The Celtic Collection

The Celtic Collection brings together material relating to Brittany, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and contains approximately 25,000 books. Although the collection contains material on all subjects relating to Celtic countries, the two largest sequences are those on history and literature. The collection is housed on Level F of the Hugh Owen Library. Most items in the collection have the prefix CELT on the spine, with the exception of classes DA (History) and PB (Language and literature) and all may be found on Primo.

Classification and organisation of printed materials

Material is classified using the Library of Congress Classification system.  The following is a general overview of the class marks within the Celtic Collection:

Letter	Subject
B	Religion
C	Auxiliary Sciences of History CB2006 - Celtic Civilization and Race
D	History DA670.C78 – 670 - Cornwall DA700 – 745 - Wales DA750 – 890 - Scotland DA900 – 995 - Ireland DC611.B841 – 611.B9173 - Brittany
E	History E184.I6 - Irish in the U.S. E184.S3 - Scots in the U.S. E184.W4 - – Welsh in the U.S.
F	History F1035 - Celts in Canada F2936 - Welsh in Patagonia / Y Wladfa
G	Geography / Anthropology
H	Social Sciences
J	Political Sciences
K	Law
L	Education
M	Music
N	Fine Arts
PA	Classical Studies
PB	Celtic Languages and Literature PB1001-1100 -General PB1101-1200 -Goidelic PB1201-1449 - Irish PB 1501-1709 - Gaelic PB1801-1867 – Manx PB1950- Pict PB2001-2060 - Britannic PB2101-2499 - Welsh PB2501-2621 - Cornish PB2801-2970 – Breton, Continental Celtic
Q	Science
R	Medicine
T	Technology
U-V	Military and Naval Science
Z	Bibliography

The subject librarian in charge of the Celtic Collection is: