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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 Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies and related subjects can be found in the Main Library.
Subject Areas | Classmark(s) | Location |
Spanish, Portuguese, Galician | 460 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Writing system, phonology, phonetics | 461 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Etymology of standard | 462 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Spanish dictionaries of standard Spanish | 463 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Spanish synonyms | 464 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Grammar of standard Spanish | 465 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Spanish language variations | 466 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Standard Spanish usage/Spanish language learning | 467 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese | 468 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese language (general) | 469 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese linguistic history | 469.1 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese orthography | 469.2 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese etymology | 469.3 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese dictionaries | 469.4 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese synonyms | 469.5 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese grammar | 469.6 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese dialects | 469.7 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Portuguese language learning | 469.8 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
South American native languages | 498 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Spanish and Portuguese literatures | 860 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish poetry | 861 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish drama | 862 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish fiction | 863 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish essays | 864 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish speeches | 865 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish letters | 866 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish humour and satire | 867 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Spanish miscellaneous writings | 868 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese and Galician literatures | 869 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese literature in general | 869 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese literary history | 869.09 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese poetry | 869.1 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese drama | 869.2 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese fiction | 869.3 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese letters | 869.6 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Portuguese satire and humour | 869.7 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Philosophy and theory of history |
901 (specifically 901.46 – relating to Spain 901.8 – relating to Latin America) |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in Europe | 914 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Geography of and travel in South America | 918 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
History of Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal | 946 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
History of South America | 980 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 3 |
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 Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies 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
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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.