Linguistics

To locate books when you know the title:
-Go to the Library Homepage and type the title in the search box. Search.
-In the left-hand sidebar, under Item Types, click on Books.
-Scroll to find your title.
-Click on the title to find the call number.

To find books about a topic when you don't know the title:
-Think of keywords that relate to your topic.
-Go to the Library Homepage and type in the keywords.
-Search. Then, in the left-hand sidebar under Item Types, click on Books.
-Scroll to find your title.
-Click on the title to find the call number.

To learn more about searching for materials using the library catalogue, watch the Building Blocks for Library Research video series put together by Libraries and Cultural Resources staff.

To browse for books related to Linguistics on the shelves, use the call number range P1 - P1091. These books are located on the 6th floor of the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL). You may also find books on the linguistics of particular languages in the sections relating to particular language families: for example, classical languages (Latin, Greek) are in the PA section, Romance languages are in the PC section, Germanic languages are in the PD and PF sections, and East Asian languages are in the PL section. The Library of Congress has a full list of the call number ranges they use for languages and linguistics.

Note that not all of our Linguistics books are located in the TFDL; many are housed in the High Density Library (HDL). If you see that a book in the library catalogue that you're interested in is located in the HDL, sign into your library account to request it. It will be delivered to TFDL (or another campus library location) within a couple of days.