Research Guides: World Languages

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World Languages Books & Media

How to find books, videos, and other materials in Steely Library

These are suggestions only and do not reflect the full range of materials that may be useful to you. For additional assistance, Ask Steely Library!

For locating specific items, using the library's catalog, NKUIRE, is recommended. Keyword, Author, Title, and Subject are among the ways you can search.

For Non-Print Media (videos, DVDs, CDs, slides, etc.), Consider the "Media Searches" tab atop the NKUIRE search page.

WorldCat is the world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 49 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information from 2100 B.C.E. to the present. Includes holdings information from libraries across the world. Now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus. If Steely Library does not own a title, it may be requested through SourceFinder.

Browsing for books in Steely's Reference and Circulating collections can be very useful.

For World Languages, the following call number areas are suggested:
  • P - Philology. Linguistics
  • PA - Greek language and Literature, Latin language and literature
  • PB - Modern languages, Celtic languages
  • PC - Romanic languages
  • PD - Germanic languages, Scandinavian languages
  • PE - English Language
  • PF - West Germanic Languages
  • PG - Slavic Languages, Baltic Languages, Albanian language
  • PH - Uralic languages, Basque language
  • PJ - Oriental languages and literature
  • PK - Indo-Iranian languages and literature
  • PL - Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
  • PM - Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages
  • PN - Literature (General)
  • PQ - French literature, Italian literature, Spanish literature, Portuguese literature
  • PR - English literature
  • PS - American literature
  • PT - German literature, Dutch literature, Flemish literature since 1830, Afrikaans literature, Scandinavian literature, Old Norse literature, Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian, Modern Icelandic literature, Faroese literature, Danish literature, Norwegian literature, Swedish literature

New Non English Languages or Literature Titles in the Library's catalog, NKUIRE.

New Philology and Linguistics Titles in the Library's catalog, NKUIRE.

The World Languages Research Guide is maintained by Mary Chesnut. Suggestions and comments are welcome.