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
Collection location
- Most books are located on the 5th floor
- All items available on open access will display the location ITALIAN, with the classmark prefix 3 eg ITALIAN 5th Floor (3) XMA Cam
- All periodicals except for the most recent issues are now shelved in the Stack Service and need to requested via the Library catalogue.
- Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Library, 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 stack items through the online catalogue.
- 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 5th 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
1960-2010: XMU
2011- : XMV
For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme' which can be downloaded here.
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
Contact details
Andrea Meyer Ludowisy, Academic Liaison Librarian - Western European Languages
Andrea.MeyerLudowisy@london.ac.uk
020 7862 8969
moreor visit the Information Desk (4th floor)
shl.enquiries@london.ac.uk
020 7862 8461 or 8462

