You can use Library Search to search for both print and eBooks as well as a range of other resources including articles, journals, and databases.
The Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme (Dewey for short) to arrange books and other resources on the shelves so you can locate them easily.
The vast majority of books relating to Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology can be found in the Main Library.
Subject Areas | Classmark(s) | Location |
Latin language | 470-479 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Medieval Latin | 479.23 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Greek language | 480 - 489 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Greek literature | 880 - 889 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Patristic literature | 281 - 281.49 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Papyrology | 417.022 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Latin literature | 870 - 879 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin poetry | 871 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin dramatic poetry and drama | 872 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin epic poetry and fiction | 873 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin lyric poetry | 874 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin speeches | 875 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin letters | 876 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin humour and satire | 877 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Latin and miscellaneous writings | 878 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek and Hellenic literatures | 880 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek poetry | 881 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek dramatic poetry and drama | 882 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek epic poetry and fiction | 883 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek lyric poetry | 884 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek speeches | 885 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek letters | 886 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek humour and satire | 887 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Classical Greek miscellaneous writings | 888 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in ancient world (including Archaeology) |
913 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in Europe | 914 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in Asia | 915 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in Africa | 916 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in North America | 917 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in South America | 918 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in other areas | 919 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Ancient history (including Archaeology) |
930 - 939 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
History of ancient world ca. 499 | 930 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
China to 420 | 931 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Egypt to 640 | 932 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Palestine to 70 | 933 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
India to 647 | 934 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Mesopotamia & Iranian Plateau to 637 | 935 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Europe north & west of Italy to ca. 499 | 936 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Italy & adjacent territories to 476 | 937 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Greece to 323 | 938 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Other parts of ancient world | 939 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
History of (continents/countries) | 940-998 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Ancient philosophy | 109.3 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 1 |
Sociology and anthropology | 301 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Culture and institutions | 306 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
More information: Locating books on shelves
For help with finding your way around the Main Library, please use our new Interactive Map.
The Library provides access to numerous e-book collections that host many titles relating to Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology and related subjects. Follow this link to browse different collections you can explore to find e-books relating to your studies.
If the Library doesn't already hold a copy of the book you need, fill in the Order a Book form and we will get it for you.
University staff should use the Order a Book (Staff) form.
Theses can be a valuable source of information for your research and are very useful points of reference for when you come to write your own thesis.
For detailed information on how to access theses from the University of Manchester, and from other universities in the UK and internationally, please visit our Theses Library Guide.
Doctoral/Research Theses
Theses from other UK/International Institutions
A searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.