Italian Language and Literature 

Browsing location in Bobst: PC1020-PC1977, 1st floor reference and 8th floor stacks. (Includes dialect dictionaries).

Grande Dizionario della Lingua Italiana. ed. Salvatore Battaglia. Torino: UTET, 1961-2002.
Bobst REF1 PC1625.B3
This replacement for the century-old standard Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (Tommaseo/Bellini) is a collaborative work of many specialists. Planned on historical principles; gives full definitions and examples of meanings and usages in chronological order.

LEI: Lessico Etimologico Italiano.& Max Pfister. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert, 1984-.
Bobst REF1 PC1580.P38
An ambitious and scholarly work on the etymology of the Italian language and its dialects. Provides sources and datings of usage, cites other dictionaries, linguistic atlases etc., and provides references to linguistic studies. As of Fall 2005, covers A-CALCA.

Grande Grammatica Italiana di Consultazione.. 3 vols. Lorenzo Renzi, ed.Bologna : Mulino, c1988.
Bobst REF1 PC1105 .G735 1988
3-volume guide to contemporary grammar; chapters written by specialists. Extensive treatment of points of grammar with many examples. Vol. 3 has a general index for the set.