| Deutsch | English | |
|---|---|---|
| A- | Allgemeines | general reference |
| AL- | Amerikanische Literatur | American literature |
| AR- | Amerikanische Realien | American regional studies |
| AUL- | Literatur Australiens und Neuseelands | Australian and New Zealand literature |
| AUR- | Australische Realien | Australian and New Zealand regional studies |
| BL- | Britische Literatur | British literature |
| BR- | Britische Realien | British regional studies (also Irish regional studies) |
| CL- | Kanadische Literatur | Canadian literature |
| CR- | Kanadische Realien | Canadian regional studies |
| EDV- | Elektronische Datenträger | electronic media |
| H- | Hawthorne Long Loan Collection | Hawthorne Long Loan Collection; loanable for 56 days |
| IL- | Angloirische Literatur (ab ca. 1900) | Anglo-Irish literature (from c.1900) |
| KJL- | Kinder und Jugendliteratur | Children's and Young Adult's Literature |
| L- | Literaturtheorie und Weltliteratur | literary studies, world literature |
| Mikroform- | Mikrofiche, Mikrofilm | microfiche, microfilm |
| P- | Phonetik und Phonologie | phonetics and phonology |
| PCL- | Postkoloniale Literatur | postcolonial literatures |
| PCR- | Postkoloniale Realien | postcolonial studies |
| R- | Realien (allgemein) | other subjects, cultural studies |
| S- | Sprachwissenschaft | linguistics |
| Sprachlabor- | Audiomedien | audiotapes, Cds |
| SUU- | Sprachunterricht | language teaching |
| SUY- | Sprachunterricht (Übungsbücher) | language practice books |
| Tonträger- | Audiomedien | audiotapes, CDs |
| Video- | Videos | videos |
| W- | Wörterbücher | dictionaries |
| Z- | Zeitschriften, Reihen, Sammelbände, Hochschulschriften | journals, book series, collections of writings by particular authors, theses |
Many of these categories are subdivided into subcategories and even further. For a full list of shelfmark categories see the English and American Studies Library Classification document.
