Children's and Young Adult Literature
Watzek Library maintains a small collection of children's and young adult (YA) literature in support of the Graduate School of Education curriculum as well as the recreational reading interests of students, staff, and faculty. It is located on the second floor of the building, in the gold zone room (also containing the A-D9999 call number range), situated behind the library's service desk.
The collection is organized in the Dewey Decimal System, which is often used in school and public libraries. Illustrated picture books (call numbers begin with the location code JUV PICTURE) are separated from YA fiction and nonfiction (call numbers begin with the location code JUV).
There are ten main Dewey Decimal call number classes:
- 000 Computer Science, Information, and General Works
- 100 Philosophy and Psychology
- 200 Religion
- 300 Social Sciences
- 400 Language
- 500 Science
- 600 Technology
- 700 Arts and Recreation
- 800 Literature (arranged alphabetically by the author's last name)
- 900 History and Geography
Children's and YA literature is searchable in the library's Primo catalog, and will include titles available to borrow from other Summit libraries. Juvenile fiction and/or Juvenile works can be selected as a Genre filter in Primo, and Juvenile Lit. can be selected as a Location filter for materials specifically in Watzek Library's collection.
K-12 Databases
- Gale in Context: ElementaryAn educational product for today's young learners featuring age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics.
- Gale in Context: Middle SchoolCombines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more. Middle School students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
- Gale Onefile: High School EditionProvides high school students with access to magazines, newspapers, books, and other reference content. Offers audience-appropriate information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
- National Geographic KidsReputable, authoritative, and appropriate content that brings children aged 6-14 the world in a way they've never seen it before. Fun and substantive, National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
- OSLIS (Oregon School Library Information System)OSLIS is a K-12 website providing access to quality licensed databases within an information literacy framework. It is designed for Oregon students and teachers, maintaining the school library at the heart of student research. OSLIS is a partnership between the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) and the State Library of Oregon (SLO).
