Subject information
Books and journals in the Main Library
Books on English/American studies can be found in the reading room on the 1st floor under the shelf marks 10/HD … to 10/HU ... Literature on general and comparative linguistics and literary studies – much of which is also relevant – is available under the shelf mark groups 10/EC ... to 10/ED ..., 10/ER ... to 10/ET ...
Journals can be found under the shelf marks 11/HC ... (English/American studies) and 11/EA ... (general and comparative linguistics and literary studies).
You will find study-relevant literature under the shelf marks 24/Angl ...
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Books and journals in the Departmental Library for English, Germanic and Romance Language & Literatures
Books on English/American studies can be found under shelf marks 450/HD … to 450/HU ... Literature on general and comparative linguistics and literary studies can be found under the shelf mark groups 450/EC ... to 450/ED ... and 450/ER ... to 450/ET ...
Journals can be found under the shelf marks 450/HC ... (English/American studies) and 450/EA ... and 450/EQ ... (general and comparative linguistics and literary studies). New issues can be found in the journal display.
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General
Literature search tips are summarised on a separate page.
Subject-specific
The most important databases for literature research in the field of English/ American studies are the MLA International Bibliography and the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL). Both databases In addition to these two bibliographic databases, Proquest One Literature (LION) contains many other relevant primary and secondary sources on English/ American studies (electronic full text).
We also recommend the Bibliography of Linguistic Literature database for literature research in the field of linguistics.
