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 English Literature and Creative Writing and related subjects can be found in the Main Library.
Subject Areas | Classmark(s) | Location |
English and medieval languages | 420 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Literature, rhetoric and criticism | 800 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Rhetoric and collections of literature (incl. creative writing) | 808 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English and medieval literatures | 820 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English poetry | 821 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English drama | 822 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English fiction | 823 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English essays | 824 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English speeches | 825 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English letters | 826 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English humour & satire | 827 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
English miscellaneous writings | 828 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Old and middle English literature | 829 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Philosophy and theory of history | 901 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Recreational and performing arts | 790 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 4 |
Public performances | 791 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 4 |
Stage performances | 792 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 4 |
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 English Literature & Creative Writing and other 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.