Research Guides: Italian American Studies guide: Periodicals

Italian American journals

The Library has access to the most relevant journals in the field, as mentioned below. This is just a selection; other electronic journals can be searched for from our Electronic Journals portal: https://cuny-qc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/jsearch?vid=01CUNY_QC:CUNY_QC

Journals which are not electronic , or older holdings mentioned below, are boxed for offsite storage at Queens Hall. Articles needed are requested via Interlibrary Loan using one’s ILLiad account. please consult OneSearch from the library homepage http://library.qc.cuny.edu/

Italian American Review
Call Number: E184 .I8 I8
Publication Date: Request through ILL (E184 .I8 I8 ). Holdings: v.5 (1996/1997)-v.9 (2002) new ser. v.1:no.2 (2011:summer), v.3:no.1(2013:winter), v.2:no.2 (2013:summer), v.4:no.1(2014:winter)-v.8:no.1(2018)
Indexed in America: History & Life.
Italian Americana
Call Number: E184 .I8 I72
Publication Date: available from 1974 in JSTOR, most recent 4 years not available
Indexed in America: History & Life; MLA International Bibliography
Journal of American Ethnic History
Call Number: E184.A1 J67 Library has v.1, 1981-date (E184 .I8 I8 )
Indexed in and available electronically mainly through:
JSTOR
Academic Search Complete
America: History and Life
Historical Abstracts
SocINDEX, bring coverage up to one year ago.
Il Progresso Italo-Americano
Call Number: shelved by title. Library owns 1889-1894 and 1906-1915 with some issues missing. On microfilm. Request at Borrowing desk, Level 3.
The most important newspaper of the critical mass migration period especially to NYC; our Library is fortunate to own part of this seminal publication. A longer run also on microfilm available at the John D. Calandra Institute Library.
VIA: Voices in Italian Americana
Call Number: E184 .I8 V64
Publication Date: Request through ILL (E184 .I8 I8 ) Holdings: v.1 (1990)-v.2:no.1 (1991), v.3:no.1 (1992), v.4 (1993)-v.5:no.1 (1994), v.6 (1995)-v.7:no.1 (1996), v.8 (1997)-v.9 (1998), v.11:no.1 (2000), v.12 (2001)-,v.29:no.1 (2018)

Active ethnic newspapers such as Voce Italiana and Assoication house organs like Ambassador, can be found either by doing a search in OneSearch or in the database, Ethnic Newswatch.