Navigating the LRC

The Learning Resource Collection is composed of two primary collections, LT and Y Books. The Learning Resource Center uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize the children's and young adult literature, textbooks, and other teaching materials. The Call Number and Subject Guides provided here will help you locate the material you are seeking in each area.

LRC LT Collection Call Number and Subject Guide

The letters, LRC LT, begin each call number for items housed in this area. The LRC LT collection, as it is known, is organized by subject areas. Each subject area has a corresponding number that is used in an item's call number. For example, if you were looking for a science textbook, you would need to find the area of the LRC LT collection whose items' call numbers begin like this:

LRC
LT
5000

1000 Professional Education

2000 Art

2300 Business Education

2400 Computer Skills

2800 Foreign Languages

3100 Guidance

3300 Health and Physical Education

3600 Home Economics/Life Skills

3800 Industrial Arts and Vocational Education

4000 English Language Arts

4100 Listening Skills

4200 Reading

4300 Literature

4400 Mathematics

4500 Music

4700 Early Childhood Education

5000 Science

6000 Social Sciences/Social Studies

7100 Special Education and Gifted Education

7400 Activities

Y Book Collection Call Number and Subject Guide

The majority of the Y Book collection is composed of fiction books. These are located in the middle of the collection with the nonfiction books shelved before and after the fiction titles by subject. The fiction titles all have call numbers that begin with Y PZ 7.

Y BF Psychology

Y BL Mythology

Y BP-BS Religion

Y C-F History

Y G Geography

Y GR Folklore

Y J Immigration

Y K American Law

Y M Music

Y N Art

Y P Linguistics (Word concepts)

Y PJ Poetry

Y PN Entertainment

Y PR English Literature

Y PS American Literature

[Y PZ 7 Fiction]

Y PZ 8 Folklore/Fairytales

Y PZ 10 Animal Fiction

Y QA Math

Y QB-QL Sciences

Y R Medicine

Y S Agriculture

Y T Technology/Engineering