Q. How do I search for books or articles in a specific language?

In general, most book searches in Quicksearch using both Roman/Latin and non-Roman/non-Latin characters should get good results. However, for article searches, Romanization is often not available for full-text, title, or author names.

See below for additional advice searching Quicksearch, Orbis, and other databases in a language.

For additional language research support, reach out to a Subject Specialist Librarian.

For languages that use the Roman/Latin alphabet (like French, Hmong, Norwegian, and Wolof) simply type away! Quicksearch does not need accents or diacritics.

Quicksearch allows you to search for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) materials by the original scripts and Romanized forms. Learn more about this search in Quicksearch.

There are ways that you can Romanize a language (such as Hebrew, Russian, Sanskrit, Thai, and Chinese) for your search. Your best bet is to follow the Library of Congress guidelines:

• http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html

If you are looking for a proper noun (such as a person or a place) in a non-Roman language, you can check the Library of Congress Authority Files to see how a name is Romanized:

• http://authorities.loc.gov/