Children's Literature Collection: Children's Literature Collection Home

This guide will introduce you to the Children's Literature Collection at Van Wagenen Library!

The Children's Literature Collection is organized according to the outline you see below. You will also find these signs posted around the collection.

• The children's collection is located on the upper level of the library
• All call numbers start with "JUV"
• We order the Newbery and Caldecott winners from each year
• Visit the small shelves near the windows for new books
• Look for "in library use only" sticker - you won't be able to take these out of the library but we usually have a second copy that you can check out
• Loans for these books are 2 weeks long
• Please do not reshelve books! Just leave them on a cart

1. Visit the "Advanced Search" page of the Library's search engine.

2.Click the button for "Physical Materials" to find books. Then choose "Juvenile Collection" in the "Subcategory" dropdown menu that appears.

3. Next enter author names, subjects, or keywords in the search boxes. (In the example here, I'm searching for books about animals by the author Eric Carle. Notice I've selected "author" and "subject" in the dropdown menus next to the appropriate boxes.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. View your search results and make sure to write down the call numbers for any titles you want to find.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Use the call number to find the book on the shelves. The children's books are at the top of the stairs on the library's 2nd floor.