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.
Collection location
- Most books are located on the 5th floor
- All items available on open access will display the location GERMANIC, with the classmark prefix 3 eg GERMANIC 3 XWT B42E 996
- Most periodicals are located on the periodicals open shelves (PS) on the 5th floor
- 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 at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor
- 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 Information Centre, 4th floor
Classmarks for Germanic languages and literatures
All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg GERMANIC 3 XWT B42E 996
| XV | German language | XWT | 1900-1960 |
| XW | German literature (general) | XUW | 1960- |
| XWJ | Old high German literature | XX | Swiss language and literature |
| XWK | Middle high German literature | XYD-XYF | Icelandic |
| XWM | 16th-17th centuries | XYH-XYJ | Norwegian |
| XWN | 18th century | XYN-XYO | Danish |
| XWO | Schiller | XYS-XYT | Swedish |
| XWP | Goethe | XZ | Dutch and Flemish |
| XWQ | Early 19th century | XZZ | Afrikaans |
| XWR | Late 19th century |
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.
Contact details
For further help, please contact the Information Desk (4th floor)
shl.enquiries@london.ac.uk 
020 7862 8461 or 8462
