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Use OneSearch on the library's homepage to find books and ebooks, and to find items to borrow from other libraries. Visit our OneSearch guide for more information or take a look at the video below.
The OneSearch tool below will limit your search to the Children's Collection. To limit your search to graphic novels, from both the main and Children's Collections, use the search box on this page.
You can also search all of our holdings and limit to items held in our Children's Collection.
Please note: Books in this collection are organized differently than the library's other collections. Nonfiction works are organized using the Dewey Decimal System, and Fiction works are shelved in alphabetical order by author last name. Picture books have the call number "E", and Fiction is labeled with the call number "X".
Subject Headings are a great way to find books on your topic in OneSearch.
1. First, do a simple keyword search on your topic and limit to Resource Type > Books.
2. Second, click on the book's title and scroll down to Subjects.
3. Click on any of the subjects to be taken to other books assigned that same subject heading.
The Cal Poly Humboldt Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize books alphabetically by subject area.* The alphabetical section for Education is "L" and the subclasses are shown below. You can use these to browse the physical books in our collection.
*Keep in mind that many of the library's more current books are in ebook format, which you can find by using OneSearch.
For a more detailed look at what areas of "L" you may want to explore, take a look at the Library of Congress Classification Outline.
Download our Educator's Guide to Culturally Responsive Children's Books - Indigenous Texts, co-created by Education student Marjorie Johnson & Amanda Dinscore (College of Professional Studies Librarian) as part of a 2024 Library Scholar internship. For more information, take a look at the Resources List for the guide, too.
