The library's juvenile (or children's) collection is located on the second floor. This collection is cataloged and shelved using Library of Congress subject headings; it encompasses board books, picture books, and juvenile through young adult literature, fiction and non-fiction titles.
New books are added to the juvenile collection throughout the academic year. At the beginning of each term, shelves are cleared for new books. Keep up to date with additions to the juvenile and IRC collections via the Instructional Resource Center News & Information Blog.
Juvenile fiction falls under the Library of Congress subject heading P, language and literature; specifically PZ for general juvenile fiction. Juvenile non-fiction titles is classes within the topic area of it's regular subject heading class from A (general works) to Z (bibliography). To help browse the collection, signs are posted in the stacks.
Below is a quick guide similar to the signs posted in the juvenile stacks (shelving), 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 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 | ||
| PZ 7.1 | General Juvenile Fiction (1st works published after 2015) | ||
| 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 | ||
Are you interested in learning more about Library of Congress Classification?
Visit the Library of Congress Classification Outline web site.
Check out these LibGuides! They feature information about the juvenile collection.
