Reference Literature

The reference library contains mainly books, especially dictionaries and encyclopedic works, as well as humanities journals. The materials in the Reference Library are also searchable in Regina.

Main Reading Room

Level 1

• Encyclopedias 
• Linguistics and Philology 
• Dictionaires in several foreign languages like German, French, Latin, Chinese etc.
• General Calendars

Mezzanine

• Biographies and Genealogies

Upper Mezzanine

• Learned Societies 
• Archeology 
• History 
• Economic History 
• Cultural History 
• Auxiliary Sciences of History including Heraldry, Numismatics, and Measurements.
• Ethnography and Ethnographic Studies
• Technology, Industry, and Communications
• Business and Economics
• Sports, Play, and Games
• Military Studies
• Mathematics 
• Science 
• Medicine 

Newspaper Reading Room

• Bound and current periodicals
   -Alphabetical list of all periodicals
   -Bound periodicals (Local history series/provincial books are in the West Wing, Level 5½)
   -Discontinued foreign periodicals still available at the library as electronic journals
• Ny illustrerad tidning  
• Literature Studies

Research Reading Room

Mezzanine

• Incunabula Catalogs 
• Archival Science 
• Bibliology 
• Book History 
• History of Written Language 
• General Intellectual and Scholarship History
• Religion 
• Philosophy and Psychology
• Education 
• Literature (anthologies)

Catalog Room

• Swedish National Bibliography 
• Collected Quotations 
• Library

West Wing

Level 5

• Subject Bibliographies 
• Art, Music, Drama & Film

Level 5½

• Geography 
• Provincial Books 
• Cartographic Books 
• Social Sciences and Jurisprudence   
• Swedish Government Reports (SOU, through 1998)
• Swedish Riksdag Publications (2000/2001, 2004/2005) 

Special Reading Room 

The Special Reading Room is located on Level 6.

Note: Books may not be removed from the Special Reading Room.

• Reference Materials from the Map and Picture Collections 
• Manuscript Bibliographies 
• Swedish Manuscript Catalogs and Literature on National Library Manuscripts 
• Book Painting 
• Paleography and Codicology 
• Manuscript Facsimiles 
• Maps, Cartography 
• Bibliographies and Catalogs of Cartographic Collections
• Collections of the Early Swedish Writings Society (SFSS)  
• Waldes' Index of Private Archives
• Foreign Manuscript Catalogs

Microfilm Reading Room

The reading room is two flights down on Level 1 in the Annex. Enter via the main lobby of the library. Take the elevator or stairs to Level 1.

Reference books, yearbooks, and indices are located in the room for use in searching articles on microfilm. The Microfilm Reading Room is staffed during certain hours. 

The latest editions of certain printed newspapers are kept in the Microfilm Reading Room. They are hanging next to the door to the Microfilm Reading Room in the Annex:

• Dagens Nyheter 
• Svenska Dagbladet 
• Hufvudstadsbladet 
• Aftenposten 
• Jyllandsposten 
• The Independent 
• Le Monde 
• Frankfurter Allgemeine

The last month’s issues of these printed newspapers are also kept in the Microfilm Reading Room.

Call Number/Subject

A  Books and Bibliology

• Aa Bibliographies, general, are in the Catalog Room except for the following, which are in the Research Reading Room: ABHB:  Annual Bibliography, History of Printed Books and Libraries, and BBB: Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte 
• Aa.011 Periodical index, General, Catalog Room 
• Aa.014 Anonymous and Pseudonym Lexicon, Catalog Room 
• Aa.021 Manuscript Catalogs, Foreign, Special Reading Room
• Aa.021 Manuscript Catalogs, Swedish, Special Reading Room 
• Aa.021 Literature on Manuscripts, Special Reading Room 
• Aa.022 Incunabela Catalogs and Incunabela Bibliographies, Research Reading Room 
• Aa.091 Catalogs of Printed Congress and Conference Proceedings, Catalog Room 
• Aa.092 Catalogs of Honorary Writings, the Catalog Room 
• Aa-c Bibliographies, Sweden, Catalog Room 
• Aaaa-Aau Bibliographies of Special Subjects, West Wing Level 5½ 
• Ab Library, General, Catalog Room 
• Ac Archival Science, Research Reading Room 
• Ad Book Publishers and Book Dealers, Research Reading Room 
• Ae Bibliology, Research Reading Room 
• Aea Book History, Research Reading Room 
• Aeb Writing Tools and Writing Materials, Special Reading Room 
• Aec History of Book Printing, Research Reading Room 
• Aed History of Bookbinding, Research Reading Room 
• Aed (History of Bookbinding) Codicology, Special Reading Room 
• Aet Bibliophily, Research Reading Room 
• Af Written Language, Research Reading Room 
• Afa History of Written Language and the Alphabet, Research Reading Room 
• Afb Paleography and Codicology, Special Reading Room 
• Afc Calligraphy, Special Reading Room

B  General and Miscellany

• Ba-[country] Encyclopedias, Main Reading Room, Ground Level 
• Bbh Collections of Quotations, Catalog Room 
• Bd General Calendars, Main Reading Room, Ground  Level 
• Be General Intellectual History and Scholarship History, Research Reading Room 
• Bf Learned Societies, Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine (alphabetically by place: Göteborg - Växjö) 
• Bs Mass Communication, Research Reading Room 
• Bt Newspaper Production and Publishing, Research Reading Room and Microfilm Reading Room

C  Religion - Research Reading Room

• Ca Christendom, General 
• Cb Bible Editions 
• Cc Exegesis and Biblical Literature 
• Cj Church History, General and Foreign 
• Cj-c Church History, Sweden 
• Cm History of Religion

D  Philosophy and Psychology - Research Reading Room

• D Philosophy 
• Do Psychology

E  Child Rearing and Education - Research Reading Room

• E Education, General and Foreign 
• Em-c Education, Sweden

F  Linguistics and Philology - Main Reading Room, Basement Floor

G  Literature Studies - Newspaper Reading Room

H  Literature - Research Reading Room

I  Art, Music, Drama & Film - West Wing Level 5

• Ib Art 
• Ic Architecture, except for Ieb Book Painting, which is in the Special Reading Room 
• Ifq Posters 
• Ih Crafts 
• Ij Music 
• Ik Drama 
• Im Film
  

J  Archeology - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

K  History - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

• K-K.5 General History (arranged chronologically) 
• Kb Nordic History, General 
• Kc (u) Swedish History, Muniments 
• Kc Swedish History 
• Kda-Kr History, By Country, Denmark - Australia 
• Kt Cultural History 
• Kv Economic History
• [Ky Auxialiary Sciences of Historical] 
• Kyb Heraldry 
• Kyd Flags
• Kye Emblematics (symbols) 
• Kyg Historical Chronology 
• Kyh Numismatics and Measurements

L  Biographies and Genealogies - Main Reading Room, Mezzanine

• Ld Genealogy 
• Lm Biography

M  Ethnography and Ethnographic Studies - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

N  Geography - West Wing, Level 5½

• Nc (p) Provincial Books, West Wing Level 5½ 
• Ny [sub-section] Maps and Cartography, Special Reading Room

O  Social Sciences and Jurisprudence - West Wing, Level 5½

• Oa Sociology 
• Ob International Relations 
• Oc Political Science and Politics, General 
• Occ Political Science and Politics, Sweden
• Swedish Government Reports (SOU, 1922-1998)
  Occ(u) Swedish Riksdag Publications, Sweden (2000/2001-2004/2005) 
• Ocf Political Science and Politics, Foreign 
• Od Public Administration 
• Oe Jurisprudence, General and Foreign
• Oe-c Jurisprudence, Sweden 
• Oe-c(u) SFS (Swedish Statutes, 1828-) 
• Oh Social Issues and Social Policy 
• Oi Statistics

P  Technology, Industry, and Communications - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

Q  Business and Economics - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

• Qa Economics and Financial Systems 
• Qaf Financial Systems and Finance Law 
• Qb Business Economics 
• Qc Home and Household 
• Qd Agriculture 
• Qj Postal and Telephone Communications

R  Sports, Play, and Games -  Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

S  Military - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

T  Mathematics - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

U  Science - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine

V  Medicine - Main Reading Room, Upper Mezzanine