General Children's and Young Adult Literature is on the 3rd floor of the James C. Kirkpatrick Library (JCKL) and is divided into Fiction and Non-Fiction.
Children's Literature in Special Collections is on 2nd floor of JCKL. These materials are in closed stacks, and can be searched through the Library Catalog. They may be consulted by request.
You can also search the collection with the main search bar. When using that search:
Fiction materials are organized by author's last name and start with JE. For example, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: JE FIC Rowlin J. K. 2018pr
Non-Fiction items are organized by general subject area, according to the ten main classes of the Dewey Decimal system. All call numbers start with JE (or JE B for Biography) followed by a number. The Biography section is located at the end of the Non-Fiction section (to the right, if you are looking at the East-facing windows). Please note, Graphic Novels (both Fiction and Non-Fiction) are found in the JE741s, are not in the Fiction section!
Syndetics Unbound is a discovery layer in the library catalog to let you browse for similar titles. It presents virtual book displays, tags, review and award information about titles in our catalog and allows you to filter results according to your needs.
Step 1: Search the main catalog for any book title, subject, or other keyword. Click on any "Available" link for an item to pull up the result.
Step 2: Scroll to the bottom of that catalog result. Here, you'll see a list of Syndetics Unbound options, including Summary, Reviews, Awards, Tags, Reading Levels, and more.
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Step 3: Click on any of the Syndetics links and then click the X to the left to view the content. This will take you away from the result itself, but you can close the Syndetics window to return.
