Finding Aids
Below are finding aids that specify call numbers and call number ranges for the following items:
- American history--specific books that focus on decades
- American history--call number ranges for decades/major events
- Foreign language dictionaries
- Foreign language literature
The vast majority of books housed at PCL are arranged according to the Library of Congress (LC) Classification Outline. The outline gives call number ranges for subjects and disciplines.
Confused about where to find these call number ranges? Find the right floor and area in PCL by using the Location Guide.
Foreign Language Dictionary Guide
All dictionaries are available in PCL Stacks unless otherwise noted.
*Also available PCL Reference
|
Language |
Call Number Range |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal | PL 7006 (Dewey 499) |
| Afrikaans* | PF 862 (Dewey 439.363) |
| Akkadian (Assyrian) | PJ 3525 (Dewey 492.19) |
| Albanian* | PG 9591 |
| Amharic | PJ 9236 (Dewey 492.8) |
| Aneityumese | PL 6217 (Dewey 499) |
| Arabic* | PJ 6640 (Dewey 492.732) |
| Armenian* | PK 8091; PK 8441-8487 (Dewey 491.54) |
| Aryan | PK 1914; PK 175 (Dewey 491) |
| Assamese/Axomiya | PK 1556 (Dewey 491.49) |
| Assyrian (Akkadian) | PJ 3525 (Dewey 492.19) |
| Aveston (Old Persian) | PK 6106 (Dewey 491.5) |
| Bantu (Lala, Lamba, Wisa) | Dewey 496 M26L |
| Basque* | PH 5177 |
| Bengali* | PK 1687 (Dewey 491.4432) |
| Bini (Southern Nigeria) | Dewey 496.4 |
| Blackfoot (Siksika) | Dewey 497.3 |
| Bodo | PL 3873 (Dewey 495.49) |
| Breton* | PB 2837 |
| Bulgarian* | PG 979 (Dewey 491.8) |
| Burmese | PL 3957 (Dewey 495.83) |
| Cambodian (Khmer)* | PL 4326 |
| Cantonese* | PL 1736 (Dewey 495.17275) |
| Catalan* | PC 3891-3893 (Dewey 449.9) |
| Chamorro (Guam) | PL 5295 (Dewey 499.03) |
| Chicewa | PL 8110 |
| Chinese* | PL 1455-1459 (Dewey 495.132) |
| Chinook | PM 843 (Dewey 497.4) |
| Choctaw | Dewey 497; 572.07 |
| Coptic | PJ 2181 (Dewey 493.2-- in Storage) |
| Cornish | Dewey 491.6732 |
| Czech* | PG 4625-4640 (Dewey 491.863) |
| Danish* | PD 3640 (Dewey 439.832) |
| Dogri | PK 2647 |
| Dravidian | PK 4604 (Dewey 494.8) |
| Dutch* | PF 625-640 (Dewey 439.3132) |
| Egyptian | PJ 1425 (Dewey 493.1) |
| Ekagi | Dewey 499.12 |
| English Language* | PE 1625 (Dewey 423) |
| Eskimo | PM 50 (Dewey 497.13) |
| Estonian* | PH 625 |
| Ethiopian | PJ 9087 (Dewey 492.8) |
| Fijian | Dewey 499 |
| Finnish* | PH 279 (Dewey 494.5413) |
| French* | PC 2625-2640 (Dewey 443.2) |
| Frisian | PF 1493 (Dewey 493.23) |
| Fulani | PL 8183 (Dewey 496.5) |
| Gaelic* | PB 1591 (Dewey 491.633) |
| Ganda | PL 8201.4 (Dewey 496.3) |
| Gathic | PK 6106 |
| Gedaged | Dewey 499.5 |
| Ge'ez (Classic Ethiopic) | PJ 9087 |
| German* | PF 3625-3640 (Dewey 433.1) |
| Gilbertese | Dewey 499.5 |
| Gothic | PD 1193 |
| Grebo | Dewey 496 |
| Greek* | PA 445 (Dewey 489.332) |
| Greek (Modern)* | PA 1139 (Dewey 489.332) |
| Gujarati | PK 1844-1847 (Dewey 491) |
| Gurage | PJ 9288 |
| Gurkhali | Dewey 491.43 |
| Halbi | PK 1914 |
| Hausa | PL 8233 (Dewey 493-496) |
| Hawaiian* | PL 6446 (Dewey 499.4) |
| Hebrew* | PJ 4833 (Dewey 492.432) |
| Hindi* | PK 1986 |
| Hindustani | PK 1986 (Dewey 491.4332) |
| Hittite (PCL Ref ONLY) | P 945 Z8 |
| Hungarian* | PH 2640 (Dewey 494.5113) |
| Iban (PCL Ref ONLY) | PL 5333.4 |
| Icelandic* | PD 2379/PD 2437 (Dewey 439.63) |
| Indonesian* | PL 5076-5077 (Dewey 499.2) |
| Inupiat | PM 63 |
| Irish* | PB 1291 (Dewey 491.62) |
| Italian* | PC 1625-1640 (Dewey 453.2) |
| Japanese* | PL 678-679 (Dewey 495.3) |
| Javanese* | PL 5166 |
| Kalispel | Dewey 497 |
| Kanji* | PL 677.5 |
| Kannada | PL 4646 (Dewey 494.32) |
| Kanuri | PL 8361.4 |
| Kapauku | Dewey 499.12 |
| Kashmiri | PK 7026 |
| Kate | Dewey 499.1 |
| Kazakh | PL 26 (Dewey 494.06) |
| Khmer (Cambodian)* | PL 4326 |
| Kikuyu | PL 8379 (Dewey 496.3) |
| Kiniassa | Dewey 496.3 |
| Kongo (San Salvadore) | Dewey 496.3 |
| Konkani | PK 2236 |
| Korean* | PL 937 (Dewey 495.732) |
| Krio | PM 7875 (Dewey 496.3) |
| Kurdish* | PK 6906 (Dewey 491.57) |
| Lakota | PM 1024 (Dewey 497.5) |
| Lao | PL 4251 (Dewey 495.913) |
| Lappish | PH 725 (Dewey 406) |
| Latin* | PA 2365 (Dewey 473.2) |
| Latin American Spanish* | PC 4822 |
| Latvian (Lettish) | PG 8979 (Dewey 491.9332) |
| Lau | Dewey 499.5 |
| Lettish (Latvian) | PG 8979 (Dewey 491.9332) |
| Limba | PL 8455 Z5 |
| Lingala | PL 8456.2 |
| Lithuanian* | PG 8679 |
| Macedonian* | PG 1175 |
| Mailu | Dewey 499.12 |
| Maithili | PK 1816 |
| Mala (Sa'a) | Dewey 499 |
| Malay* | PL 5125 (Dewey 499.2) |
| Malayalam* | PL 4715 (Dewey 494.81132) |
| Malagasy | Dewey 499.214 |
| Manipuri | PL 4001 (Dewey 494.8732) |
| Maori* | PL 6465 (Dewey 499) |
| Maranao | Dewey 499.4 |
| Marathi | PK 2375 (Dewey 491.463) |
| Mayan (Benson ONLY) | PM 3966 |
| Mende | Dewey 496.4 |
| Micmac | PM 1793 |
| Mocha (S.W. Ethiopia) | Dewey 406 C128U |
| Mongolian | PL 406 (Dewey 494.06) |
| Mupun | PL 8536.95 |
| Navajo | PM 2007 (Dewey 497.2) |
| Nembe | PL 8458 K3 |
| Nepali | PK 2597 (Dewey 491.43) |
| Nggela | Dewey 499.5 |
| Ngizim | PL 8548.67 |
| Nicobarese (Aborigines of Andaman Island) | PL 4471 (Dewey 499.5) |
| North American Indian Languages (Delaware, Shawnee, Comanche,Cahuillo, Kiwomi, Choctaw, Yumi, Shoshonee, Pawnee, Navajo, Kiowa, Zumi) | Dewey 497 |
| Norwegian* | PD 2691 (Dewey 439.83) |
| Norwegian (Nynorsk)* | PD 2989 |
| Nupe | Dewey 496.3 |
| Nyanja | PL 8110 (Dewey 496.3) |
| Ojibwa/y | PM 853 (Dewey 497) |
| Old Norse* | PD 2376 (Dewey 439.632) |
| Oriya | PK 2566 (Dewey 491.4532) |
| Otschipwe | Dewey 497 |
| Pali | PK 1091 (Dewey 491.37) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | PJ 2631-PJ 2636 (Dewey 491.42) |
| Persian* | PK 6378-6379 (Dewey 491.5532) |
| Pidgin | PM 7891; P 409 (Dewey 427.9) |
| Polish* | PG 6625-6640 (Dewey 491.8532) |
| Portuguese* | PC 5327-5333 (Dewey 469.32) |
| Provencal | PC 3376 (Dewey 449.3) |
| Raluana | Dewey 449.5 |
| Rejang | PL 5001 |
| Romanian* | PC 775-779 (Dewey 459.3) |
| Rotuman | PL 6297 |
| Russian* | PG 2640 (Dewey 491.732) |
| Sahu | PL 7511 |
| Samoan | Dewey 449.4 |
| Sanskrit* | PK 933 (Dewey 491.2) |
| Santali | PL 4563.4 (Dewey 495.95) |
| Serbo-Croatian* | PG 1376-1377 (Dewey 491.8232) |
| Shan | Dewey 495.9132 |
| Shilluk | PL 8671.4 |
| Shona | PL 8681 (Dewey 496.3) |
| Sign Language* |
HV 2475 |
| Sindhi | PK 2786-2787 (Dewey 491.4132) |
| Slovak | PG 5379 (Dewey 491.872) |
| Slovenian* | PG 1888-1891 (Dewey 491.84) |
| Southern Sotho (South African) | Dewey 496.3 |
| Spanish* | PC 4625-4640 (Dewey 463.2) |
| Swahili* | PL 8703 (Dewey 496.3) |
| Swedish* | PD 5625-5640 (Dewey 439.73) |
| Syrian Arabic* | PJ 6816 |
| Tagalog | PL 6056 (Dewey 499.2) |
| Tamil* | PL 4756 (Dewey 494.81132) |
| Telugu | PL 4776 (Dewey 494.81332) |
| Thai* | PL 4156; 4187 (Dewey 495.9132) |
| Tibetan* | PL 3637 (Dewey 495.432) |
| Tiv | Dewey 496.4 AB82D |
| Tlingit | PM 2455 (Dewey 497.2) |
| Tongan | PL 6531 (Dewey 499) |
| Tsonga | PL 8731 |
| Turkish* | PL 137; PL 191 (Dewey 494.3532) |
| Ulawa | Dewey 499 |
| Ukrainian* | PG 3888-3891 (Dewey 491.7932) |
| Urdu* | PK 1976 (Dewey 491.4332) |
| Uummarmiut | PM 64 |
| Uzbek | PL 55 |
| Vietnamese* | PL 4376 (Dewey 495.9232) |
| Welsh* | PB 2189- 2191 (Dewey 491.6) |
| Xhosa* | PL 8323 (Dewey 496.3) |
| Yiddish* | PJ 5117 |
| Yoruba* | PL 8823 (Dewey 496.4) |
| Zulu* | PL 8843 (Dewey 496.3) |
Foreign Language Literature Guide
|
Language |
Call Number Range |
|---|---|
|
Afrikaans Literature |
PT 6500-6593.36 |
|
Arabic Literature |
PJ 7501-8517 |
|
Bengali Literature |
PK 1651-1799 |
|
Chinese Literature |
PL 2250-3208 |
|
Czech Literature |
PG 4001-5146 |
|
Danish Literature |
PT 7601-8260 |
|
Dutch Literature |
PT 5001-5980 |
|
English Literature |
PS 1-3576 |
|
English Literature (British) |
PR 1-9680 |
|
English Literature (Canadian) |
PS 8001-8599 |
|
English Literature |
PR 9350-9369.3 |
|
French Literature |
PQ 1-3999 |
|
German Literature |
PT 1-4897 |
|
Greek Literature (Classical) |
PA 3000-4505 |
|
Greek Literature |
PA 5000-5660 |
|
Hebrew Literature |
PJ 5001-5060 |
|
Hindi, Hindustani Literatures |
PK 2030-2142 |
|
Hungarian Literature |
PH 2001-3445 |
|
Italian Literature |
PQ 4001-5999 |
|
Japanese Literature |
PL 700-889 |
|
Korean Literature |
PL 950-998 |
|
Latin Literature |
PA 6000-6971 |
|
Latin Literature |
PA 8001-8595 |
|
Norwegian Literature |
PT 8301-9155 |
|
Panjabi Literature |
PK 2631-2659 |
|
Persian Literature |
PK 6428- 6562.36 |
|
Polish Literature |
PG 6001-7446 |
|
Portuguese Literature |
PQ 9000-9999 |
|
Russian Literature |
PG 2900-3698 |
|
Spanish Literature |
PQ 6001-8929 |
|
Swedish Literature |
PT 9201-9999 |
|
Turkish Literature |
PL 231- 272 |
|
Urdu Literature |
PK 2151-2212 |
|
Vietnamese Literature |
PL 4371-4379 |
|
Yiddish Literature |
PJ 5111-5192 |
