MODERN AND MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES A guide to resources
St John’s College Library www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library
Resources for Modern and Medieval Languages BOOKS Books on languages and literature are shelved on the First Floor (Penrose section), with classmarks beginning P-PZ. The oversize sequence precedes the main sequence.
The general arrangement of works relevant to MML students is as follows:
Languages P
Languages (general) - includes philology and linguistics
PC 1001-1977
Italian language
PC 2001-3761
French language
PC 4001-4977
Spanish language
PC 5001-5498
Portuguese language
PF 3001-5999
German language
PG 2001-2826
Russian language
Literature PG 2900-3698
Russian literature
PN
Literature (general) - includes theory, film, theatre and journalism
PQ 1-3999
French literature
PQ 4001-5999
Italian literature
PQ 6001-8929
Spanish literature
PQ 9000-9999
Portuguese literature
PT 1-4897
German literature
Dictionaries Some dictionaries can be found in the relevant language sections. There are also dictionaries in the main Reference section on the Ground Floor and Garden Basement, for use within the Library only.
JOURNALS Details of the Library’s journal holdings, listed by subject, are available via the website: www.joh.cam.ac.uk/journals
The Library takes several journals of interest to students of language and literature, in addition to the foreign language newspapers La Republica and Le Monde, which are passed to the Library from the Combination Room.
Relevant titles include:
Classmark:
Holdings:
Medium Aevum
PN 661.M4
Vol. 1- (1932-)
Modern Language Review
PN 1.M6
Vol. 37- (1942-)
MOD (in Basement)
Vol. 1-36 (1905-1941)
PA 11.C3.P7
Vol. 1-64 (1882-2018)
Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society
Recent, unbound issues are shelved in the Ground Floor Periodicals Area. Runs of bound journals are generally shelved in the Penrose section on the First Floor (before the main sequence). Older volumes are shelved in Chapel Basement. E-journals can be searched via Cambridge LibGuides (see below for more information).
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES The MML Faculty Library provides links to online language and literature resources on its website: www.mml.cam.ac.uk/library
Cambridge LibGuides provide a complete guide to all subjects and electronic resources, such as ejournals, e-books and databases available across the University: libguides.cam.ac.uk
Recommended resources include:
Early European Books
Literature Online (LION)
MLA International Bibliography
Oxford Language Dictionaries
Oxford Reference Online
AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS The Library holds a varied and extensive collection of audio-visual (AV) materials, which can be found in the AV Room on the First Floor (at the end of the Penrose section). Resources include:
Western European cinema on DVD
Russian and Japanese cinema on DVD
Language aids and literature on CD
Shakespeare productions on DVD
All AV materials appear on the Library catalogue, so you can search for them just as you would for books and other items (using title/creator/keyword searches). Lists of current stock are also available for browsing via the website: www.joh.cam.ac.uk/av-room
Items may be used in the AV Room or borrowed for a period of one week (with the possibility of up to four renewals). Headphones and DVD drives are also available to borrow from the Issue Desk.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Other libraries you may find useful:
University Library
MML Library
Language Centre
Recommendations The College Library aims to provide all works necessary for Part One courses, and a selection of the most important works required for Part Two. We receive reading lists from the departmental libraries in advance of each academic year, and continually update the Library collections in response to requests from directors of studies, supervisors and students. You can recommend an item by using the online recommendation form (www.joh.cam.ac.uk/item-recommendations) or by filling in a recommendation form at the Issue Desk. All reasonable requests will be considered. If texts you require for your course are not available in the College Library, please talk to a member of Library staff.
Staff If you have any difficulty in tracing the material you need, whether in printed or electronic format, please ask a member of Library staff for assistance. The Issue Desk is staffed Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.