It is unfortunate that the time lag of five years has still not yet been reduced. Giunta Centrale per gli Studi Storici. First published in 1995, Emeroteca storica italiana indexes historical journals and, as of volume 2, anthologies and collections. Indexed are close to 6,500 articles that appeared in some 530 journals and 126 collections. It is arranged by author, with a system of abbreviations, indexes, etc. that make it very cumbersome to use.
Subject searches are possible through the indexes, but difficult.
Unlike Emeroteca , the Bibliografia is limited to Italian history. The current issue includes almost 7,000 citations, arranged by historical epochs. This bibliography is generally easier to use than Emeroteca . The index lists only personal and geographical names.