finding books in the trc
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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
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.