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Researching in Children's Literature
Children's and YA books have a call number that starts out with "PZ". That section is in the southeast corner of the 5th floor of Millar Library.
Use PSU Catalog to look up books in the Library's collection. You can search by author, illustrator or title.
You can also search by a keyword plus the word word juvenile. Below are some books found by searching with the words friendship and juvenile.
Library of Congress PZ List (Juvenile Literature)
The books in the PSU Library are organized using the Library of Congress call numbers. In this system Children's Literature (or Juvenile Literature) books have call numbers that begin with the letters PZ, shelved on the 5th floor.
An brief outline of the PZ call numbers range:
| PZ 4 | History and criticism of children's literature; not necessarily childrens books |
|---|---|
| PZ 5 | Anthologies |
| PZ 7 | Juvenile Fiction |
| PZ 8 | Fairy Tales |
| PZ 8.1 -8.2 | Folklore, Legends, Fables |
| PZ 8.3 | Poetry |
| PZ 8.4 | Holidays |
| PZ 8.9 | Nonfiction |
| PZ 9 |
Historical and geographical nonfiction |
| PZ 9.5 | Biography |
| PZ 10 | Science and industry |
| PZ 10.3 | Animal stories |
| PZ 10.6 | Children's songs and music |
| PZ 10.8 | Foreign language works |