Given the chronological scope of the book and the limited warehouse stock within the Italian publishing industry, one cannot expect the citations to include ISBNs and prices. The editor clearly and concisely summarizes each work, and truly remains unbiased. Content and audience are not obvious from the titles of these works, and so we must assume that, for our benefit, the editor has noted their existence, despite not having seen some of the works herself. Although the annotations are in Italian, collection development and reference librarians without knowledge of Italian will still find the bibliography useful in their work. The work contains a single index of personal names.
Most entries are to authors of the works cited.
The index also includes, in italics, names mentioned in abstracts. For example, the index refers to exercise books based upon the works of Dino Buzzati, Umberto Eco, and Dario Fo. Although probably not entirely necessary given the subject headings and the name index, a title index might have been beneficial as well. The book ought to be acquired by colleges and universities internationally that teach Italian at the undergraduate level, as well as by public libraries with Italian immigrant communities. The bibliography will also be of value to libraries supporting academic linguistics programs of second language acquisition, Romance languages, and language pedagogy.