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English Language and Literature

Book Search

The Primo search box on the Library's home page is a gateway to thousands of books.

To find print books (and ebooks) in the SJU libraries' collections, limit your initial search to Books+ (Library Catalog). You may also conduct a search, and then limit your results to Resource Type books. To find print books only, limit again to those "Available at the library". To find ebooks only, limit instead to those "Available online". 

Call Numbers

Call numbers tell you where a book is shelved. In the Francis A. Drexel Library, we use the Library of Congress Classification which groups titles by subject matter.

The following call number ranges will help you get started:

  • P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics
    •  P121-149 Linguistics
    •  P301-301.5 Style. Composition
    •  P302-302.87 Discourse analysis
    •  P321-325.5 Etymology; Semantics
    •  P327-327.5 Lexicography
    •  P501-769 Indo-European philology
  • PE1-3729 English
    •  PE101-(458) Anglo-Saxon. Old English
    •  PE501-(693) Middle English
    •  PE(814)-895 Early Modern English
    •  PE1001-1693 Modern English
    •  PE1700-3602 Dialects. Provincialisms
    •  PE3701-3729 Slang
  • PR1-9680 English literature
    •  PR1-78 Literary history and criticism
    •  PR500-614 Poetry
    •  PR621-744 Drama
    •  PR1098-1369 Collections
    •  PR1490-6126 Individual authors
      •  PR3291-3785 (1640-1770)
      •  PR3991-5990 (1770-1900)
  • PS1-3626 American literature
    •  PS301-326 Poetry
    •  PS330-353 Drama
    •  PS501-689 Collections
    •  PS700-3626 Individual authors