: :Finding books in French 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 French as a language (philology, grammar, syntax, dictionaries) will be found in compact shelving on the east side of Level 1, between the call numbers PC2001 and PC3761, with most French-English dictionaries at PC2640.

French literature and the literature of the larger French-speaking world will be found between the call numbers PQ1 and PQ3999, 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.)

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 French in our catalog:

• do a subject search (from the Advanced Search page) for "French 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 ("French 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