Languages

Iona University Libraries Research Guide on Languages

Languages

Welcome to the research guide for Languages!

This guide will support your research in Languages and related fields of study.

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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

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.