updates on the international community's commitment to the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, signed by the Governments of 193 countries on 25 September 2015, the Report focuses on the national context and in particular on the state of progress of Italy with respect to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Published annually at the beginning of autumn, the Report is produced with the contribution of the ASviS working groups, made up of experts from the members.
  • ASviS data: statistical resources updated periodically with the values ​​and trends of over 230 basic indicators, mainly from ISTAT sources, divided by Goal. The platform provides each indicator in three ways: graphs, maps and tables. It is also possible to download time series, export data, perform comparisons between regions and macro-regions on multiple indicators, including those of different Goals.
  • Publications, articles, dossiers on the topic of sustainability in Italy.
Publisher
ASviS

BPR (Bibliography of the Italian Parliament and electoral studies) is a citation database with references of books and journal articles concerning:

  • the Italian Parliament since the granting of the Albertine Statute in 1848, thus including the parliamentary experience of the Savoy state, up to today;
  • the National Council and the Constituent Assembly;
  • electoral studies (laws, procedures, behavior), with reference to political elections in the same historical period both at national and local level.

The BPR includes legal studies but also studies conducted from a political point of view, organizational science, political sociology, as well as historiographical literature on the subject. Articles in newspapers and weekly magazines, parliamentary acts, sentences, laws and regulations are excluded.

Using documents in the public domain or on the basis of agreements with private and public publishers, it presents a selection of full-text documents (indexes of monographic works, sentences, periodical articles, contributions in miscellaneous works), attached to the bibliographic reference.

Since 2002, the BPR has also reported documents that can be found on the main legal websites.

Source
Biblioteca della Camera dei deputati
Coverage

from 1848

The database is one of the richest academic sources with the full text of nearly 300,000 book chapters and journal articles covering, among others, the humanities and international law.

The Library subscribes access to the full electronic text of 14 periodicals published by Brill: 

  • African Yearbook of International Law;
  • International Community Law Review;
  • International Journal of Marine & Coastal Law;
  • International Organizations Law Review;
  • Italian Yearbook of International Law;
  • Journal of the History of International Law = Revue d'histoire du droit international;
  • Journal of World Investment & Trade;
  • Law & Practice of International Courts & Tribunals;
  • Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations;
  • Nordic Journal of International Law;
  • Ocean Yearbook;
  • Oriente Moderno;
  • Perspectives on Global Development & Technology;
  • Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis = Revue d'Histoire du Droit = The Legal History Review.
Publisher
Koninklijke Brill NV
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The collection contains nearly 22,000 eBooks by Cambridge University Press related to the Social Sciences collection which includes the following disciplines: Anthropology, Archeology, Economics, History, Law, Management, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, Sociology.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The collection contains over 400 peer-reviewed e-journals by Cambridge University Press related to the HSS - Humanities and Social Sciences and STM - Science, Technology and Medicine which include, among others, the following subject areas: Art, Business, Computer Science , Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, History, Law, Mathematics, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, Social Studies, Statistics and Probability.

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Collection of electronic textbooks published by Cambridge University Press on various disciplines. The Higher Education section includes more then 1.200 titles.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Access note
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Center for Art Law is an American nonprofit that offers educational resources and programming for the advancement of arts and law community. Created in 2009, today the Center is the only independent art law entity in the United States dedicated to writing, gathering, and sharing law and visual arts information for the benefit of artists, students, lawyers and academics.

The Premium Course Subscription provides:

  • Individual account (discover how to register in the access guide using your Luiss credentials)
  • access to the Center's archived materials including, where available, recordings of past webinars and workshops’ handouts
  • access to the Case Law Corner (summaries of recent and ongoing art law litigation)
  • access to over 1,100 relevant and editorially independent articles
  • discounted tickets for upcoming events (discover how in the access guide using your Luiss credentials)

On the platform the Center publishes articles, provides insights, and aggregate art law resources, including law firms, educational courses, books, films, artists’ assistance, and bar associations.

Their monthly newsletter, the “Art Law Blast”, is an engaging rundown of upcoming events, legal cases, recent news, publications, exhibitions, and more.

The Center organizes virtual and in-person conferences, lectures, workshops, screenings, and studio tours. They work closely with law schools, student societies, law firms, arts organizations, and bar associations to plan events and to offer networking opportunities.

To register an individual account see the guide How to access Center for Art Law.

Source
Center for Art Law
Access note
Access through personal registration with your Luiss account. To download the access guide use your Luiss credentials..

The database gives access to the full text of a large amount of books published by Il Mulino within its scientific research series dating back to 2000.

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Publisher
Il Mulino
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only
Coverage

from 2000

Interdisciplinary collection of 57 English-language journals published by Duke University Press including authoritative titles such as History of Political Economy, Journal of Asian Studies, Demography, Social Text e Critical AI.

Trial ends on May 9, 2024.

Publisher
Duke University Press

Digital library with a selection of books in Italian and English published by Egea in the field of Social Sciences and belonging to the Library's Course Reserves collection.

Through the Bookshelf reader it is possible to highlight or insert personal notes within the volume which will also be available in subsequent accesses to the title. 

Read aloud function available. Cannot export or print.

Faculty can access Egea services following a different procedure reserved to teachers: those who would like to evaluate the acquisition of one or more titles, even if not subscribed by the Library, can register an individual account here with a professor profile indicating a maximum of 3 areas of interest, then on the following page in the My Egea books section they will be able to access all the ebooks related to the areas of interest previously indicated. Requests will be evaluated by the publisher.

Publisher
Egea
Access note
Access through IDEM authentication
Coverage

Concurrent Users per ebook: 5. Maximum loans per user: 2. Digital lending (days): 21. Early return: Yes. Renewal: possible after 24 hours.

Digital library with a selection of books published by Edward Elgar Publishing in the field of Social Sciences and the complete 2018 Law Collection.

It also contains some reference works: 

  • Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management;
  • Encyclopedia of Law and Economics;
  • Encyclopedia of Private International Law;
  • Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The Freedom Collection by Elsevier ScienceDirect contains the complete text of about 2,500 journals published by the Elsevier since 1995.

The social sciences journals present in the database are over 600. The Library also subscribes to 4 disciplinary collections - Business, Management and Accounting , Decision Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Social Science - with the full text starting from the 1st issue and up to 1994.

Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only
Coverage

from 1995

Collection of over 300 publications published by Emerald Group Publishing.

Access is guaranteed, where available, since 1986.

Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

On-line citation database with the records of Italian journals in the fields of economics, social sciences, law and history.

It contains citations of articles published since 1982 in over 850 periodicals.

Source
Associazione ESSPER
Coverage

from 1982

The Library provides access to a selection of books published by Giappichelli from 2007 to 2021, plus the entire collection published from 2022 in the field of Social Sciences with particular focus on Law and Economics. The full texts can be accessed online through a renewable 15-day digital loan.

Publisher
G. Giappichelli Editore
Allowed Domains
studenti.luiss.it, luiss.it, luissbusinessschool.it, luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissbusinessschool.it, studenti.luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissexecutivemanagementeducation.it

Essential Science Indicators provides tools to analyze and compare Research performance, identify significant trends, rank the best performers, and evaluate potential employees and collaborators.

The numerical indicators of ESI are based on 11,727 journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index) for a period of 10 years.

Citation counts for these articles are from journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index). ESI indicators are calculated on 11 years of data. The database is updated six times a year.

Publisher
Clarivate
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Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Online version of the encyclopedia published in 2011 by SAGE and edited by Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Leonardo Morlino.

The work treats the main topics in political science, including comparative politics, epistemology, economic politics, political sociology and international relations.

Publisher
SAGE Publications
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

JCR provides information and tools to determine the scientific impact of periodicals in the fields of science and social science.

The data is derived from over 11,000 journals chosen as the most important and cited worldwide in the two categories.

The following statistical tools are available:

  • the Impact Factor, which allows to determine the importance of a journal compared with others in the same scientific sector;
  • the Immediacy Index, which measures how quickly a journal article is cited on average and how often journal articles are cited in the same year;
  • the Cited Half Life, which measures the validity of the cited articles over time.
Publisher
Thomson Reuters
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Full text of the historical collection of over 570 of the most important and historical international periodicals in the social sciences: economics, history (the journals of the American Historical Association are present), statistics, political science, demography, law.

Coverage is from the 1st issue, but usually includes a 3-year embargo *.

The Library subscribes to the following collections:

  • Arts & Sciences I, most relevant titles: American Historical Review Journal of African American History Speculum William and Mary Quarterly Journal of American History
  • Arts & Sciences II, most relevant titles: American Antiquity American Journal of Archeology American Anthropologist Annals of the Association of American Geographers Geographical Journal
  • Arts & Sciences XII, most relevant titles: ABA Journal Foro Italiano Revista Chilena de Derecho Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka Zeitschrift fur Rechtspolitik

* EMBARGO: shorter or longer period during which the publisher of the journal does not provide the authorization to publish the electronic format online

Publisher
JSTOR
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The subscription provides access to all the contents published on the web site https://www.repubblica.it/, included the Premium ones. Access is available exclusively from smartphones and tablets using your usual browser in mobile mode (e.g. Chrome or Safari).

 

Publisher
GEDI News Network S.p.A
Allowed Domains
studenti.luiss.it, luiss.it, luissbusinessschool.it, luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissbusinessschool.it, studenti.luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissexecutivemanagementeducation.it
Access note
Access through activation code and personal registration with Luiss account

Digital library with a selection of books in Italian and English published by McGraw-Hill in the field of Social Sciences and belonging to the Library's Course Reserves collection.

Through the Bookshelf reader it is possible to highlight or insert personal notes within the volume which will also be available in subsequent accesses to the title. Notes are also exportable to OneNote.

Read aloud function available. Find out more about the accessibility policy.

Cannot export or print.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Access note
Access through personal registration with Luiss account (Bookshelf).

The platform provides access to over 7,000 national and international newspapers and magazines.

Titles can be consulted in the same version of the original:

  • Main newspapers: Corriere della Sera (national edition and local editions), Il Fatto newspaper, Il Tempo, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Le Figaro, Libération, Le Temps, El Pais, El Mundo, Der Tagesspiegel.
  • Main specialist journals: L'Economia (Corriere della Sera), Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Financial Planning, China Economist, Newsweek, The New York Review of Books, Jeune Afrique, Le Point, Alternatives Economiques, El Financiero, El Economista.
  • Main general publications with a wide circulation: Wired, Vanity Fair, Focus, La Cucina italiana, DOVE, AD, Cosmopolitan, Storica National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, Rolling Stone, Yoga Journal.

Access also via the Pressreader app for iPhone and iPad or the Android app: access the MLOL website and then the Pressreader app, you are automatically recognized and access is kept in memory for 1 week.

See the guide How to access MLOL Digital Library.

Accessibility Policy (IT)

Source
Horizons Unlimited
Allowed Domains
studenti.luiss.it, luiss.it, luissbusinessschool.it, luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissbusinessschool.it, studenti.luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissexecutivemanagementeducation.it
Access note
Access through IDEM authentication. The Library members and Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only.

Legal and economic information platform designed for academic research. It provides access to over 35,000 sources, including news, legal information, business, international legislation, newspapers and the FT Financial Times full-text cover-to-cover, as well as company and country profiles, demographic and market research , reports and industrial analyzes.

Regarding legal information, it documents American and European legislation and jurisprudence, most of the full-text English-language legal journals including the major journals of American law schools, ABA publications, as well as all the Case American Law, Administrative Codes, Federal and State, etc.

On Nexis Uni are also available the Restatements of the Law, a set of treatises on specific legal subjects published by the American Law Institute (ALI), that harmonize and consolidate American Common Law.

As regards business and financial information, however, it contains numerous directories relating to companies, with reports (Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Hoovers' Company Profile Database, Thomson Directories, Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Daily Market, EIU Reports), as well as the full text of numerous magazines. It also gives access to Company Dossier, a specific section containing detailed reports and analyzes relating to companies around the world.

Publisher
LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Digital library of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).

The Library provides access to the complete collection, which includes:

  • periodical publications: complete full text of journals (Journals, Statistical Periodicals, Reference Works) and Working Papers, in addition to the 2 At a glance publications "OECD factbook" and "STI Scoreboard";
  • monographs: all books and reports published by the OECD;
  • statistics: statistical data can be downloaded as interactive datasets in csv or xls. The data concern the main economic and social indicators for OECD member countries but many indicators are also retrievable for important countries that are not part of the Organization. An alternative access to this data is the OECD.Stat.
Publisher
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only
Coverage

from 1998

Free access archive edited by the Liberty Fund containing the full text of thousands of books. The subject areas covered, with a focus on individual freedom, are those of Social Sciences and Humanities: economics, law, history, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion. The chronological coverage ranges from ancient times to the present.

Publisher
Liberty Fund, Inc.

Access to over 140 electronic journals published by Oxford related to: Arts and HumanitiesLaw Social Sciences.

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only
Coverage

from 1996

Handbooks published by Oxford University Press within the following collections:

  • Business and Management: Foundation (before 2012)
  • Economics and Finance: 2013 e 2016-2020
  • Law: Foundation (before 2012), 2015 e 2016-2024
  • Philosophy: Foundation (before 2012)
  • Political Science: Foundation (before 2012), 2012-2024

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Textbooks platform published by Oxford University Press in the field of Politics. The library subscribes the Full collection 2023 that includes the sub-collections International Relations, European Union, Introduction to politics, Political Theory and Political Philosophy providing access to more than 50 full text titles, including:

  • Comparative Politics, 6th edition (2023), Caramani
  • Introduction to Politics, 5th edition (2023), Garner, Ferdinand, & Lawson
  • Security Studies: Critical Perspective, 1st edition (2023), Grayson
  • International Relations and the European Union, 4th edition (2023), Hill, Smith, & Vanhoonacker
  • Global Politics, 1st edition (2023), Hirst, Merich, Hoover, & Roccu
  • Global Political Economy, 1st edition (2023), Phillips
  • Rethinking Political Thinkers, 1st edition (2023), Ramgotra & Choat
  • The Globalization of World Politics, 9th edition (2022), Baylis, Smith, & Owens
  • Strategy in the Contemporary World, 7th edition (2022), Baylis, Wirtz, & Johnson
  • I-PEEL: The International Political Economy of Everyday Life, 1st edition (2022), Brassett, Elias, Rethel, & Richardson
  • European Union Politics, 7th edition (2022), Cini & Perez-Solorzano Borragan
  • Contemporary Security Studies, 6th edition (2022), Collins
  • Human Rights: Politics and Practice, 4th edition (2022), Goodhart
  • Contemporary Terrorism Studies, 1st edition (2022), Muro & Wilson
  • The Institutions of the European Union, 5th edition (2021), Hodson & Peterson
  • Introduction to International Relations, 8th edition (2021), Jackson, Sorensen, & Møller
  • Global Politics, 1st edition (2021), Lawson
  • Research Methods in the Social Sciences, 1st edition (2021), Morin, Olsson, & Atikcan
  • The Politics of International Law, 1st edition (2021), Scicluna
  • Global Environmental Politics, 1st edition (2020), Morin, Orsini, & Jinnah
  • Global Political Economy, 6th edition (2020), Ravenhill
  • Policy-Making in the European Union, 8th edition (2020), Wallace et al
  • International Relations Since 1945, 3rd edition (2020, Young & Kent
  • How to do your Social Research Project or Dissertation, 1st edition (2019), Clark, Foster, & Bryman
  • International Relations of the Middle East, 5th edition (2019), Fawcett
  • Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes, 1st edition (2019), Kendall-Taylor, Lindstaedt, & Frantz
  • Democratization, 2nd edition (2018), Haerpfer et al
  • Origins and Evolution of the European Union, 2nd edition (2014), Dinan
  • Contemporary Political Philosophy, 2nd edition (2001), Kymlicka

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Electronic collection which provides access to over 5,000 books published by Oxford University Press in Law, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, and History. 

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The platform is published by Oxford University Press providing access to the series named Very Short Introductions with brief introduction to several topics such as Islamic studies, Sociology, Politics, Classics, History. 

The Library subscribes the Social sciences collection with around 100 full text titles.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Pandoracampus is a platform for the digital lending of a selection of handbooks published by Il Mulino, De Agostini Scuola (ISEDI e UTET Università), and Carocci. The collection contains almost 140 titles in Politics both in Italian and in English. If available, access is also provided to any supplementary materials, such as exercises, flashcards and insights. 

It is possible to work on books by underlining, copying portions of text and inserting annotations or questions. Special attention is paid to accessibility: you can choose between three different text sizes, select from five available typefaces, including OpenDyslexic, a font made to be particularly suitable for reading dyslexic people, change the color combination of the content. Furthermore, a speech synthesis function is integrated inside the reader for reading aloud.

Students can borrow 2 books at the same time up to 90 days (60 days for standard loans). If the activation of the lending is made accidentally, you can ask for the cancellation within 6 days by writing an e-mail to reference@luiss.it.

Students: access through IDEM authentication or through a personal registration with Luiss account (@studenti.luiss.it). See the guide How to access Pandoracampus.

Faculty can access Pandoracampus services following a different procedure reserved to teachers: for those professors who would like to evaluate the acquisition of one or more titles, it is required to fulfill a registration and ask for the free access. Requests will be evaluated by the publisher.

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Publisher
Il Mulino
Allowed Domains
studenti.luiss.it, luiss.it, luissbusinessschool.it, luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissbusinessschool.it, studenti.luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissexecutivemanagementeducation.it
Access note
Access through IDEM authentication or through personal registration with Luiss account (see Allowed Domains)

Digital Library with a selection of books published by Pearson in the field of Social Sciences which belong to the Library's Course Reserves. 

Using the Bookshelf Reader it is possible to underline the text or write notes which can be exported in OneNote. It is available the option of the loud reading. Books can not be exported or printed.

To access the Bookshelf Reader it is required to fulfill a free registration with the Luiss account. The offline reading is allowed once the app Bookshelf has been downloaded on personal devices. The title will be available in Bookshelf up to 24h also renewable.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Pearson
Access note
Access through personal registration with Luiss account (Bookshelf).

Online Library with unlimited access to over 900,000 textbooks and academic resources by several national and international publishers such as Pearson, Routledge, Simon&Schuster, Kaplan, Bloomsbury, Princeton University Press, Yale University Press, Cengage Learning, Wiley, LUISS University Press, Laterza, Mondadori.

The platform provides tools to highlight, save notes, and create reading lists to be shared with the academic community. Titles are interdisciplinary with numerous topics from Arts to Economics, from Law to STEM.

See the guides for further information:

See the guide How to access Perlego.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Perlego Ltd
Allowed Domains
studenti.luiss.it, luiss.it, luissbusinessschool.it, luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissbusinessschool.it, studenti.luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissexecutivemanagementeducation.it
Access note
Access through IDEM authentication

Rivisteweb is the online archive of the journals published by Il Mulino (currently over 50 titles are available in electronic version).

Coverage starts from 1997 for publications in the fields of History, Philosophy, Linguistics and Literary criticism, Music, Psychology, Political sciences, Economics, and Law.

Articles are in pdf and reproduce the original printed version. 

Publisher
Il Mulino
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The electronic collection provides access to over 800 ejournals published by SAGE in the fields of Humanities.

Further indications about covered topics at http://online.sagepub.com/browse/by/discipline.

Publisher
SAGE Publications
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The database provides in-deep quantitative and qualitative methods for the scientific research. It collects and gives access to the classic bibliographic materials (ebooks, Reference works and multimedia contents as Videos. The Library subscribes the Core Ebooks module and the Market Research Videos.

The platform provides also specific tools for configuring and managing the research results like the Methods Map, the Project Planner, and the Which Stats Test.

By registering the personal login it is possible to create reading lists and save collections of materials both private and public to be shared.

For further information see the use guide at the page SAGE Research Methods LibGuide.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
SAGE Publications
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The database provides citations and abstracts from scientific literature and other several online sources in the fields of Humanities and Social sciences.

Cited titles are journal articles, proceedings, books, webpages, and patents. 

Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Online access to the electronic version of the yearbook published by Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) from 2010. The Library subscribes issues until 2019.

SIPRI Yearbook is dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control, and disarmament..

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Source
SIPRI
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only
Coverage

2010-2019

The collection contains 60 peer-reviewed journals published by Springer and Palgrave Macmillan which are available on the SpringerLink platform.

Main topics are Humanistic Social Science, Social Sciences, Business and Management, Economics and Finance, Politics, International Relations and Cultural Studies.

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The database provides access to over 1.900 full text journals published by Springer.

It includes contents in several disciplinary fields within Architecture, Arts and Design, Behavioral Sciences, Economics and Management, Informatics, Engineering, Human Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics.

The Library subscribes the access also to the full text of around 900 journals published from the first issue until 1996:

  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Engineering;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Mathematics;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Medicine;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Behavioral Sciences;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Computer Sciences;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Physics and Astronomy;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Business and Economics;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Biomedical and Life Sciences;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Chemistry and Materials Science;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Earth and Environmental Sciences;
  • SpringerLink Historical Archives Humanities, Social Science, and Law.
Publisher
Springer
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Full text e-books published by Springer within the following collections:

  • Business & Economics: books with copyright 2010-2015 and 2005.
  • Business & Management: books with copyright 2016-2024.
  • Computer Science: books with copyright 2021-2024 (included the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science).
  • Earth and Environmental Science: books with copyright 2021-2024.
  • Economics and Finance: books with copyright 2021-2024.
  • Humanities, Social Sciences and Law: books with copyright 2012-2015.
  • Law & Criminology: books with copyright 2016-2024.
  • Mathematics & Statistics: books with copyright 2021-2024.
  • Political Science and International Studies: books with copyright 2021-2024.
  • Social Sciences: books with copyright 2021-2024.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Springer
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Selection of around 100 e-books published by Taylor & Francis within the Politics collection.

Accessibility Policy

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

The platform provides access to the e-journals published by Taylor & Francis within the Social Sciences and Humanities collection which contains also these sub-disciplines: Economics, Finance,Business & Industry, Law, Communication Studies, Humanities, Politics & International Relations, Health and Social Care, Social Sciences, Tourism,Hospitality and Events, Urban Studies.

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only
Coverage

from 1997

Data provider in support of academic excellence. It provides rankings, data, analysis and benchmarking that can help universities to analyze the international reality and their positioning.

THE publishes the World University Rankings, annual lists of universities worldwide with over 1,600 institutions in 99 countries in 2022. The ranking rates research-intensive universities in each of their main missions: teaching (the environment of learning); research (volume, income and reputation), international perspectives (personnel, students and research); citations (influence on research); sector income (knowledge transfer).

It also publishes the Europe Teaching Ranking, a survey of over 30,000 university students that, in addition to commitment, measures student achievement, the diversity of institutional environments and the resources universities have to teach effectively.

Lastly, it allows you to view the rankings results on the basis of a navigation by disciplines.

The Library's subscription provides access to the sections: News, Data (analysis and insights on Rankings), Opinion, Features (comments and editorials), Jobs (specific vacancies in the university environment), Book reviews, Magazine archive.

Since 2021 they have added the Campus section, dedicated to sharing resources, best practices, case studies about the reality of teaching and learning with particular attention to digital and distance learning.

More information at the page of the subscription details.

Publisher
TES Global Limited
Allowed Domains
studenti.luiss.it, luiss.it, luissbusinessschool.it, luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissbusinessschool.it, studenti.luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissexecutivemanagementeducation.it
Access note
Access through personal registration with Luiss account

Online platform of The New York Times. The Library's subscription provides access to: 

The subscription also gives access to the educational platforms inEducation (resources created for students and faculties in several disciplinary areas) and The Learning Network.

Access through personal registration only with your Luiss account. Access also through the app: download the app and access it with the same credentials used for the nytimes.com.

Please note that the pass to access The New York Times expires after 364 days. To renew the password you need to login in the personal area and click on the page of the first registration; at this point the system will recognize you and send a confirmation e-mail for another 364 day renewal. 

Publisher
The New York Times Company
Allowed Domains
studenti.luiss.it, luiss.it, luissbusinessschool.it, luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissbusinessschool.it, studenti.luissbusinessschool.nl, studenti.luissexecutivemanagementeducation.it
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Access through personal registration with Luiss account
Coverage

from 1851

Digital Library with the following dictionaries:

  • Lo Zingarelli: Italian dictionary (Zanichelli, 2023)
  • Il Ragazzini: English- Italian and Italian–English dictionary (Zanichelli, 2019)
  • Il dizionario di cinese: Chinese-Italian and Italian-Chinese dictionary by Zhao Xiuying (Zanichelli, 2013)
  • A dictionary of economics by John Black, Nigar Hashimzade, Gareth D. Myles (Oxford University Press, 2017)
  • A dictionary of business and management edited by Jonathan Law (Oxford University Press, 2016)
  • Oxford Dictionary of English (Oxford University Press, 2012)
  • Il Boch : French-Italian and Italian-French dictionary (Zanichelli, 2020)
  • Il Kovalev : IRusian-italian and ital'jansko russkij slovar' dictionary (Zanichelli, 2014)
  • Il grande dizionario di spagnolo : Spanish-Italian and italiano español dictionary (Zanichelli, 2012)
  • Il nuovo dizionario di tedesco : German-Italian and Italian-german dictionary (Zanichelli, 2019)
  • Collins English Dictionary: complete and unabridged (Collins, 2018)
  • Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache: das einsprachige Wörterbuch für alle, die Deutsch lernen (Langenscheidt, 2008)
Publisher
Gruppo Meta
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Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only

Serials directory which covers any topic and worldwide titles. It allows the browsing by subject. 

The bibliographic records provide information about the publication and the publisher, the history of the title, indication about the contents and availability both in printed and electronic versions with the link to the journal official website when available. 

Electronic version of the historical directory published since 1932. 

Publisher
Bowker
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Full text access to 12 journals published by University of Chicago Press

  • American Journal of Sociology,
  • Comparative Education Review,
  • Economic Development and Cultural Change,
  • Innovation Policy and the Economy,
  • Journal of Labor Economics,
  • The Journal of Law and Economics,
  • The Journal of Legal Studies,
  • The Journal of Modern History,
  • Journal of Political Economy,
  • NBER Macroeconomics Annual,
  • Philosophy of Science,
  • Signs.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
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The resource is the web-tv version of the MultiMedia Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences published by Rai and by and the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici which provides a selection of high-quality videos with over 1,500 interview-lessons to philosophers, scientists, historians, economists, jurists, and intellectuals from 34 Countries in the world.

The archive, continuously updated, contains also a selection form the multimedia catalog Teche Rai with the most relevant cultural tv talks and scientific productions of the Italian public telecommunications in over half century. 

Publisher
Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana; Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici; Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana

The database collects the citations done by scientific authors to create links and relations between titles with similar topics. By doing so, the resource produces indexes of international scientific periodicals and academic books. It contains the following archives:

  • Science Citation index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED): from 1985
  • Social Science Citation Index (SSCI): from 1985
  • Art and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI): from 1985
  • Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH): from 1990
  • Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH): from 2005
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI); from 2015
Publisher
Clarivate
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only
Coverage

form 1985

The database collects the full text journals published by Wiley and those published by Blackwell. The titles are over 1,300 covering several disciplinary areas: Education, Engineering, Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Psychology, Social sciences. 

The Library subscribes also various collections with the full text of over 150 journals from the first issue until 1996:

  • Business and Management,
  • Economics,
  • Finance and Accounting,
  • Law,
  • Philosophy,
  • Politics,
  • Sociology,
  • Social Policy,
  • Social Welfare and Anthropology.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Access note
Alumni can access the resource from the Library computers only