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In the Children's and Young Adult Collection (CYAC) at Norlin, books are organized and shelved by Library of Congress call number.

The first part of the call number indicates the subject or format of the book. These are a few call number areas for the CYAC: 

E through F historical works about the Americas

PZ 7 fiction published between 1870-2014
PZ 7.1 fiction first published 2015-present
PZ 7.5 novels in verse
PZ 7.7 graphic novels and comics
PZ 8 traditional fairy tales
  • PZ 8.1 folklore and legends

  • PZ 8.2 for fables 

  • PZ 8.3 for nursery rhymes and stories in rhyme

PZ 73 for bilingual Spanish + English books
PZ 90 for bilingual books in English + a language other than Spanish
Q science