Classical Studies

Collection overview

The collection covers all areas of classical studies.

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 6th floor South Block
All items available on open access will display the location CLASSICS, with the classmark prefix 3 eg CLASSICS South Block 6th Floor (3) XFL P73T 2004
Most periodicals are located on the periodicals open shelves (PS) on the 3rd floor South Block
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Goldsmiths Library – 4th floor South Block . 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 at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor South Block.
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Art collection – classical art, architecture and sculpture
History collection – ancient history and archaeology
Palaeography collection – books about the transmission of texts, catalogues of Greek and Latin manuscripts and facsimiles of some manuscripts
Philosophy collection – classical philosophy
Special Collections
Dictionaries and classical reference works in the Information Centre, 4th floor South Block

Classmarks for Classical Studies

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg CLASSICS South Block 6th Floor (3) XFL P73T 2004

Subjects include:

Classical philology	XD

Greek language and literature	XE
History of Greek literature, by period	XF

Latin language and literature	XH
History of Latin literature, by period	XI

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

Other libraries

For more information about Classical Studies holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. Of particular interest is the Institute of Classical Studies Library. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk.