: :Finding books in Spanish at the Marriott Library: :

Browsing the shelves of a library can lead to serendipitous discoveries.  But even with browsing it can help to have an idea of where particular subjects are located.  The following lists will give the browsers among you a place to start.

Books on Spanish as a language (philology, grammar, syntax, dictionaries) will be found in compact shelving on the east side of Level 1, between the call numbers PC4001 and PC4977, with most Spanish-English dictionaries at PC4640.

Spanish literature and the literature of Spanish-speaking countries outside of Spain will be found between the call numbers PQ6001 and PQ8929, also in compact shelving on Level 1, as follows:

(You can explore this in much greater detail at http://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCC/PQ-text.pdf, starting at page 352.)

The corresponding call numbers for the history and culture of these countries are found on the east side of Level 2:

To find children's books in Spanish in our catalog:

• do a subject search (from the Advanced Search page) for "Spanish language materials" -- be sure to include the quotation marks
• narrow your results using the Collection facet, on the right side of the screen when looking at search results in the catalog:  clicking on Juvenile Collection (or Marriott Reserve) will restrict the display to items in that collection, both of which are found on Level 3
• to see only the bilingual books, add "bilingual" to your search ("Spanish language materials bilingual")
• you can also consult the spreadsheet below, keeping in mind that results in the catalog will always be more up to date