The children & young adult section is arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System from A-Z. A rough call number guide is as follows:
A General Works- non-fiction
B Philosophy, Psychology, Mythology, Religion
C World History
D European History
E Native American History, American History
F Candian History, Latin American History
G Geography, Ecology, Folklore, Holidays
GV Sports
H Social Sciences, Economy, Money, Family, Communities
J Politics, Governments
K Law
L Education, Schools
M Music, Musicians
N Art, Architecture, Artists
PN-PS Poetry, Authors, Illustrators
PZ Juvenile Fiction (Both children & young adult)
PZ 8 Folktales & Fairy Tales
QA Math
QB Astronomy
QC-QD Chemistry, Phsyics
QE Geology
QH Natural History
QK Plants
QL Animals, Living Creatures
QM Human Anatomy
R Medicine
S Agriculture, Forests
T Technology, Transportation, Photography, Crafts, Cooking
U-V Military
Z Libraries, Books
The majority of the Education books are shelved in the L-LT call number range. In general, the Education collection is broken down by the following call number areas:
L Education (General) Subclass LA History of education Subclass
LB Theory and practice of education Subclass
LC Special aspects of education Subclass
LD Individual institutions - United States Subclass
LE Individual institutions - America (except United States) Subclass
LF Individual institutions - Europe
LG Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia,
New Zealand, Pacific islands
LH College and school magazines and papers
LJ Student fraternities and societies, United States
LT Textbooks
Further breakdowns within Class L classifications may be viewed in the Library of Congress Classification outline for Education
Children & Young Adult Books are in the JUVENILE location
Books on Education are in the circulating STACKS (behind NEW TEXTBOOKS)
K-12 Textbooks are in SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS
Physical Education Books are behind RESTROOMS in STACKS
Journal Articles (pre-1990) are bound in the PERIODICALS area (we do maintain current print subscriptions to many of our journals even though most are now available through the library databases. If you come across an older citation (usually prior to 1990) and the journal article is not available in fulltext through our databases, our LIBRARY CATALOG HOLDINGS will indicate whether we have the journal in our PERIODICALS LOCATION. To locate the journal in print, you will need the full citation (title, author, volume number, issue number, year, page numbers) and the CALL NUMBER.
The Librarian's Office if on the left when you exit the elevator. Come in, have a cup of coffee, and let's do research!
