Books & Media - Education - Teaching - Collins Memorial Library at University of Puget Sound

Children & Young Adult Books

Collins Library has a growing collection of books for children and young adults.

The fiction collection is shelved on the 4th floor. Look for call numbers beginning with PZ.

Nonfiction books are shelved by subject throughout the library. To find nonfiction books for children do a keyword search in Primo Search using words that describe your topic, then using the filters to the right of your search results, choose "juvenile works" under the 'genre' facet or add the word "juvenile" as part of your keyword search.

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Call Numbers to Browse

If you're interested in a broad topic in Education, or would like to browse for inspiration, try one of these Library of Congress call letters:

L Education (General)
LA History of education
LB Theory and practice of education
- LB 1025-1050.75
  Teaching (Principles and practice)
- LB 1050.9-1091
  Educational psychology
- LB 1501-1547
  Primary education
- LB 1555-1602
  Elementary or public school education
- LB 1603-1696.6
  Secondary education. High schools
LC Special aspects of education
PZ Fiction and juvenile belles lettres
(Children's & YA Fiction)

Locations of books

New books are displayed in the Learning Commons.
Print Reference books are on the first floor across from the Learning Commons area.
Book stacks: Consult the library map; look for location posters; or ask any staff member for help!

Streaming Media

Academic Video Online and Kanopy are streaming media services which provide access to a broad spectrum of educational and documentary content.

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Is a video subscription that delivers almost 70,000 titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Kanopy
Provides access to thousands of award-winning films, thought-provoking documentaries, latest festival hits, classic films, TV series, and more. The collection of films support a wide variety of subject areas including the arts, media studies, politics, diversity, equity and inclusion, LGBTQAI+, psychology, business, sciences, health, education, history.

Films streamed on Kanopy are provided to the Puget Sound community for classroom and educational purposes only. Films that have been licensed are immediately available on the Kanopy platform. If a film has not been licensed for use, you may submit a Kanopy request form and the library will consider the request.

Search for films by title, subject, keywords, or browse by subject. Register with Kanopy to utilize features such as playlists, clips, sharing, embedding, and creating a watch list for future viewing.
Films on Demand - Archival Films & Newsreels Collection
A collection of archival films and newsreels spanning the 1880s to the 21st century.

E-books

E-books in Collins Library are fully integrated into Primo Search!

Consult the e-books guide to find out more about finding and using our growing e-book collection.