Germanic Languages & Literature

Collection overview

The largest holdings are in German, although other languages include:

Danish
Dutch
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish

The holdings of this collection have been designed to complement the German collections of the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies.? As a result the collection is strong in translations and English language critical material.

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 4th floor (IGS Collection, Middlesex North) and 5th floor (SHL Collection)
All items available on open access will display the location GERMANIC, with the classmark prefix 3 eg GERMANIC (SHL) 5th floor (3)XWT B42E 996
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Room 4th floor. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request stack items through the online catalogue (fill in a form at the Circulation Desk for items that cannot be requested digitally)
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Linguistics collection
German collections of the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies
English collection - comparative literature and literary theory
Film and media collection
Palaeography and book history collections
Special Collections and Archives including the Goldsmiths Library of Economic Literature
Dictionaries and reference works in the Reference Collection, 4th floor

Classmarks for Germanic languages and literatures

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg GERMANIC (SHL) 5th Floor (3) XWT B42E 996

XV: German language

XW: German literature (general)

XWJ: Old high German literature

XWK: Middle high German literature

XWM: 16th-17th centuries

XWN: 18th century

XWO Schiller

XWP: Goethe

XWQ: Early 19th century

XWR: Late 19th century

XWT: 1900-1960

XUW: 1960-

XX: Swiss language and literature

XYD-XYF: Icelandic

XYH-XYJ: Norwegian

XYN-XYO: Danish

XYS-XYT: Swedish

XZ: Dutch and Flemish

XZZ: Afrikaans

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about German holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk.