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Since the Juvenile Collection is a small collection developed as a teaching instrument rather than duplicate a good public library and/or school library collection, you might become a borrower at a local public library to have access to a larger collection.
Prince George’s County Memorial Library has a Hyattsville Branch. The Hyattsville branch is located at 6530 Adelphi Rd. The 113 UM Shuttle [University Town Center Bus] will take a UM student within two blocks of the Hyattsville Branch. To contact the branch for information on how to borrow materials call 301-985-4690.
Looking for children's, juvenile, or young adult literature? Try these subject headings when searching the catalog:
| Children's literature Children's literature, American Children's literature, English Children's literature, Spanish Children's literature -- Bibliography Children's literature -- Book Reviews Children's literature -- History and Criticism Children's literature -- Illustrators Children's literature -- Study and Teaching |
Children's periodicals Children's plays Children's poetry Juvenile fiction (preceded by a subject word, e.g., "magic," etc.) Young adult fiction Young adult literature Caldecott Medal Newbery Medal School librarians School libraries School libraries -- Administration School libraries -- Periodicals School libraries -- United States |
For more information on searching for children's literature, please visit this guide.
The University of Maryland has a variety of special collections. Here is just one of them.
The most confusing aspect of the Collection is understanding the Call Numbers. You will find books with the following call numbers: Bio , Easy, Fic , Dewey Decimal Call Numbers, Library of Congress Call Numbers.
When you go to the shelves to locate the book, the books are arranged in the following call number order:
The Juvenile Collection houses approximately 8,980 books. The Collection is located in McKeldin Library on the first floor in the Current Periodical Room. It consists of materials intended for children in pre-school through tenth grade. The Juvenile Collection has circulating and noncirculating books.
The Juvenile Award collection is a small non-circulating collection of Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor books with the call number, 810. Each award book has a circulating copy located under another call number.
The collection's strength is its award winning titles, such as the Newbery, Caldecott, Corretta Scott King Award and Pura Belpre Award.
The collection's weakness is the limited number of books within the collection. Being such a small collection, if you are unable to locate children books on a specific topic or a specific title, don't forget to check the holdings on the other USMAI libraries.
