Basic Italian Research tutorial, also tutorials on reading Italian script and records, free on FamilySearch (Don’t forget to check to see what records and indexes Family Search has on-line for Italy. Includes many baptisms and other church records.): https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Italy%22

Italian Genealogy Group, membership group with free databases and articles, both for Italy and for Italians in the US: http://italiangen.org/

Italian Genealogy, free forum, articles: http://www.italiangenealogy.com/

Italian Genealogy & Family History, About.com: http://genealogy.about.com/od/italy/Italian_Genealogy_Family_History.htm

Italian Genealogy Online, forum and many articles, includes names and naming patterns:  http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/index.html