finding books in the trc

Teaching Resource Center @ Penfield Library

Brandon West, M.Ed., M.L.S.

Trade Books

• Trade book is defined as a book that is to be sold to the public through booksellers.*

• These include chapter books and picture books and include fiction and nonfiction.

• Penfield Library has trade books located on the 2nd floor in the Teaching Resource Center.

• Common Core emphasizes the use of nonfiction (expository) books in the K-6 classroom.

*Trade book. (2013). In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved October 29, 2013 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20book.

Library of Congress Classification

Image retrieved from http://library.salve.edu/LCExplanation.pdf

TRC Call Numbers

Juvenile (JUV) Books = Trade Books

JUV PIC = Fiction

Penfield Library Catalog

Catalog Record

Books without stickers on their spines have a call number. You

have to pull the book out to see it on the lower-left hand side of

the book’s cover.

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