Juvenile fiction falls under the Library of Congress subject heading P, language and literature; specifically PZ for general juvenile fiction. To help browse the collection, signs are posted in the stacks. The guide below is a similar to the available signs, it features frequently used subject headings for language and literature.
Be sure to ask in the IRC if you need help locating children's books in the library catalog or in the stacks.
| Class P | Language & Literature | ||
| Subclass | Description | ||
| PE | English Language | ||
| 1155 | Alphabet Books | ||
| 1591 | Juvenile Thesaurus | ||
| 1628 | Juvenile Dictionaries | ||
| PN | Literature (General) | ||
| 6110 | Poetry Anthology | ||
| 6371 | Riddles | ||
| 6727 | Graphic Novels Categorized for YA Readers | ||
| PR | English Literature | ||
| Individual Authors: Poetry, Prose, Drama | |||
| PS | American Literature | ||
| Individual Authors: Poetry, Prose, Drama | |||
| PZ | Fiction & Juvenile | ||
| PZ 5 | Collections | ||
| PZ 6 | Early to 1860 / 1870 | ||
| PZ 7 | General Juvenile Fiction | ||
| Alphabetical by author last name, then book title | |||
| PZ 7.5 | Novels in verse | ||
| PZ 7.7 | Graphic Novels Categorized for Young Readers | ||
| PZ 8 | Fairy Tales | ||
| PZ 8.1 | Folklore, Legends, Romance | ||
| PZ 8.2 | Fables | ||
| PZ 8.3 | Stories in Rhyme, Nursery Rhymes | ||
| PZ 10.3 | Animal Stories | ||
| PZ 23 | Languages, French | ||
| PZ 73 | Languages, Spanish | ||
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