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The POWER SEARCH link will give you many options to choose from when searching for a book including keyword, author, title, subject, and periodical title. Use these options together for a more concentrated search. You can even change the drop down boxes to search more than one subject or keyword at a time. 

 

Finding Literature Books on the Shelf

Ellender Memorial Library is in the process of switching our classification to Library of Congress. In the meantime, some books are cataloged using Library of Congress, and others are still cataloged using the Dewey Decimal. The lists below include call numbers where you can BROWSE the shelves to find something that interests you. Books from similar subject areas can be found together.

Library of Congress

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1-3576........American literature
126-138......Biography, memoirs, letters, etc.
147-152......Women authors
163-173......Treatment of special subjects, classes
185-228......By period
185-195.....17th/18th century
201-217.....19th century
221-228.....20th century
241-286......Special regions, states, etc
241-255.....North
261-267.....South
271-285.....West and Central
301-325......Poetry
330-352......Drama
360-379......Prose
370-379.....Prose fiction
400-408......Oratory
409..........Diaries
410-418......Letters
420-428......Essays
430-438......Wit and humor, satire
451-478......Folk literature
490..........Juvenile literature (general)
501-688......Collections of American literature
530-536.2...By period
537-574.....By region
538-549....North
551-559....South
561-572....West and Central
580-619.....Poetry
593........By form
601-615....By period
623-635.....Drama
642-659.5...Prose (general)
651-659....By period
660-668.....Oratory
666-668....By period
669.........Diaries
670-678.....Letters
680-688.....Essays
700-3576.....Individual authors
700-893.....17th/18th century (colonial period)
991-3390....19th century authors
3500-3549...Authors 1900-1960
3550-3576...Authors 1961-2000
3600-3626...Authors 2001-
8001-8599.....Canadian literature

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