Use the resources on this page to search and browse for books. For more information on finding books on the shelves, visit our Finding Books in the Library guide. For further assistance, connect with a librarian.
Digital Social Reading: Sharing Fiction in the Twenty-First Century
by
Plotting the Reading Experience: Theory, Practice, Politics
by
Reading Audio Readers: Book Consumption in the Reading Age
by
Steeped in Stories: Timeless Children's Novels to Refresh Our Tired Souls
by
Looking for our newest acquisitions? Browse the Browsing Collection and the New Title Shelf (in the Hasselquist Room), both on the main floor of the Library.
Books in the Gustavus library are shelved in general subject categories using the Library of Congress classification system. You may want to supplement your use of the catalog with browsing shelf areas for your topic. Browsing can often lead to serendipitous discoveries!
GR -- Folklore
L -- Education
LB 1042 -- Storytelling
P -- Language and Literature
Note: PZ books are shelved on the lower level of the library.
PZ 1 -- Picture books with little text by author
PZ 5 -- Collections of stories; anthologies
PZ 7 -- General juvenile fiction: picture books with substantial text; books to age 13
PZ 8 -- Fairy tales
PZ 8.1 -- Fables
PZ 8.3 -- Verses for children and animal stories
PZ 8.7 -- Riddles, rhymes, tongue twisters, etc.
PZ 10.3 -- Animal stories
PZ 11 -- Children's literature in foreign languages
If you're looking for more popular fiction, the St. Peter Public Library is just a few blocks from campus. If you head down (east) College Ave. and take a left (north) onto Washington, the library is two blocks from there.
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
