Italian

Collection overview

The Italian collection is grouped within other Romance language and literature collections.

Collection strengths include:

Emphasis on literature, with primary texts collected mainly in the original language
Critical material available in both Italian and English, together with some English language translations of key or representative texts
Substantial holdings of related periodical literature and Special Collections material

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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 ITALIAN, with the classmark prefix 3 eg ITALIAN South Block 6th Floor (3) XMA Cam
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 – for Italian art, architecture and history of art
Film – books on Italian film are with the Film and Media Studies collection, with films in the DVD collection
History – for Italian history and cultural history
Music
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Special Collections – eg Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature (early economic history, travel), Porteus Library (French Revolution)
Dictionaries and reference works in the Information Centre, 4th floor

Classmarks for Italian

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg ITALIAN South Block 6th Floor (3) XMA Cam

Italian language	XL
General history and criticism	XLA
Grammar - written	XLC
Grammar - spoken	XLD
Dialects	XLV
Italian literature	XM
General history and criticism	XMA
Special aspects	XMB
Poetry – general	XMD
Drama – general	XME
Novel – general	XMF
Medieval	XMJ
Renaissance	XML
17th century	XMM
18th century	XMP
19th century	XMQ
1900-1960	XMT
1960-	XMU

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

Other libraries

For more information about Italian Studies 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