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Torrossa hosts an array of scholarly content in the Humanities and Social Sciences from a wide range of renowned publishers from Italy, Spain and more, making it an essential resource for libraries with an interest in current scholarly publishing from Mediterranian Europe.

Torrossa full text Collections 2023 of eBooks and eJournals can be found below.

New International Content

French and English language publishers from Europe and beyond

 
Thanks to our collaboration with Erasmus Boekhandel, the catalogue of quality research content available in digital format through Torrossa now includes prominent imprints from France, the Netherlands, the UK, United States and further afield, including names such as Routledge, Sage and John Benjamins. Over 400 highly respected publishers from across Europe already contribute content to the Torrossa digital library, with more joining each month.
 
Click on the links to browse the content currently available on Torrossa from each of these publishers:

EIO - Editoria Italiana Online

Italian scholarly publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Description
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.
Relevant, quality and up-to-date
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.
Licence
  • 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
  • View, copy/paste text and print
  • Fourteen-day downloads
2023 Collections - 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".
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Complete 169 755 758 242 13.715
Premier 169 368 371 242 7.963
Core 135 272 275 204 6.225
Basic 91 272 275 133 6.225
Periodicals Plus 270 - - 360 -
Periodicals 136 - - 205 -
Monographs Complete - 750 758 - 13.715
Monographs - 272 275 - 6.225
Italian Studies 33 33 33 53 933
Language & Literature 34 49 52 51 927
History 32 40 40 44 742
Social Sciences 53 85 97 82 1.591

EEO - Edición Española Online

Scholarly content from a select group of Spanish academic publishers

Description
Content from over 30 prestigious Humanities and Social Sciences publishers.
Relevant, quality and up-to-date
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.
Licence
  • 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
  • View, copy/paste text and print
  • Fourteen-day downloads
Collections - 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".
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
EEO - 690 690 - 6.339
EEO Journals 55 - - 60 -
EEO Spanish Studies - 210 210 - 2.112

Franco Angeli Online

Scientific texts and manuals for students, researchers and professionals

Description
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.
Licence
  • 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
  • View, copy/paste text and print
  • Fourteen-day downloads
2023 Collections - 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.
Journals
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Complete 60 - - 60 -
Economics 10 - - 10 -
Psychology 16 - - 16 -
Sociology 10 - - 10 -
Urban Studies 4 - - 4 -
Law & Public Administration 6 - - 6 -
History 11 - - 11 -
Philosophy 2 - - 2 -
Monographs
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Archives 2001-2011 - - - - 1.258
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

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

Description
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
Licence
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  • Documents in pdf format
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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Studi e Testi 11 - 30 - 458

Carocci E-journal Collection

Content in a range of disciplinary fields from one of Italy's leading university presses

Description
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.
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Complete Collection 15 - - 13 -

L'Erma di Bretschneider

Specialist titles in Archeology, Philology, History and Art History

Description
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.
Licence
  • One-time purchase
  • Permanent access guaranteed
  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
  • View, copy/paste text and print
  • Fourteen-day downloads
2023 Collections - 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.
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
2022 Update - - - - 64
2019-2021 Update - - - - 157
Archive - - - 31 993

Giappichelli Editore

Scholarly publications in Law, Economics, Business and Management

Description
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.
Licence
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  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
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  • Fourteen-day downloads
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Law Collection - 353 461 - 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

Description
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.
Licence
  • 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
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Studi Verdiani - - - 29 48

Casa Editrice Le Lettere

The Complete Works of Giovanni Gentile an exhaustive collection of both published and unpublished works compiled over a 70-year period

Description
First published by Sansoni and now by the Le Lettere publishing house, the Complete Works of Giovanni Gentile offers a remarkably complete insight into his historical, philosophical and political thought.
The collection is comprised of 21 e-book titles, including some previously unpublished works. This collection also offers renewed access to out of print texts.
Licence
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  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
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  • View, copy/paste text (download and print unavailable)
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Opere complete I - - - - 21

Il Mulino

Prominent Italian Social Sciences and Humanities e-journals

Description
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.
Licence
  • 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
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Complete 72 - - 72 -
Humanities 29 - - 29 -
Social Sciences 19 - - 19 -
Economics & Law 24 - - 24 -

Leo S.Olschki

Ongoing project for the complete digitisation of the prestigious publisher's e-book and e-journal archives

Description
The collection consists of monographs, e-journals, and conference proceedings available online. All works published between 2000 and 2018 are currently available.
Within the complete collection many topics are covered, these can also be purchased as subject-specific collections.
Licence
  • One-time purchase
  • Permanent access guaranteed
  • Annual maintenance fee (may be applied after cancellation)
  • Documents in pdf format
  • View, copy/paste text and print
  • Fourteen-day downloads
Journals
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Archivio storico italiano (1842-2020) - - - 603 issues - -
Belfagor (1946-2012) - - - 401 issues - -
Il pensiero politico (1968-2020) - - - 157 issues - -
Il Saggiatore Musicale (1994-2020) - - - 51 issues - -
La Bibliofilia (1899-2020) - - - 497 issues - -
La parola del passato (1946-2018) - - - 343 issues - -
Lettere italiane (1949-2020) - - - 280 issues - -
Lares (1912-2020) - - - 253 issues - -
Rinascimento (1938-2020) - - - 115 issues - -
Monographs
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Complete Collection 2022 - - - - 36
Complete Collection 2021 - - - - 52
Complete Collection 2020 - - - - 40
Complete Collection 2019 - - - - 45
Complete Collection 2018 - - - - 63
Complete Collection 2017 - - - - 49
Complete Collection 2000-2016 - - - - 1.397
Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d’italia (1890-2013) - - - - 116
Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi – Cataloghi (1951-2012) - - - - 99
Biblioteca Archivum Romanicum - Serie 1: Storia, Letteratura (1921-2019) - - - 89 issues 401
Biblioteca Archivum Romanicum - Serie 2: Linguistica (1921-2018) - - - - 62
Biblioteca Archivum Romanicum - Serie 1 e 2 (1921-2019) - - - 89 issues 463 -
Biblioteca Italiana di Bibliografia - - - - 213 -

Fabrizio Serra Editore

Internationally recognised journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Description
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
Journals
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Complete 152 - - 152 -
Italian Studies 64 - - 64 -
Archaeology 41 - - 41 -
Classical Philology 30 - - 30 -
Philosophy & Pedagogy 11 - - 11 -
History & Economics 28 - - 28 -
Law 4 - - 4 -
Linguistics 9 - - 9 -
Social Sciences & Religion 8 - - 8 -
Bibliography & History of the Book 6 - - 6 -
Modern & Contemporary Philology 19 - - 19 -
Applied Sciences & Technologies 14 - - 14 -
Literary Criticism 23 - - 23 -
Renaissance Studies 14 - - 14 -
Medieval Studies 16 - - 16 -
Monographs
2023 Collection - 207 - - -

Circolo di Cultura Politica Fratelli Rosselli

Political, historical and cultural debate in Italy

Description
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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  • Documents in pdf format
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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli 1981-2015 - - - 63 issues - -

SISMEL Edizioni del Galluzzo

The research of the Società Internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo Latino

Description
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.
Licence
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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Mediaeval Sudies - - - - 57

Zanichelli Editore

A large collection of Italian literary classics

Description
The collection consists of 1171 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.
Licence
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  • Documents in pdf format
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  • Fourteen-day downloads
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
BIZ - Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli 1171 - - - - 1.171

Pacini

Pacini Editore E-books

Description
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.
Licence
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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
E-book Collection - 109 116 - -

École Française de Rome

Research focusing on the History, Archeology and Social Sciences of the Mediterranean

Description
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.
Licence
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  • Documents in pdf format
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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Collection 3 15 - 3 402

Arco Libros

Spanish academic works in the field of Philology

Description
Arco Libros is considered a leader in the publishing of Spanish works in field of Philology. This collection of e-books has increased in its coverage and now also publishes excellent manuals on the following topics:
  • The Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language
  • Library Sciences & Reference Studies
  • History
Licence
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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Arco Libros e-books - 10 - - 146

Casa de Velázquez

Authoritative publications in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Description
Founded in 1929, the Casa de Velázquez is widely recognised for its academic output. As one of the five overseas Ecoles Fran&ccedl;aises 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.
Licence
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  • Documents in pdf format
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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Collection - 8 16 - 89

Editorial CSIC

E-journals from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Description
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.
Licence
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  • 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
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Complete 37 - - 39 -

Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert

Scholarly publications on Latin America and Spain

Description
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.
Licence
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  • Documents in pdf format
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  • Fourteen-day downloads
2022 Collections - 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 2020 are included in "Ebooks Backlist 2020" and are not included in "Ebooks Archive".
Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Collection - 78 255 - 745

Visor Libros

Over fifty years of excellence in publishing Spanish-language poetry

Description
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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Collection Name Ejournals Active Ebooks 2023 Ebooks Backlist 2022 Ejournals Archive Ebooks Archive Catalogue List [XLS] Price Request
Collection - 36 89 - 298
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