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Spanish Langauge and Literature

Finding Books

The library provides access to a variety of books in both print and electronic formats. You can find general reference books, literary works by Spanish authors, as well as scholarly books written about them (both in English and Spanish). Spanish Language books can be found under the call numbers PC4001-4977 in the Nicholson Library. Spanish literature can be found under the call numbers PQ6001-8929.

Use the Advanced Search feature in the library catalog to find library books in Spanish by selecting "Books" from the Material Type drop down menu and "Spanish" from the Language drop down menu as shown in the image below.

How to Read a Call Number

E
173
Z564
2004
To read a call number, consider each section independently.    
  • E
    Read the 1st line in alphabetical order: A, B, E, F, G
  • 173
    Read the 2nd line as a whole number: 1, 2, 3, 32, 100, 150, 173,1000...
  • Z564
    First read the 3rd line alphabetically. Then read the following number as a decimal: C51, D49, Z516, Z564, Z8 
  • 2004
    The last line is the year, and is read in chronological order: 1989, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2010