Subject Information
English / American Studies
Overview
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Library Holdings and Acquisitions
The University and State Library has a print collection that has grown up over time. Gaps in the collection of older literature, dating from the period after 1945, were successfully filled in the years after 1990 by means of generous commissions of funding and targeted acquisitions – from a small seminar library, which contained only about 12,000 books in 1956, a library what hence created that what able to serve current literature needs in the space of a a few years. The integration of bequests (including those from Weyhe), donations from the British Council, and acquisitions from other institutions (including the holdings of the Centre for US Studies at the Leucorea Foundation in Wittenberg, which was dissolved in 2015) have contributed to the ongoing expansion of the collection.
The current collection priorities are aligned with the prevailing profile of university teaching, and the aim is to continually expand access to digital content.
Finding and Using
Titles related to English and American Studies are mainly located in the Steintor Campus Branch Library. All holdings are fully indexed electronically. Apart from a few exceptions, the items in the collection may be borrowed freely.
Books acquired up to 2014 are shelved according to a specific classification system.
Books acquired from 2015 onwards are shelved in accordance with the Regensburg Union Classification (RVK).
The call number for each title can be looked up using Ha:Lit.
Consultancy and Training Services
Library induction sessions, training courses on literature research and literature management systems, as well as consultations on publication strategies and research data management, are held at regular intervals.
Collection of subject-related links
Journals on this specific subject that are available electronically are indexed in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB).
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History and Characterisation of the Subject
The Institute for English and American Philology at MLU Halle can look back on a history spanning almost 150 years. The subject is covered in its entirety (including the teacher training programme) by five professorships and encompasses the fields of linguistics and literary studies, as well as cultural studies and didactics.