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The collections for Modern Languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Germanic and Scandinavian languages (including Faroese), are located on 1st floor, North end, of the Main Library. The Dutch collection is located on the 2nd floor, South end, of the Main library.
The library catalogue, is the main tool to find books, journals and other materials (either in print or in digital format) held in UCL libraries. On the catatalogue, you will find the details of the physical location of the materials you are looking for.
There are other subject collections which might be useful for your studies and research projects:
The Language & Speech Science (LASS) Library holds books and periodicals on the theory and practice of language study.
School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) library: includes major holdings of the history and literature of East Germany, Finland and the Baltic region.
Not all books are available on the open shelves: materials marked STORE have to be requested in advance. To request Store materials log into your library account via the library catalogue or use the store request form.
On UCL Explore, you can look at the results of your search to quickly discover if a book is available in print or/and online: View Online means that the book is available electronically, while Available means that the book is available in print. In some cases a book is available both in print and online.
This interdisciplinary e-book collection includes books on European literatures and languages, Film and Translation studies and more.
Did you know you can use the spaces and collections at any of UCL's many libraries? The libraries you might need to use include:
The library catalogue will show you which library a book is located. Most of UCL's libraries are around the Bloomsbury Campus.
See more details about UCL's libraries and their opening hours on the Library Services webpages.
A range of attitudes and ideas are represented across our historical and current library materials, collected since UCL’s foundation in 1826. As a result, some terminology found in Explore may be considered harmful, discriminatory, or offensive. Find out more.
Check out our Explore guide to find out more about how to use Explore for your research.
ReadingLists @UCL is an online service that gives students easy access to materials on their reading lists wherever they are, and allows academic staff to create and update their own reading lists.
