Alden Library at a Glance
Call Numbers
The call number ranges below are mostly on the 7th floor of Alden Library.
Germanic Languages
| CALL NUMBERS | SUBJECT |
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| PD1-780 | General |
| PD1001-1350 | Old Germanic dialects |
| PD1101-1211 | Gothic |
| PF1-5999 | West Germanic |
| PF1-979 | Dutch |
| PF1001-1184 | Flemish |
| PF1401-1541 | Friesian |
| PF3001-5999 | German |
| PF3801-3991 | Old High German |
| PF3992-4010 | Old Saxon |
| PF4043-(4350) | Middle High German |
| PF(4501)-(4596) | Early Modern German |
| PF5000-5951 | Dialects. Provincialism, etc. |
| PF5971-5999 | Slang. Argot, etc. |
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Finding Books in German If you want to find books written in German using the Library Search Catalog, you can use one of the Advanced Search options in the Catalog's Keyword search:
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German Literature
n the table below, note that the call number ranges for individual authors, beginning with PT1501, are done according to time period. Within each time period, works by individual authors and about their works are arranged in alphabetical order by last name.
| CALL NUMBERS | SUBJECT HEADINGS |
|---|---|
| PT1-80 | Literary history and criticism |
| PT83-(873) | History of German literature |
| PT175-230 | Medieval |
| PT236-405 | Modern |
| PT500-597 | Poetry |
| PT605-709 | Drama |
| PT711-871 | Prose |
| PT(881)-(951) | Folk literature |
| PT923-937 | Faust legend |
| PT1100-1479 | Collections |
| PT1100-1141 | General |
| PT1151-1241 | Poetry |
| PT1251-1299 | Drama |
| PT1301-1360 | Prose |
| PT1371-(1374) | Early to 1950. Old and Middle High German |
| PT1375-1479 | Middle High German |
| PT1501-2688 | Individual authors or works |
| PT1501-1695 | Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500 |
| PT1701-1797 | 1500-ca. 1700 |
| PT1799-2592 | 1700-ca. 1860/70 |
| PT1891-2239 | Goethe |
| PT2600-2653 | 1860/70-1960 |
| PT2660-2688 | 1961-2000 |
| PT2700-2728 | 2001- |
| PT3701-3971 | Provincial, local, colonial, etc. |
| PT3701-3746 | East Germany |
| PT4801-4897 | Low German literature |