Languages

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Collection Locations in Ryan Library

The 400's are in Ryan Library, 3rd Floor, West Wing. Call numbers beginning with "R" are reference books on the first floor, and call numbers starting with "Q" are oversized books found on the 3rd floor in the West Wing.

Books on Language can be found in the Dewey Decimal sections:

• 410 Linguistics
• 420 English & Old English
• 430 Germanic languages, i.e., German
• 440 Romance languages, i.e., French
• 450 Italian language
• 460 Spanish & Portuguese languages
• 470 Italic languages, i.e., Latin
• 480 Hellenic languages, i.e., Classical Greek
• 490 Other languages

The Language books can be found in Ryan Library, 3rd floor, West Wing.

The 800's are in Ryan Library, 2nd Floor, East, South, and West Wings. Call numbers beginning with "R" are reference books on the first floor, and call numbers starting with "Q" are oversized books found on the 3rd floor in the West Wing.

Books on Literature & Rhetoric can be found in the Dewey Decimal Sections in Ryan Library:

• 810 American literature in English - 2nd fl., East Wing
• 820 English & Old English literature - 2nd  fl., East Wing
• 830 Literature of Germanic languages - 2nd fl., East Wing
• 840 Literature of Romance languages - 2nd fl. South Wing
• 850 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic - 2nd fl., West Wing
• 860 Spanish & Portuguese literature - 2nd fl., West Wing
• 870 Italic literature, i.e., Latin - 2nd fl., West Wing
• 880 Hellenic literature, i.e., Classical Greek - 2nd fl., West Wing
• 890 Literature of other languages - 2nd fl., West Wing

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The 900's are in Ryan Library, 2nd Floor, West Wing. Call numbers beginning with "R" are reference books on the first floor, and call numbers starting with "Q" are oversized books found on the 3rd floor in the West Wing.

Books on Geography & History can be found in the Dewey Decimal Sections:

• 910 Geography & travel
• 920 Biography, genealogy, insignias
• 930 History of the ancient world
• 940 General history of Europe
• 950 General history of Asia & Far East
• 960 General history of Africa
• 970 General history of North America
• 980 General history of South America
• 990 General history of other areas​ 

Geography & History books can be found in Ryan Library, 2nd fl., West Wing.