Languages Subject Guide
Use this guide is a starting point for finding information either from library resources or through selected web sites from the appropriate Subject Internet Gateway. Please select an option below.
Subject Support Liaison Librarian
The library liaison for Humanities is Niamh Walker-Headon BA, MSc LIS, ALAI.
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Find Materials in the Library
- Use the library online catalogue to check what books, journals, videos, student projects etc. are in the library
- My Account tells you view what items you have on loan, here you can place requests for items on loan to by another user & renew your own loans.
- The library's Electronic resources provide access to: full text peer reviewed journal articles, abstracts, conferences and standards.
- The Internet is also a source of information. To assist you we have selected some web-sites and search portals for your subject area on the Subject Portals. These contain links to Subject Internet Gateways which list preselected links to web pages, so you don't have to do the searching.
Journals
Journals for this subject area are available in both print and electronic formats.
Print copies are available in the library journal area to the left of the library entrance.
Electronic journals are available:
- freely on the internet - to see a listing please see the subject internet Gateway
- via our subscription services - to see a listing please see Journals A-Z , Databases A-Z or on your subject portal
You will need your TU Dublin - Tallaght Campus network ID and password to view subscription services.
Relevant Databases & Electronic Resources
are listed on the Humanities Subject Portal the Language Internet Gateway the Linguistics Internet Gateway. and the Literature Internet Gateway
Useful web sites & Professional Organizations
These are available via the Subject Internet Gateways
Relevant Class Numbers
Class numbers are used to shelve library items in numerical order. Each number represents a subject. All the books on the same subject should be found together. Normally we will have added the first three letters of the surname of author to the class number, to make them easier to find.
Just follow the signage until you reach the number you require, and then follow the numbers on the spines of the books until you find the book you want.
Topic - Languages, Linguistics, and Literature |
Class Numbers |
Languages | 400 |
Language Usage | 418 |
Language Acquisition | 401.93 |
Literature | 800-899 |
Translation | 418.02 |
Criticism | 809 |
French Language | 440 |
French Literature | 840 |
German Language | 430 |
German Literature | 830 |
Italian Language | 470 |
Italian Literature | 870 |
Spanish Language | 460 |
Spanish Literature | 860 |
Applied Linguistics | 418 |
English as a Foreign Language | 428.24 |
Irish Language | 491.62 |
Irish Language Literature | 891.62 |
Irish Literature in English | 820 or Fiction |
Dictionaries - general | 413 |
English Dictionaries | 423 |
German Dictionaries | 433 |
French Dictionaries | 443 |
Italian Dictionaries | 453 |
Spanish Dictionaries | 463 |
Irish/Gaeilge Dictionaries | 491.623 |
English Grammar | 428 |
Speech Analysis | 621.3192 |
Reference Materials
This material is located in the reference section of the library, near the library desk.
This material cannot be removed from the library.
Title |
Class Number |
Oxford Encyclopedic English dictionary | Reference 423 |
Oxford Duden German dictionary | Reference 423 |
Oxford Hachette French Dictionary | Reference 443.21 |
Collins Spanish dictionary | Reference 463.21 |
Foclóir Gaeilge/Béarla | Reference 491.62 |
Lettres Européennes | Reference 800 |
Oxford companion to English literature | Reference 809.03 |
Deutsche Literaturgeschichte | Reference 830 |
Blackwell companion to modern Irish culture | Reference 941.5 |
Chronology of Irish history since 1500 | Reference 941.50202 |
Dictionary of contemporary Germany | Reference 943.0879 |
Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture | Reference 944.0803 HUG |